From 9a9276e1d151910ba31db4d91521b41e5ea1435f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2020 10:22:12 +0200
Subject: Adjust variable block applicability in dependency chains

Before the block used to apply to the set of prerequisites before the last
`:`. This turned out to be counterintuitive and not very useful since
prerequisite-specific variables are a lot less common than target specific.
And it doesn't fit with ad hoc recipes.

The new rule is if the chain ends with `:`, then the block applies to the last
set of prerequisites. Otherwise, it applies to the last set of targets. For
example:

./: exe{test}: cxx{main}
{
  test = true        # Applies to the exe{test} target.
}

./: exe{test}: libue{test}:
{
  bin.whole = false  # Applies to the libue{test} prerequisite.
}

This is actually consistent with both non-chain and non-block cases.
Consider:

exe{test}: cxx{main}
{
  test = true
}

exe{test}: libue{test}:
{
  bin.whole = false
}

exe{test}: libue{test}: bin.whole = false

The only exception we now have in this overall approach of "if the
dependency declaration ends with a colon, then what follows is for a
prerequisite" is for the first semicolon:

exe{test}:
{
  test = true
}

exe{test}: test = true

But that's probably intuitive enough since there cannot be a prerequisite
without a target.
---
 tests/dependency/chain/testscript | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)

(limited to 'tests/dependency/chain')

diff --git a/tests/dependency/chain/testscript b/tests/dependency/chain/testscript
index ac4a946..a24ace3 100644
--- a/tests/dependency/chain/testscript
+++ b/tests/dependency/chain/testscript
@@ -36,3 +36,52 @@ EOI
 
 %  .+/dir\{y/\}: .+:dir\{a/\} .+:dir\{b/\}%
 EOE
+
+: var-prereq
+:
+$* <<EOI 2>>/~%EOE%
+./: dir{x}: dir{a}: x = y
+dump dir{x}
+EOI
+<stdin>:2:1: dump:
+%  .+/dir\{x/\}: .+:dir\{a/\}:%
+  {
+    x = y
+  }
+EOE
+
+: var-prereq-block
+:
+$* <<EOI 2>>/~%EOE%
+./: dir{x}: dir{a}:
+{
+  x = y
+  z = x
+}
+dump dir{x}
+EOI
+<stdin>:6:1: dump:
+%  .+/dir\{x/\}: .+:dir\{a/\}:%
+  {
+    x = y
+    z = x
+  }
+EOE
+
+: var-target-block
+:
+$* <<EOI 2>>/~%EOE%
+./: dir{x}: dir{a}
+{
+  x = y
+  z = x
+}
+dump dir{x}
+EOI
+<stdin>:6:1: dump:
+%  .+/dir\{x/\}: .+:dir\{a/\}%
+  {
+    x = y
+    z = x
+  }
+EOE
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