I propose allowing $(name ...) as an abbrevation of $(call name ....). Problem: You currently have to use the somewhat ugly construct $(call name...) to call something. If you use functions a lot that's a little ugly.
There's also no need for it. If "name" is followed by whitespace it *cannot* be a POSIX variable reference, because POSIX doesn't allow that. Solution: Just allow $(name ...), where 1+ whitespace follows name, to be considered the same as $(call name...). I would allow $(no-parameters ), with a space after the name and no parameters, though in practice I don't think that's very useful. If you really wanted that (why?), I think $(call no-parameters) would be clearer as a call, and $(no-parameters) seems more useful :-). Okay, that's my final of 4 ideas (well, at least for the moment :-) ). --- David A. Wheeler _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
