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Re: Side-effects during variable assignments?
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Paul Smith |
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Re: Side-effects during variable assignments? |
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Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:56:49 -0400 |
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Evolution 3.48.2 (by Flathub.org) |
On Thu, 2023-06-08 at 14:42 +0200, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:
> Is there a way to achieve this by somehow extending the macros so
> that they modifiy the LEXERS & co varialbes each time they are called
> before returning the string they currently return?
Sure. Just use an $(eval ...) inside your variable assignment. The
eval function expands to the empty string after parsing its arguments
as makefile code, and so it can be put pretty much anywhere.