On 13/04/2022 15:27, Paul Smith wrote:
On Tue, 2022-04-12 at 14:58 -0700, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
I also somewhat regret implementing the feature because it is
unnecessary.
The feature is built on the the implementation of pattern rules,
which already supported multiple targets many years before &:.
Just to mention that these options including &: and just using pattern
rules were discussed in the GitHub issue and the followup comments so
these were known to the folks implementing the change.
I don't really agree that using pattern rules is a sufficient
alternative. Forcing targets to have a common stem is not always
great. I for one am happy that this feature exists!
Agreed. I was really expecting this feature. Not only because of the
common stem constraint but also because most pattern rules that I was
writing just for this grouped target feature were extremely unnatural.
It even happened that somebody else decided to "fix" them because I had
forgotten to add a big "don't touch" comment.
I am very happy too that this feature exists.
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