Module Name:    src
Committed By:   rillig
Date:           Wed Nov  4 03:37:51 UTC 2020

Modified Files:
        src/usr.bin/make: main.c make.h parse.c var.c

Log Message:
make(1): rename oldVars to discardUndefined

While here, moved all the documentation about this variable into a
single place.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.421 -r1.422 src/usr.bin/make/main.c
cvs rdiff -u -r1.181 -r1.182 src/usr.bin/make/make.h
cvs rdiff -u -r1.422 -r1.423 src/usr.bin/make/parse.c
cvs rdiff -u -r1.654 -r1.655 src/usr.bin/make/var.c

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copyright notices on the relevant files.

Modified files:

Index: src/usr.bin/make/main.c
diff -u src/usr.bin/make/main.c:1.421 src/usr.bin/make/main.c:1.422
--- src/usr.bin/make/main.c:1.421	Sun Nov  1 00:24:57 2020
+++ src/usr.bin/make/main.c	Wed Nov  4 03:37:51 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: main.c,v 1.421 2020/11/01 00:24:57 rillig Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: main.c,v 1.422 2020/11/04 03:37:51 rillig Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 #include "trace.h"
 
 /*	"@(#)main.c	8.3 (Berkeley) 3/19/94"	*/
-MAKE_RCSID("$NetBSD: main.c,v 1.421 2020/11/01 00:24:57 rillig Exp $");
+MAKE_RCSID("$NetBSD: main.c,v 1.422 2020/11/04 03:37:51 rillig Exp $");
 #if defined(MAKE_NATIVE) && !defined(lint)
 __COPYRIGHT("@(#) Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 "
 	    "The Regents of the University of California.  "
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Boolean			deleteOnError;	/* .DELETE_ON_E
 static int		maxJobTokens;	/* -j argument */
 Boolean			enterFlagObj;	/* -w and objdir != srcdir */
 
-Boolean			oldVars;	/* variable substitution style */
+Boolean discardUndefined;
 static int jp_0 = -1, jp_1 = -1;	/* ends of parent job pipe */
 Boolean			doing_depend;	/* Set while reading .depend */
 static Boolean		jobsRunning;	/* TRUE if the jobs might be running */
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ rearg:
 		argc -= arginc;
 	}
 
-	oldVars = TRUE;
+	discardUndefined = TRUE;
 
 	/*
 	 * See if the rest of the arguments are variable assignments and

Index: src/usr.bin/make/make.h
diff -u src/usr.bin/make/make.h:1.181 src/usr.bin/make/make.h:1.182
--- src/usr.bin/make/make.h:1.181	Wed Nov  4 03:13:46 2020
+++ src/usr.bin/make/make.h	Wed Nov  4 03:37:51 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: make.h,v 1.181 2020/11/04 03:13:46 rillig Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: make.h,v 1.182 2020/11/04 03:37:51 rillig Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
@@ -444,11 +444,19 @@ extern char	var_Error[];	/* Value return
 extern time_t	now;		/* The time at the start of this whole
 				 * process */
 
-/* Do old-style variable substitution.
+/*
+ * If TRUE (default behavior), undefined subexpressions in a variable
+ * expression are discarded.  If FALSE (only in variable assignments using the
+ * ':=' assignment operator), they are preserved and possibly expanded later
+ * when the variable from the subexpression has been defined.
  *
- * The word "old" comes from 1993-03-21 or earlier, so it must be really old.
- * TODO: But what does this "old-style" mean?  What effects does it have? */
-extern Boolean	oldVars;
+ * Example for a ':=' assignment:
+ *	CFLAGS = $(.INCLUDES)
+ *	CFLAGS := -I.. $(CFLAGS)
+ *	# If .INCLUDES (an undocumented special variable, by the way) is
+ *	# still undefined, the updated CFLAGS becomes "-I.. $(.INCLUDES)".
+ */
+extern Boolean discardUndefined;
 
 extern SearchPath *sysIncPath;	/* The system include path. */
 extern SearchPath *defSysIncPath; /* The default system include path. */

Index: src/usr.bin/make/parse.c
diff -u src/usr.bin/make/parse.c:1.422 src/usr.bin/make/parse.c:1.423
--- src/usr.bin/make/parse.c:1.422	Mon Nov  2 22:50:55 2020
+++ src/usr.bin/make/parse.c	Wed Nov  4 03:37:51 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: parse.c,v 1.422 2020/11/02 22:50:55 rillig Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: parse.c,v 1.423 2020/11/04 03:37:51 rillig Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 #include "pathnames.h"
 
 /*	"@(#)parse.c	8.3 (Berkeley) 3/19/94"	*/
-MAKE_RCSID("$NetBSD: parse.c,v 1.422 2020/11/02 22:50:55 rillig Exp $");
+MAKE_RCSID("$NetBSD: parse.c,v 1.423 2020/11/04 03:37:51 rillig Exp $");
 
 /* types and constants */
 
@@ -1919,20 +1919,9 @@ VarAssign_EvalSubst(const char *name, co
 {
     const char *avalue = uvalue;
     char *evalue;
-    /*
-     * Allow variables in the old value to be undefined, but leave their
-     * expressions alone -- this is done by forcing oldVars to be false.
-     * XXX: This can cause recursive variables, but that's not hard to do,
-     * and this allows someone to do something like
-     *
-     *  CFLAGS = $(.INCLUDES)
-     *  CFLAGS := -I.. $(CFLAGS)
-     *
-     * And not get an error.
-     */
-    Boolean oldOldVars = oldVars;
+    Boolean savedDiscardUndefined = discardUndefined;
 
-    oldVars = FALSE;
+    discardUndefined = FALSE;
 
     /*
      * make sure that we set the variable the first time to nothing
@@ -1943,7 +1932,7 @@ VarAssign_EvalSubst(const char *name, co
 
     (void)Var_Subst(uvalue, ctxt, VARE_WANTRES|VARE_ASSIGN, &evalue);
     /* TODO: handle errors */
-    oldVars = oldOldVars;
+    discardUndefined = savedDiscardUndefined;
     avalue = evalue;
     Var_Set(name, avalue, ctxt);
 

Index: src/usr.bin/make/var.c
diff -u src/usr.bin/make/var.c:1.654 src/usr.bin/make/var.c:1.655
--- src/usr.bin/make/var.c:1.654	Wed Nov  4 02:53:18 2020
+++ src/usr.bin/make/var.c	Wed Nov  4 03:37:51 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$NetBSD: var.c,v 1.654 2020/11/04 02:53:18 rillig Exp $	*/
+/*	$NetBSD: var.c,v 1.655 2020/11/04 03:37:51 rillig Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 #include "metachar.h"
 
 /*	"@(#)var.c	8.3 (Berkeley) 3/19/94" */
-MAKE_RCSID("$NetBSD: var.c,v 1.654 2020/11/04 02:53:18 rillig Exp $");
+MAKE_RCSID("$NetBSD: var.c,v 1.655 2020/11/04 03:37:51 rillig Exp $");
 
 #define VAR_DEBUG1(fmt, arg1) DEBUG1(VAR, fmt, arg1)
 #define VAR_DEBUG2(fmt, arg1, arg2) DEBUG2(VAR, fmt, arg1, arg2)
@@ -3989,13 +3989,7 @@ Var_Subst(const char *str, GNode *ctxt, 
 	    /* TODO: handle errors */
 
 	    if (val == var_Error || val == varUndefined) {
-		/*
-		 * If performing old-time variable substitution, skip over
-		 * the variable and continue with the substitution. Otherwise,
-		 * store the dollar sign and advance str so we continue with
-		 * the string...
-		 */
-		if (oldVars) {
+		if (discardUndefined) {
 		    p = nested_p;
 		} else if ((eflags & VARE_UNDEFERR) || val == var_Error) {
 		    /*

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