URL:
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45191>
Summary: Implicit argument forwarding limited by infinite
recursion checker
Project: make
Submitted by: julio
Submitted on: Tue 26 May 2015 10:46:34 AM GMT
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Enhancement
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Component Version: 4.0
Operating System: POSIX-Based
Fixed Release: None
Triage Status: None
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Details:
Hi,
It seems the infinite recursion detector does not consider implicit argument
forwarding possible. When recursively expanding a variable without using
`call`, it is assumed it does not use $1, $2, etc. and is thus considered as
an infinite recursion.
```
list = $(list_) # list_ called in the context of list, $1 of `list_` is the
$1 of `list`
list_ = $($1) # dummy example
a = $(call list,b) # new "call scope" #2 with $1 = b
b = ok
$(error $(call list,a)) # new "call scope" #1 with $1 = a
```
Result: *** Recursive variable 'list_' references itself (eventually).
The expansion is simple:
list(a)
list_(a)
$a
list(b)
list_(b) <- error detected
ok
The error disappears when forwarding arguments explicitly:
```
list = $(call list_,$1)
list_ = $($1)
a = $(call list,b)
b = ok
$(error $(call list,a))
```
Result: ok
Implicit forwarding is very useful in some cases (e.g `arg1 = $(strip $1)`),
it would be nice to officially handle it.
Regards,
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