On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Tom Browder <[email protected]> wrote: > A survey of folks who actually rely on the current Make behavior on > white space versus those who find it awkward and non-intuitive would > be interesting.
While i do find the non-trimming behaviour odd on the surface, it really is the only "generically correct" solution. i have indeed had cases where this caused me Grief, and have in fact had one case where it was just what i needed (it's the only way to get a token comprised only of spaces). It is, whether we like it or not, documented and ancient behaviour, and i would hate to see it go. Maybe an option like .AUTOSTRIP might be interesting, but i can't see myself making use of it. -- ----- stephan beal http://wanderinghorse.net/home/stephan/ _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
