Re: 'withfile' function implementation

Thanks, this will make a lot of people happy. One nit: as mentioned earlier I think it would be good to document the relationship of $(file ...) with timestamps. Assuming nothing special is done (I haven't looked at the code) then writing a null string will not update the timestamp. I tried to mak

Re: 'withfile' function implementation

On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 17:44 -0500, David Boyce wrote: > Thanks, this will make a lot of people happy. > > One nit: as mentioned earlier I think it would be good to document the > relationship of $(file ...) with timestamps. Assuming nothing special > is done (I haven't looked at the code) then wri

[bug #35410] [patch] Fix a bug with filter/filter-out functions when pattern contains only quoted percents

URL: Summary: [patch] Fix a bug with filter/filter-out functions when pattern contains only quoted percents Project: make Submitted by: abusalimov Submitted on: Mon 30 Jan 2012 11:41:08 PM GMT

Re: 'withfile' function implementation

On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > Is there "something special" you would prefer beyond this? Well ... it's more of a thought than an actual request or preference, but I'm suggesting that make might want to take positive steps in your last case (empty text argument, append to ex

Re: 'withfile' function implementation

On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 21:33 -0500, David Boyce wrote: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > > Is there "something special" you would prefer beyond this? > > Well ... it's more of a thought than an actual request or preference, > but I'm suggesting that make might want to take pos