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Diffstat (limited to 'unit-tests/comment.mk')
| -rw-r--r-- | unit-tests/comment.mk | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/unit-tests/comment.mk b/unit-tests/comment.mk index 1cdcfcdd86ba..d4fb041104a7 100644 --- a/unit-tests/comment.mk +++ b/unit-tests/comment.mk @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $NetBSD: comment.mk,v 1.2 2020/09/07 19:17:36 rillig Exp $ +# $NetBSD: comment.mk,v 1.3 2020/11/15 14:07:53 rillig Exp $ # # Demonstrate how comments are written in makefiles. @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ that \ goes \ on and on. - # Comments can be indented, but that is rather unusual. + # Comments can be indented with spaces, but that is rather unusual. # Comments can be indented with a tab. # These are not shell commands, they are just makefile comments. @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ on and on. .endif # And after the closing directive. VAR= # This comment makes the variable value empty. + # ParseGetLine removes any whitespace before the + # comment. .if ${VAR} != "" . error .endif @@ -35,7 +37,9 @@ VAR= value . error .endif -# This is NOT an escaped comment due to the double backslashes \\ +# This comment ends with 2 backslashes. An even number of backslashes does +# not count as a line continuation, therefore the variable assignment that +# follows is actively interpreted. \\ VAR= not part of the comment .if ${VAR} != "not part of the comment" . error @@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ WORDS= ${VAR:[#]} [# . error .endif -# An odd number of comment signs makes a line continuation, \\\ +# An odd number of backslashes makes a line continuation, \\\ no matter if it is 3 or 5 \\\\\ or 9 backslashes. \\\\\\\\\ This is the last line of the comment. |