Hello there, I wonder if anyone can help me out, I tried my hand at a little Makefile meta-programming only to have the Makefile give me an error:
reverse_words = $(if $(1),$(call reverse_words,$(wordlist 2,$(words $(1)),$(1))) $(firstword $(1))) MESSAGE = this is a message to be reversed REVERSE = $(call reverse_words, $(MESSAGE)) I get the error: *** Recursive variable `reverse_words' references itself (eventually). Stop. I *know* it references itself but I use the Makefile $(if statement to prevent infinite loops. (in a similar way to specialization in c++ template meta-programming) It seems that this error is a little over-zealous in its scope and if removed would increase the ability of Makefiles enormously. Regards --------------------------------- Q-Games, Dylan Cuthbert. http://www.q-games.com _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
