Re: bmake variable expansion: ${X:ts:}

[RVP <rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

On Tue, 5 Jul 2022, Brook Milligan wrote:

> If :ts will not break a variable into a new set of words based upon the separator, what does it do?  What is it for?

I think :ts is analogous to how the ORS var. is used in awk:

---
$ cat Makefile
X=	a b c

all:
	@echo ${X:ts:}
$ bmake
a:b:c
$ 
---

Ie. uses a different char. as word-separator on expansion. Words are still
only broken only on WS, I think.

-RVP