For the load directive, the docs say ...
The initializing function will be provided the file name and line
number of the invocation of the 'load' operation. It should return a
value of type 'int', which must be '0' on failure and non-'0' on
success. If the retu
> It might be interesting to have a make flag that would reverse the order
> in which dependencies are considered,
... or indeed randomise the order, so that repeated testing would
routinely catch any un-noticed dependencies.
Does anything actually specify that order of prerequisites in a rule is
