On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 11:33 PM Pete Dietl <petedi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Indeed I understand these concerns. > So the consensus seems to be that I may go ahead and attempt to implement > this. > > Other than the (let) and tail call optimization, I would like to know your > thoughts about > adding something like $(expr ) to evaluate integer expressions and > comparisons.
Not that my opinion should carry any weight, but I do not like the idea of adding an arithmetic context to make. It should not be necessary for the use-cases of make. Bash has an arithmetic context, and while it works (and is useful), it sort of sticks out like a sore thumb design-wise [1]. I did not understand the concerns regarding Turing completeness. Unless I am overlooking something, make has been Turing complete at least as long as it has $(call). Regards, - Jouke [1] It's weirder than you may think: https://mywiki.wooledge.org/ArithmeticExpression
