Module Name:    src
Committed By:   rillig
Date:           Sat Aug 22 20:23:14 UTC 2020

Modified Files:
        src/distrib/sets/lists/tests: mi
        src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests: Makefile
Added Files:
        src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests: varname-empty.exp varname-empty.mk

Log Message:
make(1): add test for assigning to the variable named ""

This has been possible at least since 2013, probably much longer.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.899 -r1.900 src/distrib/sets/lists/tests/mi
cvs rdiff -u -r1.109 -r1.110 src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/Makefile
cvs rdiff -u -r0 -r1.1 src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-empty.exp \
    src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-empty.mk

Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.

Modified files:

Index: src/distrib/sets/lists/tests/mi
diff -u src/distrib/sets/lists/tests/mi:1.899 src/distrib/sets/lists/tests/mi:1.900
--- src/distrib/sets/lists/tests/mi:1.899	Sat Aug 22 16:51:25 2020
+++ src/distrib/sets/lists/tests/mi	Sat Aug 22 20:23:14 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: mi,v 1.899 2020/08/22 16:51:25 rillig Exp $
+# $NetBSD: mi,v 1.900 2020/08/22 20:23:14 rillig Exp $
 #
 # Note: don't delete entries from here - mark them as "obsolete" instead.
 #
@@ -5051,6 +5051,8 @@
 ./usr/tests/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-dot-path.mk	tests-usr.bin-tests	compattestfile,atf
 ./usr/tests/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-dot-targets.exp	tests-usr.bin-tests	compattestfile,atf
 ./usr/tests/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-dot-targets.mk	tests-usr.bin-tests	compattestfile,atf
+./usr/tests/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-empty.exp	tests-usr.bin-tests	compattestfile,atf
+./usr/tests/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-empty.mk	tests-usr.bin-tests	compattestfile,atf
 ./usr/tests/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-make.exp	tests-usr.bin-tests	compattestfile,atf
 ./usr/tests/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-make.mk	tests-usr.bin-tests	compattestfile,atf
 ./usr/tests/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-make_print_var_on_error.exp	tests-usr.bin-tests	compattestfile,atf

Index: src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/Makefile
diff -u src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/Makefile:1.109 src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/Makefile:1.110
--- src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/Makefile:1.109	Sat Aug 22 16:51:26 2020
+++ src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/Makefile	Sat Aug 22 20:23:14 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.109 2020/08/22 16:51:26 rillig Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.110 2020/08/22 20:23:14 rillig Exp $
 #
 # Unit tests for make(1)
 #
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ TESTS+=		varname-dot-parsedir
 TESTS+=		varname-dot-parsefile
 TESTS+=		varname-dot-path
 TESTS+=		varname-dot-targets
+TESTS+=		varname-empty
 TESTS+=		varname-make
 TESTS+=		varname-make_print_var_on_error
 TESTS+=		varname-makeflags

Added files:

Index: src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-empty.exp
diff -u /dev/null src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-empty.exp:1.1
--- /dev/null	Sat Aug 22 20:23:14 2020
+++ src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-empty.exp	Sat Aug 22 20:23:14 2020
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+value
+value value value
+exit status 0
Index: src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-empty.mk
diff -u /dev/null src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-empty.mk:1.1
--- /dev/null	Sat Aug 22 20:23:14 2020
+++ src/usr.bin/make/unit-tests/varname-empty.mk	Sat Aug 22 20:23:14 2020
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# $NetBSD: varname-empty.mk,v 1.1 2020/08/22 20:23:14 rillig Exp $
+#
+# Tests for the special variable with the empty name.
+#
+# The variable "" is not supposed to be assigned any value.
+# This is because it is heavily used in the .for loop expansion,
+# as well as to generate arbitrary strings, as in ${:Ufallback}.
+
+# Oops.
+!=	echo 'value'
+
+# The .for loop expands the expression ${i} to ${:U1}, ${:U2} and so on.
+# This only works if the variable with the empty name is guaranteed to
+# be undefined.
+.for i in 1 2 3
+NUMBERS+=	${i}
+.endfor
+
+all:
+	@echo ${:Ufallback}
+	@echo ${NUMBERS}

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