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Diffstat (limited to 'unit-tests/directive-for.mk')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/unit-tests/directive-for.mk b/unit-tests/directive-for.mk index e0987d331a14..93f0a14f5892 100755 --- a/unit-tests/directive-for.mk +++ b/unit-tests/directive-for.mk @@ -1,6 +1,13 @@ -# $NetBSD: directive-for.mk,v 1.8 2020/10/25 15:49:03 rillig Exp $ +# $NetBSD: directive-for.mk,v 1.9 2020/11/15 20:20:58 rillig Exp $ # # Tests for the .for directive. +# +# TODO: Describe naming conventions for the loop variables. +# .for f in values +# .for file in values +# .for _FILE_ in values +# .for .FILE. in values +# .for _f_ in values # Using the .for loop, lists of values can be produced. # In simple cases, the :@var@${var}@ variable modifier can be used to @@ -15,6 +22,7 @@ NUMBERS+= ${num} .endif # The .for loop also works for multiple iteration variables. +# This is something that the variable modifier :@ cannot do. .for name value in VARNAME value NAME2 value2 ${name}= ${value} .endfor @@ -26,7 +34,7 @@ ${name}= ${value} # just like the :M or :S variable modifiers. # # Until 2012-06-03, it had split the items exactly at whitespace, without -# taking the quotes into account. +# taking the quotes into account. This had resulted in 10 words. # .undef WORDS .for var in one t\ w\ o "three three" 'four four' `five six` |