Re: bug? $(warning)/$(error) evaluated from inside a comment in a 'define'?

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 08:50:32PM +0200, Stephan Beal wrote:
> Hi, Makers!
> 
> i just discovered a Make behaviour which really surprises me. While that 
> in itself is nothing new ;), this one certainly violates the principal 
> of least astonishment:
> 
> When a $(warning) or $(error) is inside a 'define', it is evaluated even 
> if it is part of a comment. A demonstration:
> 
> address@hidden:~/cvs/www.t5$ make --version
> GNU Make 3.81
> ...
> 
> Input file to reproduce problem:
> #!/usr/bin/make -f
> ##################################################
> default: all
> define bogo
>    # $(warning this should not be evaluated here: (bogo $(1)))
>    abc := $(1)
> endef

On the other hand I would have been suprised if make supported having comments
between define/endef.
So in several cases I have used define/endef to avoid the need to quote "#".
Or in other words if "#" suddenly becomes a comment inside define/endef some
Makefile's will break.

        Sam