# $NetBSD: varmod-match-escape.mk,v 1.10 2023/06/23 04:56:54 rillig Exp $ # # As of 2020-08-01, the :M and :N modifiers interpret backslashes differently, # depending on whether there was a variable expression somewhere before the # first backslash or not. See ApplyModifier_Match, "copy = true". # # Apart from the different and possibly confusing debug output, there is no # difference in behavior. When parsing the modifier text, only \{, \} and \: # are unescaped, and in the pattern matching these have the same meaning as # their plain variants '{', '}' and ':'. In the pattern matching from # Str_Match, only \*, \? or \[ would make a noticeable difference. .MAKEFLAGS: -dcv SPECIALS= \: : \\ * \* .if ${SPECIALS:M${:U}\:} != ${SPECIALS:M\:${:U}} . warning unexpected .endif # And now both cases combined: A single modifier with both an escaped ':' # as well as a variable expression that expands to a ':'. # # XXX: As of 2020-11-01, when an escaped ':' occurs before the variable # expression, the whole modifier text is subject to unescaping '\:' to ':', # before the variable expression is expanded. This means that the '\:' in # the variable expression is expanded as well, turning ${:U\:} into a simple # ${:U:}, which silently expands to an empty string, instead of generating # an error message. # # XXX: As of 2020-11-01, the modifier on the right-hand side of the # comparison is parsed differently though. First, the variable expression # is parsed, resulting in ':' and needSubst=true. After that, the escaped # ':' is seen, and this time, copy=true is not executed but stays copy=false. # Therefore the escaped ':' is kept as-is, and the final pattern becomes # ':\:'. # # If ApplyModifier_Match had used the same parsing algorithm as Var_Subst, # both patterns would end up as '::'. # VALUES= : :: :\: .if ${VALUES:M\:${:U\:}} != ${VALUES:M${:U\:}\:} # expect+1: warning: XXX: Oops . warning XXX: Oops .endif .MAKEFLAGS: -d0 # XXX: As of 2020-11-01, unlike all other variable modifiers, a '$' in the # :M and :N modifiers is written as '$$', not as '\$'. This is confusing, # undocumented and hopefully not used in practice. .if ${:U\$:M$$} != "\$" . error .endif # XXX: As of 2020-11-01, unlike all other variable modifiers, '\$' is not # parsed as an escaped '$'. Instead, ApplyModifier_Match first scans for # the ':' at the end of the modifier, which results in the pattern '\$'. # No unescaping takes place since the pattern neither contained '\:' nor # '\{' nor '\}'. But the text is expanded, and a lonely '$' at the end # is silently discarded. The resulting expanded pattern is thus '\', that # is a single backslash. .if ${:U\$:M\$} != "" . error .endif # In lint mode, the case of a lonely '$' is covered with an error message. .MAKEFLAGS: -dL # expect+1: Dollar followed by nothing .if ${:U\$:M\$} != "" . error .endif # The control flow of the pattern parser depends on the actual string that # is being matched. There needs to be either a test that shows a difference # in behavior, or a proof that the behavior does not depend on the actual # string. # # TODO: Str_Match("a-z]", "[a-z]") # TODO: Str_Match("012", "[0-]]") # TODO: Str_Match("[", "[[]") # TODO: Str_Match("]", "[]") # TODO: Str_Match("]", "[[-]]") # Demonstrate an inconsistency between positive and negative character lists # when the range ends with the character ']'. # # 'A' begins the range, 'B' is in the middle of the range, ']' ends the range, # 'a' is outside the range. WORDS= A A] A]] B B] B]] ] ]] ]]] a a] a]] # The ']' is part of the character range and at the same time ends the # character list. EXP.[A-]= A B ] # The first ']' is part of the character range and at the same time ends the # character list. EXP.[A-]]= A] B] ]] # The first ']' is part of the character range and at the same time ends the # character list. EXP.[A-]]]= A]] B]] ]]] # For negative character lists, the ']' ends the character range but does not # end the character list. # XXX: This is unnecessarily inconsistent but irrelevant in practice as there # is no practical need for a character range that ends at ']'. EXP.[^A-]= a EXP.[^A-]]= a EXP.[^A-]]]= a] .for pattern in [A-] [A-]] [A-]]] [^A-] [^A-]] [^A-]]] # expect+2: warning: Unfinished character list in pattern '[A-]' of modifier ':M' # expect+1: warning: Unfinished character list in pattern '[^A-]' of modifier ':M' . if ${WORDS:M${pattern}} != ${EXP.${pattern}} . warning ${pattern}: ${WORDS:M${pattern}} != ${EXP.${pattern}} . endif .endfor # In brackets, the backslash is just an ordinary character. # Outside brackets, it is an escape character for a few special characters. # TODO: Str_Match("\\", "[\\-]]") # TODO: Str_Match("-]", "[\\-]]") all: @:;