[src/trunk]: src/usr.bin/make make(1): improve variable name in Var_Value, do...

[rillig <rillig%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/d59167760bef
branches:  trunk
changeset: 977676:d59167760bef
user:      rillig <rillig%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Fri Oct 30 22:49:07 2020 +0000

description:
make(1): improve variable name in Var_Value, document callback

diffstat:

 usr.bin/make/var.c |  21 ++++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diffs (55 lines):

diff -r 9c7afeb02cba -r d59167760bef usr.bin/make/var.c
--- a/usr.bin/make/var.c        Fri Oct 30 22:43:39 2020 +0000
+++ b/usr.bin/make/var.c        Fri Oct 30 22:49:07 2020 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*     $NetBSD: var.c,v 1.608 2020/10/30 22:43:39 rillig Exp $ */
+/*     $NetBSD: var.c,v 1.609 2020/10/30 22:49:07 rillig Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 #include    "metachar.h"
 
 /*     "@(#)var.c      8.3 (Berkeley) 3/19/94" */
-MAKE_RCSID("$NetBSD: var.c,v 1.608 2020/10/30 22:43:39 rillig Exp $");
+MAKE_RCSID("$NetBSD: var.c,v 1.609 2020/10/30 22:49:07 rillig Exp $");
 
 #define VAR_DEBUG1(fmt, arg1) DEBUG1(VAR, fmt, arg1)
 #define VAR_DEBUG2(fmt, arg1, arg2) DEBUG2(VAR, fmt, arg1, arg2)
@@ -1020,16 +1020,16 @@
 Var_Value(const char *name, GNode *ctxt, void **freeIt)
 {
     Var *v = VarFind(name, ctxt, TRUE);
-    char *p;
+    char *value;
 
     *freeIt = NULL;
     if (v == NULL)
        return NULL;
 
-    p = Buf_GetAll(&v->val, NULL);
+    value = Buf_GetAll(&v->val, NULL);
     if (VarFreeEnv(v, FALSE))
-       *freeIt = p;
-    return p;
+       *freeIt = value;
+    return value;
 }
 
 
@@ -1085,9 +1085,12 @@
 }
 
 
-/* This callback for ModifyWords gets a single word from an expression and
- * typically adds a modification of this word to the buffer. It may also do
- * nothing or add several words. */
+/* This callback for ModifyWords gets a single word from a variable expression
+ * and typically adds a modification of this word to the buffer. It may also
+ * do nothing or add several words.
+ *
+ * For example, in ${:Ua b c:M*2}, the callback is called 3 times, once for
+ * each word of "a b c". */
 typedef void (*ModifyWordsCallback)(const char *word, SepBuf *buf, void *data);