Re: toolchain/46750 (make oddity expanding variables assigned to with +=)

[Edgar Fuß <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR toolchain/46750; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Edgar =?iso-8859-1?B?RnXf?= <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>
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Subject: Re: toolchain/46750 (make oddity expanding variables assigned to
 with +=)
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 11:22:01 +0100

 > I'm on David's side on this topic
 Which one of the two Davids involved?
 
 I now agree that make's behaviour is mostly OK as there are no lists, only strings that can be interpreted as space-seperated lists.
 
 There are, however, two cases (FOO+= ${BAR} where either FOO or BAR are empty) where one could argue that not inserting a space would be more rational. I've brought that up on tech-toolchain@.
 
 > Do you have other practical examples where the space between words matters?
 Given that that PR is nearly ten years old (thanks for picking it up anyway!): No.