* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 05:35:57PM CEST: > I'm just saying that when we'll write the `extract_makefile_deps' > function, it shouldn't bother with preserving tabs and backslashes;
Well, it should deal with them correctly, yes. > on the other hand, it should actively normalize them to space in > order to simplify grepping and matching of the extracted info. I think we violently agree. > So that, with your example below, something like: > foo=`extract_makefile_deps tgt2 Makefile`; echo x"$foo"x > should print: > x dep1 dep2 dep3 dep4 x More or less, yes. I'd avoid the command substitution fork by letting extract_makefile_deps set some variable instead of printing. > Have I managed to make my point now? If yes, what do you think of my > proposal? Good. Thanks, Ralf
