Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Since we have recently abolished the prohibition on $(call) > in our Makefile, we can use it to factor out the repeated > shell-quoting we do. There are two upsides: > > 1. It is much more readable than inline calls to > $(subst ','\''). > > 2. It is short enough that we can do away with the _SQ > variants of many variables (note that we do not do this > just yet, as there is a little more cleanup needed > first). Yay. > .... But > many instances are not really any more readable (e.g., see the first > hunk below). > ... > .PHONY: install-perl-script install-sh-script install-python-script > install-sh-script: $(SCRIPT_SH_INS) > - $(INSTALL) $^ '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitexec_instdir_SQ)' > + $(INSTALL) $^ $(call sq,$(DESTDIR)$(gitexec_instdir)) Hmph, I do not see it as bad as the "make-var", which forces you to say $(eval $(call ...)); this $(call sq, ...) is fairly readable. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html