Re: bin/43821 (make: oldstanding bug with loop variables)

[dholland%NetBSD.org@localhost]

Synopsis: make: oldstanding bug with loop variables

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Whether it's a bug is debatable (getting "malformed conditional" is a bug
but that's a minor aspect of the issue) but this is deeply ingrained
behavior of loop variables and it's not readily changed or "fixed". Try
this example on for size:

.for i in 1 2 3
j=${i}       
.if !empty(j:M2)
res=passed ${j}
.endif  
.endfor

 all:
        @echo ${res}