%% "Frink, Alexander " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
fa> Why is MAKE_RESTARTS designed as is, i.e. empty before the first
fa> restart, then 1, 2, ...? Wouldn't it be better to set it to 0 for
fa> the first iteration? Then it would not be necessary to resort on
fa> the literal check on the version number to test if it is available
fa> at all.
I dunno; it never occurred to me. In GNU make variables, an empty
variable false, while a variable with any value (even "0") is true.
It's not easy to do math in GNU make. I guess I was anticipating people
would be more likely to do something like:
ifdef MAKE_RESTARTS
... do something different if we've restarted ...
endif
Of course you could almost as easily use:
ifeq ($(MAKE_RESTARTS),0)
... do something different if we've restarted ...
endif
to get the same effect if your suggestion were followed.
It's just the way it was done...
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