is this a make bug?

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Given this:

   ------
FOO=foo
BAR=$(FOO::=bar:S/zop/flop/)

all:
        @echo $(FOO)
        @echo $(BAR)
        @echo $(FOO)
   ------

make prints:

   foo

   bar:S/zop/flop/

that is, the ::= modifier consumes the entire rest of the modifier
string and doesn't stop on colons or treat those as further modifiers.

I'm not clear on whether this is intentional. Thoughts?

-- 
David A. Holland
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