Re: [DejaGnu] Command line variable usage enhancement

[Rob Savoye]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2001 at 12:13:00PM -0600, Paul A. Houghton wrote:
 
>  VAR=vaue). The only problem is, they are not 'relized' until the
>  tests start running. This means these variables can not be accessed
>  from TESTTOP/lib/$TOOL.exp or config/$BOARD.exp.
> 
>  It would be helpful if this code (line ~1149):
> 
>       "[A-Z0-9_-.]*=*" { # process makefile style args like CC=gcc, etc...
> 
>  could be moved to just after( line 519):
> 
>  This way the command line variables would be set before any of my
>  scripts, configs or libraries are sourced.

  Sounds like a good idea. The location of the code that sets variables from
command line options was arbitrary, so I moved it. Once I get a chance to
test it, I'll check it in, but it looks like a safe, and good change.

        - rob -