Follow-up Comment #8, bug #59154 (project make):
[comment #7 comment #7:]
> If the string isn't quoted, the first newline would naturally signal a new
command to the shell, wouldn't it?
>
> Got an example of a real-world Makefile that would break?
Nope. But that doesn't mean there isn't one.
There are already existing ways to do what you want. I, for instance, use
structures like:
echo -e $(call quote-sh,$(subst $(NL),$(backslash)n,$(mystring)))
to do this (in part because "$(mystring)" doesn't work as expected when
$(mystring) contains a double quote).
Finally, does make even parse double quotes in the recipes currently?
Doubtful, and I'm not sure I'd want to add that functionality.
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