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Re: Questionable line number in a message "missing separator"?


From: Paul Smith
Subject: Re: Questionable line number in a message "missing separator"?
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:40:15 -0500

On Sat, 2015-01-17 at 13:41 -0800, Philip Guenther wrote:
> Paul, I still think $(eval) should have been named
> $(stick-arm-in-woodchipper), to make it less seductive to people
> trying to layer imperative programming on the declarative nature of
> make.

I do agree with you in general.  I see almost as many mis-uses of
$(eval ...) (and even $(shell ...)!) as I do correct uses.  People seem
to jump right into it and try to use it for everything before they have
a solid understanding of when it's appropriate.

Not sure what to do about it.  Old adages about sharp knives and power
vs. responsibility come to mind...




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