On September 13, 2021 2:40 PM, Jouke Witteveen wrote: >On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 2:04 PM Jouke Witteveen <j.wittev...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Numbers can come from $(words ...), automatic variables such as >> $(MAKELEVEL), from environment variables, or from shell output such as >> through $(shell expr ...). The $(compare ...) function allows >> conditional evaluation controlled by numerical variables. >> >> * NEWS: Announce this feature. >> * doc/make.texi (Functions for Conditionals): Document 'compare'. >> * src/function.c (func_compare): Create the 'compare' built-in function. >> * tests/scripts/functions/compare: Test the 'compare' built-in function. >> --- >> >> This is a cleaned-up and documented version of a proposal submitted a >> year ago. The interface was conceived by Edward Welbourne and myself. >> Personally, I would not introduce mathematical operators to make, but >> given that numbers are a thing and they do pop up in variables, a >> comparison function makes sense to me. >> >> Thanks for considering! >> - Jouke > >I would still be interested in seeing this patch series I sent two months ago >considered. I am not in a rush: this is just a friendly reminder.
I am interested in this series as well, although something more general might also be interesting, like a general version compare function like $(compare 1.6.1 1.6.100), and that also take into account character-based versioning, like $(compare A10.88 B20.94). -Randall
