Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:29:29 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> To: Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav <des@des.no> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r186502 - head/usr.bin/make Message-ID: <20090105142929.GA70683@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <867i59lvbj.fsf@ds4.des.no> References: <200812262231.mBQMVjHC052150@svn.freebsd.org> <867i59lvbj.fsf@ds4.des.no>
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On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 02:46:24PM +0100, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote: > Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > Log: > > Clarify the behaviour of conditionals when dealing with comparisons. > > In particular, point out that string comparison can only use != and == > > (how weird, given that the underlying call to strcmp returns more > > information), that floating point values are correctly interpreted > > as numbers, and that the left-hand side must be a variable expansion. > > Any chance of fixing items 1 and 3? item 1 is easy except perhaps for Locale issues which however should not be a big deal in this context. item 3 should also be easy. But the thing i wonder about is whether there is any standard that mandates this beviour, or we are relatively free to make enhancements to our "make" program. cheers luigihome | help
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