> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:52:19 +0330 > From: ali hagigat <[email protected]> > > The source of confusion in the section, "4.4.3 How Directory Searches > are Performed", is that at the items 1 and 4, it talks about 'target' > but these two targets are different. When reading search algorithm, at > item 1, one imagines a rule which has a target, some prerequisites and > some commands. > Then in Item 4 it again talks about 'target', while this new target is > actually the prerequisite of the target of Item 1. > The distinction of target and prerequisite has not been indicated > well. One asks from himself after reading the text, the target of what > rule? The prerequisite of what rule?
Did you read the reworded description I posted here a couple of days ago? There's no "target" in that description, only prerequisites. I would appreciate feedback from you on the proposed text. > Another source of confusion is : " any prerequisite lists which > contain this target"!! > It is better to be substituted with : "when this target is seen or > used as the prerequisite of other rules" > "any prerequisite lists which contain this target" may be interpreted > as, this target has been in some rules and the pathname found is used > for all prerequisites of such targets. I don't understand the source of the confusion. A "prerequisite list" is a list of words; a list that "contains this target" is a list one of whose words is the target. What is confusing here, exactly? Can you give an example where this confusion comes to light? _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
