# $NetBSD: cond-short.mk,v 1.19 2021/12/27 18:54:19 rillig Exp $ # # Demonstrates that in conditions, the right-hand side of an && or || # is only evaluated if it can actually influence the result. # This is called 'short-circuit evaluation' and is the usual evaluation # mode in most programming languages. A notable exception is Ada, which # distinguishes between the operators 'And', 'And Then', 'Or', 'Or Else'. # # Before 2020-06-28, the right-hand side of an && or || operator was always # evaluated, which was wrong. In cond.c 1.69 and var.c 1.197 on 2015-10-11, # Var_Parse got a new parameter named 'wantit'. Since then it would have been # possible to skip evaluation of irrelevant variable expressions and only # parse them. They were still evaluated though, the only difference to # relevant variable expressions was that in the irrelevant variable # expressions, undefined variables were allowed. This allowed for conditions # like 'defined(VAR) && ${VAR:S,from,to,} != ""', which no longer produced an # error message 'Malformed conditional', but the irrelevant expression was # still evaluated. # # Since the initial commit on 1993-03-21, the manual page has been saying that # make 'will only evaluate a conditional as far as is necessary to determine', # but that was wrong. The code in cond.c 1.1 from 1993-03-21 looks good since # it calls Var_Parse(condExpr, VAR_CMD, doEval,&varSpecLen,&doFree), but the # definition of Var_Parse did not call the third parameter 'doEval', as would # be expected, but instead 'err', accompanied by the comment 'TRUE if # undefined variables are an error'. This subtle difference between 'do not # evaluate at all' and 'allow undefined variables' led to the unexpected # evaluation. # # See also: # var-eval-short.mk, for short-circuited variable modifiers # The && operator: .if 0 && ${echo "unexpected and" 1>&2 :L:sh} .endif .if 1 && ${echo "expected and" 1>&2 :L:sh} .endif .if 0 && exists(nonexistent${echo "unexpected and exists" 1>&2 :L:sh}) .endif .if 1 && exists(nonexistent${echo "expected and exists" 1>&2 :L:sh}) .endif .if 0 && empty(${echo "unexpected and empty" 1>&2 :L:sh}) .endif .if 1 && empty(${echo "expected and empty" 1>&2 :L:sh}) .endif # "VAR U11" is not evaluated; it was evaluated before 2020-07-02. # The whole !empty condition is only parsed and then discarded. VAR= ${VAR${:U11${echo "unexpected VAR U11" 1>&2 :L:sh}}} VAR13= ${VAR${:U12${echo "unexpected VAR13" 1>&2 :L:sh}}} .if 0 && !empty(VAR${:U13${echo "unexpected U13 condition" 1>&2 :L:sh}}) .endif VAR= ${VAR${:U21${echo "unexpected VAR U21" 1>&2 :L:sh}}} VAR23= ${VAR${:U22${echo "expected VAR23" 1>&2 :L:sh}}} .if 1 && !empty(VAR${:U23${echo "expected U23 condition" 1>&2 :L:sh}}) .endif VAR= # empty again, for the following tests # The :M modifier is only parsed, not evaluated. # Before 2020-07-02, it was wrongly evaluated. .if 0 && !empty(VAR:M${:U${echo "unexpected M pattern" 1>&2 :L:sh}}) .endif .if 1 && !empty(VAR:M${:U${echo "expected M pattern" 1>&2 :L:sh}}) .endif .if 0 && !empty(VAR:S,from,${:U${echo "unexpected S modifier" 1>&2 :L:sh}},) .endif .if 0 && !empty(VAR:C,from,${:U${echo "unexpected C modifier" 1>&2 :L:sh}},) .endif .if 0 && !empty("" == "" :? ${:U${echo "unexpected ? modifier" 1>&2 :L:sh}} :) .endif .if 0 && !empty(VAR:old=${:U${echo "unexpected = modifier" 1>&2 :L:sh}}) .endif .if 0 && !empty(1 2 3:L:@var@${:U${echo "unexpected @ modifier" 1>&2 :L:sh}}@) .endif .if 0 && !empty(:U${:!echo "unexpected exclam modifier" 1>&2 !}) .endif # Irrelevant assignment modifiers are skipped as well. .if 0 && ${1 2 3:L:@i@${FIRST::?=$i}@} .endif .if 0 && ${1 2 3:L:@i@${LAST::=$i}@} .endif .if 0 && ${1 2 3:L:@i@${APPENDED::+=$i}@} .endif .if 0 && ${echo.1 echo.2 echo.3:L:@i@${RAN::!=${i:C,.*,&; & 1>\&2,:S,., ,g}}@} .endif .if defined(FIRST) || defined(LAST) || defined(APPENDED) || defined(RAN) . warning first=${FIRST} last=${LAST} appended=${APPENDED} ran=${RAN} .endif # The || operator: .if 1 || ${echo "unexpected or" 1>&2 :L:sh} .endif .if 0 || ${echo "expected or" 1>&2 :L:sh} .endif .if 1 || exists(nonexistent${echo "unexpected or exists" 1>&2 :L:sh}) .endif .if 0 || exists(nonexistent${echo "expected or exists" 1>&2 :L:sh}) .endif .if 1 || empty(${echo "unexpected or empty" 1>&2 :L:sh}) .endif .if 0 || empty(${echo "expected or empty" 1>&2 :L:sh}) .endif # Unreachable nested conditions are skipped completely as well. These skipped # lines may even contain syntax errors. This allows to skip syntactically # incompatible new features in older versions of make. .if 0 . if ${echo "unexpected nested and" 1>&2 :L:sh} . endif .endif .if 1 .elif ${echo "unexpected nested or" 1>&2 :L:sh} .endif # make sure these do not cause complaint #.MAKEFLAGS: -dc # TODO: Rewrite this whole section and check all the conditions and variables. # Several of the assumptions are probably wrong here. # TODO: replace 'x=' with '.info' or '.error'. V42= 42 iV1= ${V42} iV2= ${V66} .if defined(V42) && ${V42} > 0 x= Ok .else x= Fail .endif x!= echo 'defined(V42) && $${V42} > 0: $x' >&2; echo # With cond.c 1.76 from 2020-07-03, the following condition triggered a # warning: "String comparison operator should be either == or !=". # This was because the variable expression ${iV2} was defined, but the # contained variable V66 was undefined. The left-hand side of the comparison # therefore evaluated to the string "${V66}", which is obviously not a number. # # This was fixed in cond.c 1.79 from 2020-07-09 by not evaluating irrelevant # comparisons. Instead, they are only parsed and then discarded. # # At that time, there was not enough debug logging to see the details in the # -dA log. To actually see it, add debug logging at the beginning and end of # Var_Parse. .if defined(V66) && ( ${iV2} < ${V42} ) x= Fail .else x= Ok .endif # XXX: This condition doesn't match the one above. The quotes are missing # above. This is a crucial detail since without quotes, the variable # expression ${iV2} evaluates to "${V66}", and with quotes, it evaluates to "" # since undefined variables are allowed and expand to an empty string. x!= echo 'defined(V66) && ( "$${iV2}" < $${V42} ): $x' >&2; echo .if 1 || ${iV1} < ${V42} x= Ok .else x= Fail .endif x!= echo '1 || $${iV1} < $${V42}: $x' >&2; echo # With cond.c 1.76 from 2020-07-03, the following condition triggered a # warning: "String comparison operator should be either == or !=". # This was because the variable expression ${iV2} was defined, but the # contained variable V66 was undefined. The left-hand side of the comparison # therefore evaluated to the string "${V66}", which is obviously not a number. # # This was fixed in cond.c 1.79 from 2020-07-09 by not evaluating irrelevant # comparisons. Instead, they are only parsed and then discarded. # # At that time, there was not enough debug logging to see the details in the # -dA log. To actually see it, add debug logging at the beginning and end of # Var_Parse. .if 1 || ${iV2:U2} < ${V42} x= Ok .else x= Fail .endif x!= echo '1 || $${iV2:U2} < $${V42}: $x' >&2; echo # the same expressions are fine when the lhs is expanded # ${iV1} expands to 42 .if 0 || ${iV1} <= ${V42} x= Ok .else x= Fail .endif x!= echo '0 || $${iV1} <= $${V42}: $x' >&2; echo # ${iV2:U2} expands to 2 .if 0 || ${iV2:U2} < ${V42} x= Ok .else x= Fail .endif x!= echo '0 || $${iV2:U2} < $${V42}: $x' >&2; echo # The right-hand side of the '&&' is irrelevant since the left-hand side # already evaluates to false. Before cond.c 1.79 from 2020-07-09, it was # expanded nevertheless, although with a small modification: undefined # variables may be used in these expressions without generating an error. .if defined(UNDEF) && ${UNDEF} != "undefined" . error .endif # Ensure that irrelevant conditions do not influence the result of the whole # condition. As of cond.c 1.302 from 2021-12-11, an irrelevant function call # evaluates to true (see CondParser_FuncCall and CondParser_FuncCallEmpty), an # irrelevant comparison evaluates to false (see CondParser_Comparison). # # An irrelevant true bubbles up to the outermost CondParser_And, where it is # ignored. An irrelevant false bubbles up to the outermost CondParser_Or, # where it is ignored. # # If the condition parser should ever be restructured, the bubbling up of the # irrelevant evaluation results might show up accidentally. Prevent this. DEF= defined .undef UNDEF .if 0 && defined(DEF) . error .endif .if 1 && defined(DEF) .else . error .endif .if 0 && defined(UNDEF) . error .endif .if 1 && defined(UNDEF) . error .endif .if 0 || defined(DEF) .else . error .endif .if 1 || defined(DEF) .else . error .endif .if 0 || defined(UNDEF) . error .endif .if 1 || defined(UNDEF) .else . error .endif all: