Re: Handling '=' in a filename together with $(eval )

2025-02-14 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 2025-02-14 at 14:19 -0500, Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU implementation of make wrote: > > Note I don't really recommend any of this.  With the current > > limitations of make, as defined by POSIX, it's just very difficult > > to > > Any hope to see a version of GNU Make that l

Sane and general character esacping (was: Handling '=' in a filename together with $(eval ))

2025-02-14 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> Any hope to see a version of GNU Make that lifts those limitations, >> providing some sane way to handle any character in filenames (and >> ideally also able to sanely manipulate lists of such names)? > A number of years ago I proposed a way to deal with special characters. > You can find the st

Re: Handling '=' in a filename together with $(eval )

2025-02-14 Thread Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU implementation of make
> Note I don't really recommend any of this. With the current > limitations of make, as defined by POSIX, it's just very difficult to Any hope to see a version of GNU Make that lifts those limitations, providing some sane way to handle any character in filenames (and ideally also able to sanely m