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  • Author : Ralf Wildenhues
    Date : 2006-10-14 09:33:34
    Hash : 5c1a1342
    Message : * automake.in: Fix some typos in comments. * lib/Automake/Variable.pm: Likewise.

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  • # Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    
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    # 02110-1301, USA.
    
    package Automake::Variable;
    use strict;
    use Carp;
    
    use Automake::Channels;
    use Automake::ChannelDefs;
    use Automake::Configure_ac;
    use Automake::Item;
    use Automake::VarDef;
    use Automake::Condition qw (TRUE FALSE);
    use Automake::DisjConditions;
    use Automake::General 'uniq';
    use Automake::Wrap 'makefile_wrap';
    
    require Exporter;
    use vars '@ISA', '@EXPORT', '@EXPORT_OK';
    @ISA = qw/Automake::Item Exporter/;
    @EXPORT = qw (err_var msg_var msg_cond_var reject_var
    	      var rvar vardef rvardef
    	      variables
    	      scan_variable_expansions check_variable_expansions
    	      variable_delete
    	      variables_dump
    	      set_seen
    	      require_variables
    	      variable_value
    	      output_variables
    	      transform_variable_recursively);
    
    =head1 NAME
    
    Automake::Variable - support for variable definitions
    
    =head1 SYNOPSIS
    
      use Automake::Variable;
      use Automake::VarDef;
    
      # Defining a variable.
      Automake::Variable::define($varname, $owner, $type,
                                 $cond, $value, $comment,
                                 $where, $pretty)
    
      # Looking up a variable.
      my $var = var $varname;
      if ($var)
        {
          ...
        }
    
      # Looking up a variable that is assumed to exist.
      my $var = rvar $varname;
    
      # The list of conditions where $var has been defined.
      # ($var->conditions is an Automake::DisjConditions,
      # $var->conditions->conds is a list of Automake::Condition.)
      my @conds = $var->conditions->conds
    
      # Accessing to the definition in Condition $cond.
      # $def is an Automake::VarDef.
      my $def = $var->def ($cond);
      if ($def)
        {
          ...
        }
    
      # When the conditional definition is assumed to exist, use
      my $def = $var->rdef ($cond);
    
    
    =head1 DESCRIPTION
    
    This package provides support for Makefile variable definitions.
    
    An C<Automake::Variable> is a variable name associated to possibly
    many conditional definitions.  These definitions are instances
    of C<Automake::VarDef>.
    
    Therefore obtaining the value of a variable under a given
    condition involves two lookups.  One to look up the variable,
    and one to look up the conditional definition:
    
      my $var = var $name;
      if ($var)
        {
          my $def = $var->def ($cond);
          if ($def)
            {
              return $def->value;
            }
          ...
        }
      ...
    
    When it is known that the variable and the definition
    being looked up exist, the above can be simplified to
    
      return var ($name)->def ($cond)->value; # Do not write this.
    
    but is better written
    
      return rvar ($name)->rdef ($cond)->value;
    
    or even
    
      return rvardef ($name, $cond)->value;
    
    The I<r> variants of the C<var>, C<def>, and C<vardef> methods add an
    extra test to ensure that the lookup succeeded, and will diagnose
    failures as internal errors (with a message which is much more
    informative than Perl's warning about calling a method on a
    non-object).
    
    =cut
    
    my $_VARIABLE_PATTERN = '^[.A-Za-z0-9_@]+' . "\$";
    
    # The order in which variables should be output.  (May contain
    # duplicates -- only the first occurrence matters.)
    my @_var_order;
    
    # This keeps track of all variables defined by &_gen_varname.
    # $_gen_varname{$base} is a hash for all variables defined with
    # prefix `$base'.  Values stored in this hash are the variable names.
    # Keys have the form "(COND1)VAL1(COND2)VAL2..." where VAL1 and VAL2
    # are the values of the variable for condition COND1 and COND2.
    my %_gen_varname = ();
    # $_gen_varname_n{$base} is the number of variables generated by
    # _gen_varname() for $base.  This is not the same as keys
    # %{$_gen_varname{$base}} because %_gen_varname may also contain
    # variables not generated by _gen_varname.
    my %_gen_varname_n = ();
    
    # Declare the macros that define known variables, so we can
    # hint the user if she try to use one of these variables.
    
    # Macros accessible via aclocal.
    my %_am_macro_for_var =
      (
       ANSI2KNR => 'AM_C_PROTOTYPES',
       CCAS => 'AM_PROG_AS',
       CCASFLAGS => 'AM_PROG_AS',
       EMACS => 'AM_PATH_LISPDIR',
       GCJ => 'AM_PROG_GCJ',
       LEX => 'AM_PROG_LEX',
       LIBTOOL => 'AC_PROG_LIBTOOL',
       lispdir => 'AM_PATH_LISPDIR',
       pkgpyexecdir => 'AM_PATH_PYTHON',
       pkgpythondir => 'AM_PATH_PYTHON',
       pyexecdir => 'AM_PATH_PYTHON',
       PYTHON => 'AM_PATH_PYTHON',
       pythondir => 'AM_PATH_PYTHON',
       U => 'AM_C_PROTOTYPES',
       );
    
    # Macros shipped with Autoconf.
    my %_ac_macro_for_var =
      (
       ALLOCA => 'AC_FUNC_ALLOCA',
       CC => 'AC_PROG_CC',
       CFLAGS => 'AC_PROG_CC',
       CXX => 'AC_PROG_CXX',
       CXXFLAGS => 'AC_PROG_CXX',
       F77 => 'AC_PROG_F77',
       F77FLAGS => 'AC_PROG_F77',
       FC => 'AC_PROG_FC',
       FCFLAGS => 'AC_PROG_FC',
       OBJC => 'AC_PROG_OBJC',
       OBJCFLAGS => 'AC_PROG_OBJC',
       RANLIB => 'AC_PROG_RANLIB',
       UPC => 'AM_PROG_UPC',
       UPCFLAGS => 'AM_PROG_UPC',
       YACC => 'AC_PROG_YACC',
       );
    
    # The name of the configure.ac file.
    my $configure_ac = find_configure_ac;
    
    # Variables that can be overriden without complaint from -Woverride
    my %_silent_variable_override =
      (AM_MAKEINFOHTMLFLAGS => 1,
       AR => 1,
       ARFLAGS => 1,
       DEJATOOL => 1,
       JAVAC => 1,
       JAVAROOT => 1);
    
    # Count of helper variables used to implement conditional '+='.
    my $_appendvar;
    
    # Each call to C<Automake::Variable::traverse_recursively> gets an
    # unique label. This is used to detect recursively defined variables.
    my $_traversal = 0;
    
    
    =head2 Error reporting functions
    
    In these functions, C<$var> can be either a variable name, or
    an instance of C<Automake::Variable>.
    
    =over 4
    
    =item C<err_var ($var, $message, [%options])>
    
    Uncategorized errors about variables.
    
    =cut
    
    sub err_var ($$;%)
    {
      msg_var ('error', @_);
    }
    
    =item C<msg_cond_var ($channel, $cond, $var, $message, [%options])>
    
    Messages about conditional variable.
    
    =cut
    
    sub msg_cond_var ($$$$;%)
    {
      my ($channel, $cond, $var, $msg, %opts) = @_;
      my $v = ref ($var) ? $var : rvar ($var);
      msg $channel, $v->rdef ($cond)->location, $msg, %opts;
    }
    
    =item C<msg_var ($channel, $var, $message, [%options])>
    
    Messages about variables.
    
    =cut
    
    sub msg_var ($$$;%)
    {
      my ($channel, $var, $msg, %opts) = @_;
      my $v = ref ($var) ? $var : rvar ($var);
      # Don't know which condition is concerned.  Pick any.
      my $cond = $v->conditions->one_cond;
      msg_cond_var $channel, $cond, $v, $msg, %opts;
    }
    
    =item C<$bool = reject_var ($varname, $error_msg)>
    
    Bail out with C<$error_msg> if a variable with name C<$varname> has
    been defined.
    
    Return true iff C<$varname> is defined.
    
    =cut
    
    sub reject_var ($$)
    {
      my ($var, $msg) = @_;
      my $v = var ($var);
      if ($v)
        {
          err_var $v, $msg;
          return 1;
        }
      return 0;
    }
    
    =back
    
    =head2 Administrative functions
    
    =over 4
    
    =item C<Automake::Variable::hook ($varname, $fun)>
    
    Declare a function to be called whenever a variable
    named C<$varname> is defined or redefined.
    
    C<$fun> should take two arguments: C<$type> and C<$value>.
    When type is C<''> or <':'>, C<$value> is the value being
    assigned to C<$varname>.  When C<$type> is C<'+'>, C<$value>
    is the value being appended to  C<$varname>.
    
    =cut
    
    use vars '%_hooks';
    sub hook ($$)
    {
      my ($var, $fun) = @_;
      $_hooks{$var} = $fun;
    }
    
    =item C<variables ([$suffix])>
    
    Returns the list of all L<Automake::Variable> instances.  (I.e., all
    variables defined so far.)  If C<$suffix> is supplied, return only
    the L<Automake::Variable> instances that ends with C<_$suffix>.
    
    =cut
    
    use vars '%_variable_dict', '%_primary_dict';
    sub variables (;$)
    {
      my ($suffix) = @_;
      if ($suffix)
        {
          if (exists $_primary_dict{$suffix})
    	{
    	  return values %{$_primary_dict{$suffix}};
    	}
          else
    	{
    	  return ();
    	}
        }
      else
        {
          return values %_variable_dict;
        }
    }
    
    =item C<Automake::Variable::reset>
    
    The I<forget all> function.  Clears all know variables and reset some
    other internal data.
    
    =cut
    
    sub reset ()
    {
      %_variable_dict = ();
      %_primary_dict = ();
      $_appendvar = 0;
      @_var_order = ();
      %_gen_varname = ();
      %_gen_varname_n = ();
      $_traversal = 0;
    }
    
    =item C<var ($varname)>
    
    Return the C<Automake::Variable> object for the variable
    named C<$varname> if defined.   Return 0 otherwise.
    
    =cut
    
    sub var ($)
    {
      my ($name) = @_;
      return $_variable_dict{$name} if exists $_variable_dict{$name};
      return 0;
    }
    
    =item C<vardef ($varname, $cond)>
    
    Return the C<Automake::VarDef> object for the variable named
    C<$varname> if defined in condition C<$cond>.  Return false
    if the condition or the variable does not exist.
    
    =cut
    
    sub vardef ($$)
    {
      my ($name, $cond) = @_;
      my $var = var $name;
      return $var && $var->def ($cond);
    }
    
    # Create the variable if it does not exist.
    # This is used only by other functions in this package.
    sub _cvar ($)
    {
      my ($name) = @_;
      my $v = var $name;
      return $v if $v;
      return _new Automake::Variable $name;
    }
    
    =item C<rvar ($varname)>
    
    Return the C<Automake::Variable> object for the variable named
    C<$varname>.  Abort with an internal error if the variable was not
    defined.
    
    The I<r> in front of C<var> stands for I<required>.  One
    should call C<rvar> to assert the variable's existence.
    
    =cut
    
    sub rvar ($)
    {
      my ($name) = @_;
      my $v = var $name;
      prog_error ("undefined variable $name\n" . &variables_dump)
        unless $v;
      return $v;
    }
    
    =item C<rvardef ($varname, $cond)>
    
    Return the C<Automake::VarDef> object for the variable named
    C<$varname> if defined in condition C<$cond>.  Abort with an internal
    error if the condition or the variable does not exist.
    
    =cut
    
    sub rvardef ($$)
    {
      my ($name, $cond) = @_;
      return rvar ($name)->rdef ($cond);
    }
    
    =back
    
    =head2 Methods
    
    C<Automake::Variable> is a subclass of C<Automake::Item>.  See
    that package for inherited methods.
    
    Here are the methods specific to the C<Automake::Variable> instances.
    Use the C<define> function, described latter, to create such objects.
    
    =over 4
    
    =cut
    
    # Create Automake::Variable objects.  This is used
    # only in this file.  Other users should use
    # the "define" function.
    sub _new ($$)
    {
      my ($class, $name) = @_;
      my $self = Automake::Item::new ($class, $name);
      $self->{'scanned'} = 0;
      $self->{'last-append'} = []; # helper variable for last conditional append.
      $_variable_dict{$name} = $self;
      if ($name =~ /_([[:alnum:]]+)$/)
        {
          $_primary_dict{$1}{$name} = $self;
        }
      return $self;
    }
    
    # _check_ambiguous_condition ($SELF, $COND, $WHERE)
    # -------------------------------------------------
    # Check for an ambiguous conditional.  This is called when a variable
    # is being defined conditionally.  If we already know about a
    # definition that is true under the same conditions, then we have an
    # ambiguity.
    sub _check_ambiguous_condition ($$$)
    {
      my ($self, $cond, $where) = @_;
      my $var = $self->name;
      my ($message, $ambig_cond) = $self->conditions->ambiguous_p ($var, $cond);
    
      # We allow silent variables to be overridden silently.
      my $def = $self->def ($cond);
      if ($message && !($def && $def->pretty == VAR_SILENT))
        {
          msg 'syntax', $where, "$message ...", partial => 1;
          msg_var ('syntax', $var, "... `$var' previously defined here");
          verb ($self->dump);
        }
    }
    
    =item C<$bool = $var-E<gt>check_defined_unconditionally ([$parent, $parent_cond])>
    
    Warn if the variable is conditionally defined.  C<$parent> is the name
    of the parent variable, and C<$parent_cond> the condition of the parent
    definition.  These two variables are used to display diagnostics.
    
    =cut
    
    sub check_defined_unconditionally ($;$$)
    {
      my ($self, $parent, $parent_cond) = @_;
    
      if (!$self->conditions->true)
        {
          if ($parent)
    	{
    	  msg_cond_var ('unsupported', $parent_cond, $parent,
    			"automake does not support conditional definition of "
    			. $self->name . " in $parent");
    	}
          else
    	{
    	  msg_var ('unsupported', $self,
    		   "automake does not support " . $self->name
    		   . " being defined conditionally");
    	}
        }
    }
    
    =item C<$str = $var-E<gt>output ([@conds])>
    
    Format all the definitions of C<$var> if C<@cond> is not specified,
    else only that corresponding to C<@cond>.
    
    =cut
    
    sub output ($@)
    {
      my ($self, @conds) = @_;
    
      @conds = $self->conditions->conds
        unless @conds;
    
      my $res = '';
      my $name = $self->name;
    
      foreach my $cond (@conds)
        {
          my $def = $self->def ($cond);
          prog_error ("unknown condition `" . $cond->human . "' for `"
    		  . $self->name . "'")
    	unless $def;
    
          next
    	if $def->pretty == VAR_SILENT;
    
          $res .= $def->comment;
    
          my $val = $def->raw_value;
          my $equals = $def->type eq ':' ? ':=' : '=';
          my $str = $cond->subst_string;
    
    
          if ($def->pretty == VAR_ASIS)
    	{
    	  my $output_var = "$name $equals $val";
    	  $output_var =~ s/^/$str/meg;
    	  $res .= "$output_var\n";
    	}
          elsif ($def->pretty == VAR_PRETTY)
    	{
    	  # Suppress escaped new lines.  &makefile_wrap will
    	  # add them back, maybe at other places.
    	  $val =~ s/\\$//mg;
    	  my $wrap = makefile_wrap ("$str$name $equals", "$str\t",
    				    split (' ', $val));
    
    	  # If the last line of the definition is made only of
    	  # @substitutions@, append an empty variable to make sure it
    	  # cannot be substituted as a blank line (that would confuse
    	  # HP-UX Make).
    	  $wrap = makefile_wrap ("$str$name $equals", "$str\t",
    				 split (' ', $val), '$(am__empty)')
    	    if $wrap =~ /\n(\s*@\w+@)+\s*$/;
    
    	  $res .= $wrap;
    	}
          else # ($def->pretty == VAR_SORTED)
    	{
    	  # Suppress escaped new lines.  &makefile_wrap will
    	  # add them back, maybe at other places.
    	  $val =~ s/\\$//mg;
    	  $res .= makefile_wrap ("$str$name $equals", "$str\t",
    				 sort (split (' ' , $val)));
    	}
        }
      return $res;
    }
    
    =item C<@values = $var-E<gt>value_as_list ($cond, [$parent, $parent_cond])>
    
    Get the value of C<$var> as a list, given a specified condition,
    without recursing through any subvariables.
    
    C<$cond> is the condition of interest.  C<$var> does not need
    to be defined for condition C<$cond> exactly, but it needs
    to be defined for at most one condition implied by C<$cond>.
    
    C<$parent> and C<$parent_cond> designate the name and the condition
    of the parent variable, i.e., the variable in which C<$var> is
    being expanded.  These are used in diagnostics.
    
    For example, if C<A> is defined as "C<foo $(B) bar>" in condition
    C<TRUE>, calling C<rvar ('A')->value_as_list (TRUE)> will return
    C<("foo", "$(B)", "bar")>.
    
    =cut
    
    sub value_as_list ($$;$$)
    {
      my ($self, $cond, $parent, $parent_cond) = @_;
      my @result;
    
      # Get value for given condition
      my $onceflag;
      foreach my $vcond ($self->conditions->conds)
        {
          if ($vcond->true_when ($cond))
    	{
    	  # If there is more than one definitions of $var matching
    	  # $cond then we are in trouble: tell the user we need a
    	  # paddle.  Continue by merging results from all conditions,
    	  # although it doesn't make much sense.
    	  $self->check_defined_unconditionally ($parent, $parent_cond)
    	    if $onceflag;
    	  $onceflag = 1;
    
    	  my $val = $self->rdef ($vcond)->value;
    	  push @result, split (' ', $val);
    	}
        }
      return @result;
    }
    
    =item C<@values = $var-E<gt>value_as_list_recursive ([%options])>
    
    Return the contents of C<$var> as a list, split on whitespace.  This
    will recursively follow C<$(...)> and C<${...}> inclusions.  It
    preserves C<@...@> substitutions.
    
    C<%options> is a list of option for C<Variable::traverse_recursively>
    (see this method).  The most useful is C<cond_filter>:
    
      $var->value_as_list_recursive (cond_filter => $cond)
    
    will return the contents of C<$var> and any subvariable in all
    conditions implied by C<$cond>.
    
    C<%options> can also carry options specific to C<value_as_list_recursive>.
    Presently, the only such option is C<location =E<gt> 1> which instructs
    C<value_as_list_recursive> to return a list of C<[$location, @values]> pairs.
    
    =cut
    
    sub value_as_list_recursive ($;%)
    {
      my ($var, %options) = @_;
    
      return $var->traverse_recursively
        (# Construct [$location, $value] pairs if requested.
         sub {
           my ($var, $val, $cond, $full_cond) = @_;
           return [$var->rdef ($cond)->location, $val] if $options{'location'};
           return $val;
         },
         # Collect results.
         sub {
           my ($var, $parent_cond, @allresults) = @_;
           return map { my ($cond, @vals) = @$_; @vals } @allresults;
         },
         %options);
    }
    
    
    =item C<$bool = $var-E<gt>has_conditional_contents>
    
    Return 1 if C<$var> or one of its subvariable was conditionally
    defined.  Return 0 otherwise.
    
    =cut
    
    sub has_conditional_contents ($)
    {
      my ($self) = @_;
    
      # Traverse the variable recursively until we
      # find a variable defined conditionally.
      # Use `die' to abort the traversal, and pass it `$full_cond'
      # to we can find easily whether the `eval' block aborted
      # because we found a condition, or for some other error.
      eval
        {
          $self->traverse_recursively
    	(sub
    	 {
    	   my ($subvar, $val, $cond, $full_cond) = @_;
    	   die $full_cond if ! $full_cond->true;
    	   return ();
    	 },
    	 sub { return (); });
        };
      if ($@)
        {
          return 1 if ref ($@) && $@->isa ("Automake::Condition");
          # Propagate other errors.
          die;
        }
      return 0;
    }
    
    
    =item C<$string = $var-E<gt>dump>
    
    Return a string describing all we know about C<$var>.
    For debugging.
    
    =cut
    
    sub dump ($)
    {
      my ($self) = @_;
    
      my $text = $self->name . ": \n  {\n";
      foreach my $vcond ($self->conditions->conds)
        {
          $text .= "    " . $vcond->human . " => " . $self->rdef ($vcond)->dump;
        }
      $text .= "  }\n";
      return $text;
    }
    
    
    =back
    
    =head2 Utility functions
    
    =over 4
    
    =item C<@list = scan_variable_expansions ($text)>
    
    Return the list of variable names expanded in C<$text>.  Note that
    unlike some other functions, C<$text> is not split on spaces before we
    check for subvariables.
    
    =cut
    
    sub scan_variable_expansions ($)
    {
      my ($text) = @_;
      my @result = ();
    
      # Strip comments.
      $text =~ s/#.*$//;
    
      # Record each use of ${stuff} or $(stuff) that does not follow a $.
      while ($text =~ /(?<!\$)\$(?:\{([^\}]*)\}|\(([^\)]*)\))/g)
        {
          my $var = $1 || $2;
          # The occurence may look like $(string1[:subst1=[subst2]]) but
          # we want only `string1'.
          $var =~ s/:[^:=]*=[^=]*$//;
          push @result, $var;
        }
    
      return @result;
    }
    
    =item C<check_variable_expansions ($text, $where)>
    
    Check variable expansions in C<$text> and warn about any name that
    does not conform to POSIX.  C<$where> is the location of C<$text>
    for the error message.
    
    =cut
    
    sub check_variable_expansions ($$)
    {
      my ($text, $where) = @_;
      # Catch expansion of variables whose name does not conform to POSIX.
      foreach my $var (scan_variable_expansions ($text))
        {
          if ($var !~ /$_VARIABLE_PATTERN/o)
    	{
    	  # If the variable name contains a space, it's likely
    	  # to be a GNU make extension (such as $(addsuffix ...)).
    	  # Mention this in the diagnostic.
    	  my $gnuext = "";
    	  $gnuext = "\n(probably a GNU make extension)" if $var =~ / /;
    	  msg ('portability', $where,
    	       "$var: non-POSIX variable name$gnuext");
    	}
        }
    }
    
    
    
    =item C<Automake::Variable::define($varname, $owner, $type, $cond, $value, $comment, $where, $pretty)>
    
    Define or append to a new variable.
    
    C<$varname>: the name of the variable being defined.
    
    C<$owner>: owner of the variable (one of C<VAR_MAKEFILE>,
    C<VAR_CONFIGURE>, or C<VAR_AUTOMAKE>, defined by L<Automake::VarDef>).
    Variables can be overriden, provided the new owner is not weaker
    (C<VAR_AUTOMAKE> < C<VAR_CONFIGURE> < C<VAR_MAKEFILE>).
    
    C<$type>: the type of the assignment (C<''> for C<FOO = bar>,
    C<':'> for C<FOO := bar>, and C<'+'> for C<'FOO += bar'>).
    
    C<$cond>: the C<Condition> in which C<$var> is being defined.
    
    C<$value>: the value assigned to C<$var> in condition C<$cond>.
    
    C<$comment>: any comment (C<'# bla.'>) associated with the assignment.
    Comments from C<+=> assignments stack with comments from the last C<=>
    assignment.
    
    C<$where>: the C<Location> of the assignment.
    
    C<$pretty>: whether C<$value> should be pretty printed (one of
    C<VAR_ASIS>, C<VAR_PRETTY>, C<VAR_SILENT>, or C<VAR_SORTED>, defined
    by by L<Automake::VarDef>).  C<$pretty> applies only to real
    assignments.  I.e., it does not apply to a C<+=> assignment (except
    when part of it is being done as a conditional C<=> assignment).
    
    This function will all run any hook registered with the C<hook>
    function.
    
    =cut
    
    sub define ($$$$$$$$)
    {
      my ($var, $owner, $type, $cond, $value, $comment, $where, $pretty) = @_;
    
      prog_error "$cond is not a reference"
        unless ref $cond;
    
      prog_error "$where is not a reference"
        unless ref $where;
    
      prog_error "pretty argument missing"
        unless defined $pretty && ($pretty == VAR_ASIS
    			       || $pretty == VAR_PRETTY
    			       || $pretty == VAR_SILENT
    			       || $pretty == VAR_SORTED);
    
      error $where, "bad characters in variable name `$var'"
        if $var !~ /$_VARIABLE_PATTERN/o;
    
      # `:='-style assignments are not acknowledged by POSIX.  Moreover it
      # has multiple meanings.  In GNU make or BSD make it means "assign
      # with immediate expansion", while in OSF make it is used for
      # conditional assignments.
      msg ('portability', $where, "`:='-style assignments are not portable")
        if $type eq ':';
    
      check_variable_expansions ($value, $where);
    
      # If there's a comment, make sure it is \n-terminated.
      if ($comment)
        {
          chomp $comment;
          $comment .= "\n";
        }
      else
        {
          $comment = '';
        }
    
      my $self = _cvar $var;
    
      my $def = $self->def ($cond);
      my $new_var = $def ? 0 : 1;
    
      # Additional checks for Automake definitions.
      if ($owner == VAR_AUTOMAKE && ! $new_var)
        {
          # An Automake variable must be consistently defined with the same
          # sign by Automake.
          if ($def->type ne $type && $def->owner == VAR_AUTOMAKE)
    	{
    	  error ($def->location,
    		 "Automake variable `$var' was set with `"
    		 . $def->type . "=' here...", partial => 1);
    	  error ($where, "... and is now set with `$type=' here.");
    	  prog_error ("Automake variable assignments should be consistently\n"
    		      . "defined with the same sign.");
    	}
    
          # If Automake tries to override a value specified by the user,
          # just don't let it do.
          if ($def->owner != VAR_AUTOMAKE)
    	{
    	  if (! exists $_silent_variable_override{$var})
    	    {
    	      my $condmsg = ($cond == TRUE
    			     ? '' : (" in condition `" . $cond->human . "'"));
    	      msg_cond_var ('override', $cond, $var,
    			    "user variable `$var' defined here$condmsg...",
    			    partial => 1);
    	      msg ('override', $where,
    		   "... overrides Automake variable `$var' defined here");
    	    }
    	  verb ("refusing to override the user definition of:\n"
    		. $self->dump ."with `" . $cond->human . "' => `$value'");
    	  return;
    	}
        }
    
      # Differentiate assignment types.
    
      # 1. append (+=) to a variable defined for current condition
      if ($type eq '+' && ! $new_var)
        {
          $def->append ($value, $comment);
          $self->{'last-append'} = [];
    
          # Only increase owners.  A VAR_CONFIGURE variable augmented in a
          # Makefile.am becomes a VAR_MAKEFILE variable.
          $def->set_owner ($owner, $where->clone)
    	if $owner > $def->owner;
        }
      # 2. append (+=) to a variable defined for *another* condition
      elsif ($type eq '+' && ! $self->conditions->false)
        {
          # * Generally, $cond is not TRUE.  For instance:
          #     FOO = foo
          #     if COND
          #       FOO += bar
          #     endif
          #   In this case, we declare an helper variable conditionally,
          #   and append it to FOO:
          #     FOO = foo $(am__append_1)
          #     @COND_TRUE@am__append_1 = bar
          #   Of course if FOO is defined under several conditions, we add
          #   $(am__append_1) to each definitions.
          #
          # * If $cond is TRUE, we don't need the helper variable.  E.g., in
          #     if COND1
          #       FOO = foo1
          #     else
          #       FOO = foo2
          #     endif
          #     FOO += bar
          #   we can add bar directly to all definition of FOO, and output
          #     @COND_TRUE@FOO = foo1 bar
          #     @COND_FALSE@FOO = foo2 bar
    
          my $lastappend = [];
          # Do we need an helper variable?
          if ($cond != TRUE)
            {
    	  # Can we reuse the helper variable created for the previous
    	  # append?  (We cannot reuse older helper variables because
    	  # we must preserve the order of items appended to the
    	  # variable.)
    	  my $condstr = $cond->string;
    	  my $key = "$var:$condstr";
    	  my ($appendvar, $appendvarcond) = @{$self->{'last-append'}};
    	  if ($appendvar && $condstr eq $appendvarcond)
    	    {
    	      # Yes, let's simply append to it.
    	      $var = $appendvar;
    	      $owner = VAR_AUTOMAKE;
    	      $self = var ($var);
    	      $def = $self->rdef ($cond);
    	      $new_var = 0;
    	    }
    	  else
    	    {
    	      # No, create it.
    	      my $num = ++$_appendvar;
    	      my $hvar = "am__append_$num";
    	      $lastappend = [$hvar, $condstr];
    	      &define ($hvar, VAR_AUTOMAKE, '+',
    		       $cond, $value, $comment, $where, $pretty);
    
    	      # Now HVAR is to be added to VAR.
    	      $comment = '';
    	      $value = "\$($hvar)";
    	    }
    	}
    
          # Add VALUE to all definitions of SELF.
          foreach my $vcond ($self->conditions->conds)
            {
    	  # We have a bit of error detection to do here.
    	  # This:
    	  #   if COND1
    	  #     X = Y
    	  #   endif
    	  #   X += Z
    	  # should be rejected because X is not defined for all conditions
    	  # where `+=' applies.
    	  my $undef_cond = $self->not_always_defined_in_cond ($cond);
    	  if (! $undef_cond->false)
    	    {
    	      error ($where,
    		     "Cannot apply `+=' because `$var' is not defined "
    		     . "in\nthe following conditions:\n  "
    		     . join ("\n  ", map { $_->human } $undef_cond->conds)
    		     . "\nEither define `$var' in these conditions,"
    		     . " or use\n`+=' in the same conditions as"
    		     . " the definitions.");
    	    }
    	  else
    	    {
    	      &define ($var, $owner, '+', $vcond, $value, $comment,
    		       $where, $pretty);
    	    }
    	}
          $self->{'last-append'} = $lastappend;
        }
      # 3. first assignment (=, :=, or +=)
      else
        {
          # There must be no previous value unless the user is redefining
          # an Automake variable or an AC_SUBST variable for an existing
          # condition.
          _check_ambiguous_condition ($self, $cond, $where)
    	unless (!$new_var
    		&& (($def->owner == VAR_AUTOMAKE && $owner != VAR_AUTOMAKE)
    		    || $def->owner == VAR_CONFIGURE));
    
          # Never decrease an owner.
          $owner = $def->owner
    	if ! $new_var && $owner < $def->owner;
    
          # Assignments to a macro set its location.  We don't adjust
          # locations for `+='.  Ideally I suppose we would associate
          # line numbers with random bits of text.
          $def = new Automake::VarDef ($var, $value, $comment, $where->clone,
    				   $type, $owner, $pretty);
          $self->set ($cond, $def);
          push @_var_order, $var;
        }
    
      # Call any defined hook.  This helps to update some internal state
      # *while* parsing the file.  For instance the handling of SUFFIXES
      # requires this (see var_SUFFIXES_trigger).
      &{$_hooks{$var}}($type, $value) if exists $_hooks{$var};
    }
    
    =item C<variable_delete ($varname, [@conds])>
    
    Forget about C<$varname> under the conditions C<@conds>, or completely
    if C<@conds> is empty.
    
    =cut
    
    sub variable_delete ($@)
    {
      my ($var, @conds) = @_;
    
      if (!@conds)
        {
          delete $_variable_dict{$var};
        }
      else
        {
          for my $cond (@conds)
    	{
    	  delete $_variable_dict{$var}{'defs'}{$cond};
    	}
        }
      if ($var =~ /_([[:alnum:]]+)$/)
        {
          delete $_primary_dict{$1}{$var};
        }
    }
    
    =item C<$str = variables_dump>
    
    Return a string describing all we know about all variables.
    For debugging.
    
    =cut
    
    sub variables_dump ()
    {
      my $text = "All variables:\n{\n";
      foreach my $var (sort { $a->name cmp $b->name } variables)
        {
          $text .= $var->dump;
        }
      $text .= "}\n";
      return $text;
    }
    
    
    =item C<$var = set_seen ($varname)>
    
    =item C<$var = $var-E<gt>set_seen>
    
    Mark all definitions of this variable as examined, if the variable
    exists.  See L<Automake::VarDef::set_seen>.
    
    Return the C<Variable> object if the variable exists, or 0
    otherwise (i.e., as the C<var> function).
    
    =cut
    
    sub set_seen ($)
    {
      my ($self) = @_;
      $self = ref $self ? $self : var $self;
    
      return 0 unless $self;
    
      for my $c ($self->conditions->conds)
        {
          $self->rdef ($c)->set_seen;
        }
    
      return $self;
    }
    
    
    =item C<$count = require_variables ($where, $reason, $cond, @variables)>
    
    Make sure that each supplied variable is defined in C<$cond>.
    Otherwise, issue a warning showing C<$reason> (C<$reason> should be
    the reason why these variables are required, for instance C<'option foo
    used'>).  If we know which macro can define this variable, hint the
    user.  Return the number of undefined variables.
    
    =cut
    
    sub require_variables ($$$@)
    {
      my ($where, $reason, $cond, @vars) = @_;
      my $res = 0;
      $reason .= ' but ' unless $reason eq '';
    
     VARIABLE:
      foreach my $var (@vars)
        {
          # Nothing to do if the variable exists.
          next VARIABLE
    	if vardef ($var, $cond);
    
          my $text = "$reason`$var' is undefined\n";
          my $v = var $var;
          if ($v)
    	{
    	  my $undef_cond = $v->not_always_defined_in_cond ($cond);
    	  next VARIABLE
    	    if $undef_cond->false;
    	  $text .= ("in the following conditions:\n  "
    		    . join ("\n  ", map { $_->human } $undef_cond->conds)
    		    . "\n");
    	}
    
          ++$res;
    
          if (exists $_am_macro_for_var{$var})
    	{
    	  my $mac = $_am_macro_for_var{$var};
    	  $text .= "  The usual way to define `$var' is to add "
    	    . "`$mac'\n  to `$configure_ac' and run `aclocal' and "
    	    . "`autoconf' again.";
    	  # aclocal will not warn about undefined macros unless it
    	  # starts with AM_.
    	  $text .= "\n  If `$mac' is in `$configure_ac', make sure\n"
    	    . "  its definition is in aclocal's search path."
    	    unless $mac =~ /^AM_/;
    	}
          elsif (exists $_ac_macro_for_var{$var})
    	{
    	  $text .= "  The usual way to define `$var' is to add "
    	    . "`$_ac_macro_for_var{$var}'\n  to `$configure_ac' and "
    	    . "run `autoconf' again.";
    	}
    
          error $where, $text, uniq_scope => US_GLOBAL;
        }
      return $res;
    }
    
    =item C<$count = $var->requires_variables ($reason, @variables)>
    
    Same as C<require_variables>, but a method of Automake::Variable.
    C<@variables> should be defined in the same conditions as C<$var> is
    defined.
    
    =cut
    
    sub requires_variables ($$@)
    {
      my ($var, $reason, @args) = @_;
      my $res = 0;
      for my $cond ($var->conditions->conds)
        {
          $res += require_variables ($var->rdef ($cond)->location, $reason,
    				 $cond, @args);
        }
      return $res;
    }
    
    
    =item C<variable_value ($var)>
    
    Get the C<TRUE> value of a variable, warn if the variable is
    conditionally defined.  C<$var> can be either a variable name
    or a C<Automake::Variable> instance (this allows calls such
    as C<$var-E<gt>variable_value>).
    
    =cut
    
    sub variable_value ($)
    {
        my ($var) = @_;
        my $v = ref ($var) ? $var : var ($var);
        return () unless $v;
        $v->check_defined_unconditionally;
        my $d = $v->def (TRUE);
        return $d ? $d->value : "";
    }
    
    =item C<$str = output_variables>
    
    Format definitions for all variables.
    
    =cut
    
    sub output_variables ()
    {
      my $res = '';
      # We output variables it in the same order in which they were
      # defined (skipping duplicates).
      my @vars = uniq @_var_order;
    
      # Output all the Automake variables.  If the user changed one,
      # then it is now marked as VAR_CONFIGURE or VAR_MAKEFILE.
      foreach my $var (@vars)
        {
          my $v = rvar $var;
          foreach my $cond ($v->conditions->conds)
    	{
    	  $res .= $v->output ($cond)
    	    if $v->rdef ($cond)->owner == VAR_AUTOMAKE;
    	}
        }
    
      # Now dump the user variables that were defined.
      foreach my $var (@vars)
        {
          my $v = rvar $var;
          foreach my $cond ($v->conditions->conds)
    	{
    	  $res .= $v->output ($cond)
    	    if $v->rdef ($cond)->owner != VAR_AUTOMAKE;
    	}
        }
      return $res;
    }
    
    =item C<$var-E<gt>traverse_recursively (&fun_item, &fun_collect, [cond_filter =E<gt> $cond_filter], [inner_expand =E<gt> 1], [skip_ac_subst =E<gt> 1])>
    
    Split the value of the Automake::Variable C<$var> on space, and
    traverse its components recursively.
    
    If C<$cond_filter> is an C<Automake::Condition>, process any
    conditions which are true when C<$cond_filter> is true.  Otherwise,
    process all conditions.
    
    We distinguish two kinds of items in the content of C<$var>.
    Terms that look like C<$(foo)> or C<${foo}> are subvariables
    and cause recursion.  Other terms are assumed to be filenames.
    
    Each time a filename is encountered, C<&fun_item> is called with the
    following arguments:
    
      ($var,        -- the Automake::Variable we are currently
                       traversing
       $val,        -- the item (i.e., filename) to process
       $cond,       -- the Condition for the $var definition we are
                       examinating (ignoring the recursion context)
       $full_cond)  -- the full Condition, taking into account
                       conditions inherited from parent variables
                       during recursion
    
    If C<inner_expand> is set, variable references occuring in filename
    (as in C<$(BASE).ext>) are expansed before the filename is passed to
    C<&fun_item>.
    
    If C<skip_ac_subst> is set, Autoconf @substitutions@ will be skipped,
    i.e., C<&fun_item> will never be called for them.
    
    C<&fun_item> may return a list of items, they will be passed to
    C<&fun_store> later on.  Define C<&fun_item> or @<&fun_store> as
    C<undef> when they serve no purpose.
    
    Once all items of a variable have been processed, the result (of the
    calls to C<&fun_items>, or of recursive traversals of subvariables)
    are passed to C<&fun_collect>.  C<&fun_collect> receives three
    arguments:
    
      ($var,         -- the variable being traversed
       $parent_cond, -- the Condition inherited from parent
                        variables during recursion
       @condlist)    -- a list of [$cond, @results] pairs
                        where each $cond appear only once, and @result
                        are all the results for this condition.
    
    Typically you should do C<$cond->merge ($parent_cond)> to recompute
    the C<$full_cond> associated to C<@result>.  C<&fun_collect> may
    return a list of items, that will be used as the result of
    C<Automake::Variable::traverse_recursively> (the top-level, or its
    recursive calls).
    
    =cut
    
    # Contains a stack of `from' and `to' parts of variable
    # substitutions currently in force.
    my @_substfroms;
    my @_substtos;
    sub traverse_recursively ($&&;%)
    {
      ++$_traversal;
      @_substfroms = ();
      @_substtos = ();
      my ($var, $fun_item, $fun_collect, %options) = @_;
      my $cond_filter = $options{'cond_filter'};
      my $inner_expand = $options{'inner_expand'};
      my $skip_ac_subst = $options{'skip_ac_subst'};
      return $var->_do_recursive_traversal ($var,
    					$fun_item, $fun_collect,
    					$cond_filter, TRUE, $inner_expand,
    					$skip_ac_subst)
    }
    
    # The guts of Automake::Variable::traverse_recursively.
    sub _do_recursive_traversal ($$&&$$$$)
    {
      my ($var, $parent, $fun_item, $fun_collect, $cond_filter, $parent_cond,
          $inner_expand, $skip_ac_subst) = @_;
    
      $var->set_seen;
    
      if ($var->{'scanned'} == $_traversal)
        {
          err_var $var, "variable `" . $var->name() . "' recursively defined";
          return ();
        }
      $var->{'scanned'} = $_traversal;
    
      my @allresults = ();
      my $cond_once = 0;
      foreach my $cond ($var->conditions->conds)
        {
          if (ref $cond_filter)
    	{
    	  # Ignore conditions that don't match $cond_filter.
    	  next if ! $cond->true_when ($cond_filter);
    	  # If we found out several definitions of $var
    	  # match $cond_filter then we are in trouble.
    	  # Tell the user we don't support this.
    	  $var->check_defined_unconditionally ($parent, $parent_cond)
    	    if $cond_once;
    	  $cond_once = 1;
    	}
          my @result = ();
          my $full_cond = $cond->merge ($parent_cond);
    
          my @to_process = $var->value_as_list ($cond, $parent, $parent_cond);
          while (@to_process)
    	{
    	  my $val = shift @to_process;
    	  # If $val is a variable (i.e. ${foo} or $(bar), not a filename),
    	  # handle the sub variable recursively.
    	  # (Backslashes before `}' and `)' within brackets are here to
    	  # please Emacs's indentation.)
    	  if ($val =~ /^\$\{([^\}]*)\}$/ || $val =~ /^\$\(([^\)]*)\)$/)
    	    {
    	      my $subvarname = $1;
    
    	      # If the user uses a losing variable name, just ignore it.
    	      # This isn't ideal, but people have requested it.
    	      next if ($subvarname =~ /\@.*\@/);
    
    	      # See if the variable is actually a substitution reference
    	      my ($from, $to);
                  # This handles substitution references like ${foo:.a=.b}.
    	      if ($subvarname =~ /^([^:]*):([^=]*)=(.*)$/o)
    		{
    		  $subvarname = $1;
    		  $to = $3;
    		  $from = quotemeta $2;
    		}
    
    	      my $subvar = var ($subvarname);
    	      # Don't recurse into undefined variables.
    	      next unless $subvar;
    
    	      push @_substfroms, $from;
    	      push @_substtos, $to;
    
    	      my @res = $subvar->_do_recursive_traversal ($parent,
    							  $fun_item,
    							  $fun_collect,
    							  $cond_filter,
    							  $full_cond,
    							  $inner_expand,
    							  $skip_ac_subst);
    	      push (@result, @res);
    
    	      pop @_substfroms;
    	      pop @_substtos;
    
    	      next;
    	    }
    	  # Try to expand variable references inside filenames such as
    	  # `$(NAME).txt'.  We do not handle `:.foo=.bar'
    	  # substitutions, but it would make little sense to use this
    	  # here anyway.
    	  elsif ($inner_expand
    		 && ($val =~ /\$\{([^\}]*)\}/ || $val =~ /\$\(([^\)]*)\)/))
    	    {
    	      my $subvarname = $1;
    	      my $subvar = var $subvarname;
    	      if ($subvar)
    		{
    		  # Replace the reference by its value, and reschedule
    		  # for expansion.
    		  foreach my $c ($subvar->conditions->conds)
    		    {
    		      if (ref $cond_filter)
    			{
    			  # Ignore conditions that don't match $cond_filter.
    			  next if ! $c->true_when ($cond_filter);
    			  # If we found out several definitions of $var
    			  # match $cond_filter then we are in trouble.
    			  # Tell the user we don't support this.
    			  $subvar->check_defined_unconditionally ($var,
    								  $full_cond)
    			    if $cond_once;
    			  $cond_once = 1;
    			}
    		      my $subval = $subvar->rdef ($c)->value;
    		      $val =~ s/\$\{$subvarname\}/$subval/g;
    		      $val =~ s/\$\($subvarname\)/$subval/g;
    		      unshift @to_process, split (' ', $val);
    		    }
    		  next;
    		}
    	      # We do not know any variable with this name.  Fall through
    	      # to filename processing.
    	    }
    	  elsif ($skip_ac_subst && $val =~ /^\@.+\@$/)
    	    {
    	      next;
    	    }
    
    	  if ($fun_item) # $var is a filename we must process
    	    {
    	      my $substnum=$#_substfroms;
    	      while ($substnum >= 0)
    		{
    		  $val =~ s/$_substfroms[$substnum]$/$_substtos[$substnum]/
    		    if defined $_substfroms[$substnum];
    		  $substnum -= 1;
    		}
    
    	      # Make sure you update the doc of
    	      # Automake::Variable::traverse_recursively
    	      # if you change the prototype of &fun_item.
    	      my @transformed = &$fun_item ($var, $val, $cond, $full_cond);
    	      push (@result, @transformed);
    	    }
    	}
          push (@allresults, [$cond, @result]) if @result;
        }
    
      # We only care about _recursive_ variable definitions.  The user
      # is free to use the same variable several times in the same definition.
      $var->{'scanned'} = -1;
    
      return ()
        unless $fun_collect;
      # Make sure you update the doc of Automake::Variable::traverse_recursively
      # if you change the prototype of &fun_collect.
      return &$fun_collect ($var, $parent_cond, @allresults);
    }
    
    # _hash_varname ($VAR)
    # --------------------
    # Compute the key associated $VAR in %_gen_varname.
    # See _gen_varname() below.
    sub _hash_varname ($)
    {
      my ($var) = @_;
      my $key = '';
      foreach my $cond ($var->conditions->conds)
        {
          my @values = $var->value_as_list ($cond);
          $key .= "($cond)@values";
        }
      return $key;
    }
    
    # _hash_values (@VALUES)
    # ----------------------
    # Hash @VALUES for %_gen_varname.  @VALUES shoud be a list
    # of pairs: ([$cond, @values], [$cond, @values], ...).
    # See _gen_varname() below.
    sub _hash_values (@)
    {
      my $key = '';
      foreach my $pair (@_)
        {
          my ($cond, @values) = @$pair;
          $key .= "($cond)@values";
        }
      return $key;
    }
    # ($VARNAME, $GENERATED)
    # _gen_varname ($BASE, @DEFINITIONS)
    # ---------------------------------
    # Return a variable name starting with $BASE, that will be
    # used to store definitions @DEFINITIONS.
    # @DEFINITIONS is a list of pair [$COND, @OBJECTS].
    #
    # If we already have a $BASE-variable containing @DEFINITIONS, reuse
    # it and set $GENERATED to 0.  Otherwise construct a new name and set
    # $GENERATED to 1.
    #
    # This way, we avoid combinatorial explosion of the generated
    # variables.  Especially, in a Makefile such as:
    #
    # | if FOO1
    # | A1=1
    # | endif
    # |
    # | if FOO2
    # | A2=2
    # | endif
    # |
    # | ...
    # |
    # | if FOON
    # | AN=N
    # | endif
    # |
    # | B=$(A1) $(A2) ... $(AN)
    # |
    # | c_SOURCES=$(B)
    # | d_SOURCES=$(B)
    #
    # The generated c_OBJECTS and d_OBJECTS will share the same variable
    # definitions.
    #
    # This setup can be the case of a testsuite containing lots (>100) of
    # small C programs, all testing the same set of source files.
    sub _gen_varname ($@)
    {
      my $base = shift;
      my $key = _hash_values @_;
    
      return ($_gen_varname{$base}{$key}, 0)
        if exists $_gen_varname{$base}{$key};
    
      my $num = 1 + ($_gen_varname_n{$base} || 0);
      $_gen_varname_n{$base} = $num;
      my $name = "${base}_${num}";
      $_gen_varname{$base}{$key} = $name;
    
      return ($name, 1);
    }
    
    =item C<$resvar = transform_variable_recursively ($var, $resvar, $base, $nodefine, $where, &fun_item, [%options])>
    
    =item C<$resvar = $var-E<gt>transform_variable_recursively ($resvar, $base, $nodefine, $where, &fun_item, [%options])>
    
    Traverse C<$var> recursively, and create a C<$resvar> variable in
    which each filename in C<$var> have been transformed using
    C<&fun_item>.  (C<$var> may be a variable name in the first syntax.
    It must be an C<Automake::Variable> otherwise.)
    
    Helper variables (corresponding to sub-variables of C<$var>) are
    created as needed, using C<$base> as prefix.
    
    Arguments are:
      $var       source variable to traverse
      $resvar    resulting variable to define
      $base      prefix to use when naming subvariables of $resvar
      $nodefine  if true, traverse $var but do not define any variable
                 (this assumes &fun_item has some useful side-effect)
      $where     context into which variable definitions are done
      &fun_item  a transformation function -- see the documentation
                 of &fun_item in Automake::Variable::traverse_recursively.
    
    This returns the string C<"\$($RESVAR)">.
    
    C<%options> is a list of options to pass to
    C<Variable::traverse_recursively> (see this method).
    
    =cut
    
    sub transform_variable_recursively ($$$$$&;%)
    {
      my ($var, $resvar, $base, $nodefine, $where, $fun_item, %options) = @_;
    
      $var = ref $var ? $var : rvar $var;
    
      my $res = $var->traverse_recursively
        ($fun_item,
         # The code that defines the variable holding the result
         # of the recursive transformation of a subvariable.
         sub {
           my ($subvar, $parent_cond, @allresults) = @_;
           # If no definition is required, return anything: the result is
           # not expected to be used, only the side effect of $fun_item
           # should matter.
           return 'report-me' if $nodefine;
           # Cache $subvar, so that we reuse it if @allresults is the same.
           my $key = _hash_varname $subvar;
           $_gen_varname{$base}{$key} = $subvar->name;
    
           # Find a name for the variable, unless this is the top-variable
           # for which we want to use $resvar.
           my ($varname, $generated) =
    	 ($var != $subvar) ? _gen_varname ($base, @allresults) : ($resvar, 1);
    
           # Define the variable if we are not reusing a previously
           # defined variable.  At the top-level, we can also avoid redefining
           # the variable if it already contains the same values.
           if ($generated
    	   && !($varname eq $var->name && $key eq _hash_values @allresults))
    	 {
    	   # If the new variable is the source variable, we assume
    	   # we are trying to override a user variable.  Delete
    	   # the old variable first.
    	   variable_delete ($varname) if $varname eq $var->name;
    	   # Define an empty variable in condition TRUE if there is no
    	   # result.
    	   @allresults = ([TRUE, '']) unless @allresults;
    	   # Define the rewritten variable in all conditions not
    	   # already covered by user definitions.
    	   foreach my $pair (@allresults)
    	     {
    	       my ($cond, @result) = @$pair;
    	       my $var = var $varname;
    	       my @conds = ($var
    			    ? $var->not_always_defined_in_cond ($cond)->conds
    			    : $cond);
    
    	       foreach (@conds)
    		 {
    		   define ($varname, VAR_AUTOMAKE, '', $_, "@result",
    			   '', $where, VAR_PRETTY);
    		 }
    	     }
    	 }
           set_seen $varname;
           return "\$($varname)";
         },
         %options);
      return $res;
    }
    
    
    =back
    
    =head1 SEE ALSO
    
    L<Automake::VarDef>, L<Automake::Condition>,
    L<Automake::DisjConditions>, L<Automake::Location>.
    
    =cut
    
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