On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 3:39 PM Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dmitry, why did $\\ work for you ($\ being my $(empty)), and not for me > (as $(empty)\)? ¿Cómo estás, Alex? When make parses a definition, first it performs line continuation business, then expands macros. In the case of $(empty)\<newline>, make replaces \<newline> with a space during line continuation phase, then expands $(empty). In the case of $\\<newline>, the 1st backslash escapes the 2nd backslash and preserves \<newline> during line continuation phase. Then $\ is expanded to an empty string. \<newline> remains. regards, Dmitry
