On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 18:18:15 +0100, Tim Murphy <tnmur...@gmail.com> wrote: > builtin functions can check their arguments to some extent. Interesting to > wonder if user defined ones can. > we don't even have $(equals) or a way to know the number of arguments that > were supplied or any mathematical operations with which to compare. So when > something is called wongly it charges on to the end, evaluating blindly to > who knows what and we can spend hours trying to tease out the cause of a > missing compiler option .... but.....we are focused on the saving of a tiny > bit of typing.
It's not the typing, it's the reading. When 20% of the lines makes a user-defined function call (my situation), simplifying the function call matters. Equals and math operations can be implemented using $(shell ...). If you think more are needed, that sounds like a proposal, go ahead and make it. There's no conflict between this syntax proposal & adding more built-in functions. --- David A. Wheeler _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
