# $NetBSD: cond-late.mk,v 1.2 2020/05/24 11:09:44 nia Exp $ # # Using the :? modifier, variable expressions can contain conditional # expressions that are evaluated late. Any variables appearing in these # conditions are expanded before parsing the condition. This is # different from many other places. # # Because of this, variables that are used in these lazy conditions # should not contain double-quotes, or the parser will probably fail. # # They should also not contain operators like == or <, since these are # actually interpreted as these operators. This is demonstrated below. # # If the order of evaluation were to change to first parse the condition # and then expand the variables, the output would change from the # current "yes no" to "yes yes", since both variables are non-empty. COND.true= "yes" == "yes" COND.false= "yes" != "yes" all: @echo ${ ${COND.true} :?yes:no} @echo ${ ${COND.false} :?yes:no}