Re: recursive functions in a Makefile

[Paul D. Smith]

%% "Dylan Cuthbert" <address@hidden> writes:

Pls. try to choose a proper charset for your messages.  iso-2022-jp is
not always a viewable charset.

  dc> reverse_words  = $(if $(1),$(call reverse_words,$(wordlist 2,$(words
  dc> $(1)),$(1))) $(firstword $(1)))
  dc> MESSAGE = this is a message to be reversed
  dc> REVERSE = $(call reverse_words, $(MESSAGE))

  dc> I get the error:

  dc> *** Recursive variable `reverse_words' references itself (eventually).
  dc> Stop.

  dc> I *know* it references itself but I use the Makefile $(if statement to
  dc> prevent infinite loops.

There has already been a fix made to the CVS source which allows the
first argument to $(call ...) to expand recursively.  No other functions
or variables are allowed to recurse.

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