[bug #30370] add a shorthand syntax for foreach-eval-call

2010-07-19 Thread Reinier Post
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #30370 (project make): Thanks for the comments. Yes, supporting multiple masks directly in the dependency matching, based on regular expressions, is fundamentally different from using dynamically set variables as "pseudo-masks" which is what the foreach-call-eval-soluti

[bug #30370] add a shorthand syntax for foreach-eval-call

2010-07-17 Thread Olexiy Buyanskyy
Follow-up Comment #6, bug #30370 (project make): Interesting to findout which way will work faster. Many generated pattern rules? or PAttern rule with multiple masks But in general I agree with Paul and Boris. Current make is flexible enough to generate common parts Let me give you real life exa

[bug #30370] add a shorthand syntax for foreach-eval-call

2010-07-10 Thread Boris Kolpackov
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #30370 (project make): I agree with Paul. The discussion on stackoverflow is talking about a more general mechanism, namely having pattern rules with multiple stems. I think if we were to consider such an extension, then it is better to go all the way and add support for

[bug #30370] add a shorthand syntax for foreach-eval-call

2010-07-09 Thread Reinier Post
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #30370 (project make): The request at stackoverflow.com describes what I really want. I intentionally phrased the request in such a way that a particular implementation was suggested in order to avoid the criticism that the idea is "vague" or "infeasible". The syntax w

[bug #30370] add a shorthand syntax for foreach-eval-call

2010-07-09 Thread Paul D. Smith
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #30370 (project make): The major issue here, besides the effort involved of course, is finding a syntax or format that is backward compatible, at least enough to avoid breaking a lot of makefiles. I also have to say that the request at stackoverflow.com and the request

[bug #30370] add a shorthand syntax for foreach-eval-call

2010-07-09 Thread Paul D. Smith
Update of bug #30370 (project make): Triage Status:None => Medium Effort ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Messa

[bug #30370] add a shorthand syntax for foreach-eval-call

2010-07-09 Thread Reinier Post
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #30370 (project make): An example is at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2880975/make-invoke-command-for-multiple-targets-of-multiple-files ___ Reply to this item at:

[bug #30370] add a shorthand syntax for foreach-eval-call

2010-07-06 Thread Reinier Post
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #30370 (project make): -T%(x) should be -T$(x) ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.

[bug #30370] add a shorthand syntax for foreach-eval-call

2010-07-06 Thread Reinier Post
URL: Summary: add a shorthand syntax for foreach-eval-call Project: make Submitted by: r_p Submitted on: Tue 06 Jul 2010 03:22:58 PM GMT Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: