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  • Author : Alexandre Duret-Lutz
    Date : 2003-06-23 21:39:54
    Hash : 5b94845c
    Message : * lib/Automake/Variable.pm (vardef, rvardef, set_seen): New functions. (variable_defined, examine_variable): Remove. (%_ac_macro_for_var): Add an entry for ALLOCA. (require_variables): Use vardef instead of variable_defined. Do not use _cvar. * automake.in (generate_makefile): Do not push $(SOURCE) into @sources. Use define_pretty_variable to define SOURCES. (handle_LIBOBJS, handle_ALLOCA): Use require_variables_for_variable to require LIBOBJS, LTLIBOBJS and ALLOCA. (handle_programs, handle_ltlibraries): Do not define an empty _DEPENDENCIES or _LDFLAGS variable when none is defined. (define_configure_variable): Do not check whether the variable already exists (it's Automake::Variable::define's job). (require_build_directory): Likewise, do not check the existence of am__dirstamp. (generate_makefile, handle_options, handle_languages) (check_libobjs_sources, handle_single_transform_list) (traverse_variable_recursively_worker, handle_source_transform) (handle_lib_objects, handle_LIBOBJS, handle_compile) (handle_libtool, handle_programs, handle_libraries) (handle_ltlibraries, check_typos, handle_texinfo_helper) (handle_man_pages, handle_tags, handle_dist, handle_subdirs) (scan_aclocal_m4, handle_gettext, handle_footer, handle_install) (handle_all, do_check_merge_target, handle_clean, lang_c_finish) (handle_tests, lang_yacc_target_hook, define_pretty_variable) (define_compiler_variable, define_linker_variable) (make_paragraphs, am_primary_prefixes, am_install_var): Adjust to call var, vardef, or set_seen, instead of variable_defined. Use set_seen only for variables which are actually checked by check_typos. * tests/target.test: Delete. * tests/alloca.test, tests/alloca2.test: New files. * tests/libobj3.test: Check error message. * tests/distcom4.test: Make sure configure is in DIST_COMMON. This replace confdist.test. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS, XFAIL_TESTS): Remove target.test. (TESTS): Add alloca.test and alloca2.test. Remove confdist.test.

  • lib/Automake/Variable.pm
  • # Copyright (C) 2003  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    
    # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
    # any later version.
    
    # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    # GNU General Public License for more details.
    
    # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
    # 02111-1307, USA.
    
    package Automake::Variable;
    use strict;
    use Carp;
    use Automake::Channels;
    use Automake::ChannelDefs;
    use Automake::Configure_ac;
    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/Exporter/;
    @EXPORT = qw (err_var msg_var msg_cond_var reject_var
    	      var rvar vardef rvardef
    	      variables
    	      scan_variable_expansions check_variable_expansions
    	      condition_ambiguous_p
    	      variable_delete
    	      variable_dump variables_dump
    	      set_seen
    	      require_variables require_variables_for_variable
    	      variable_value
    	      output_variables);
    
    =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 (which 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 occurence matters.)
    my @_var_order;
    
    # 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',
       RANLIB => 'AC_PROG_RANLIB',
       YACC => 'AC_PROG_YACC',
       );
    
    # Variables that can be overriden without complaint from -Woverride
    my %_silent_variable_override =
      (AR => 1,
       ARFLAGS => 1,
       DEJATOOL => 1,
       JAVAC => 1);
    
    # This hash records helper variables used to implement conditional '+='.
    # Keys have the form "VAR:CONDITIONS".  The value associated to a key is
    # the named of the helper variable used to append to VAR in CONDITIONS.
    my %_appendvar = ();
    
    
    =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<reject_var ($varname, $error_msg)>
    
    Bail out with C<$ERROR_MSG> if a variable with name C<$VARNAME> has
    been defined.
    
    =cut
    
    # $BOOL
    # reject_var ($VARNAME, $ERROR_MSG)
    # -----------------------------
    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>
    
    Returns the list of all L<Automake::Variable> instances.  (I.e., all
    variables defined so far.)
    
    =cut
    
    use vars '%_variable_dict';
    sub variables ()
    {
      return keys %_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 = ();
      %_appendvar = ();
      @_var_order = ();
    }
    
    =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 the empty list
    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 variable or the variable does not exist.
    
    =cut
    
    sub rvardef ($$)
    {
      my ($name, $cond) = @_;
      return rvar ($name)->rdef ($cond);
    }
    
    =back
    
    =head2 Methods
    
    Here are the methods of 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 = {
        name => $name,
        defs => {},
        conds => {},
      };
      bless $self, $class;
      $_variable_dict{$name} = $self;
      return $self;
    }
    
    =item C<$var-E<gt>name>
    
    Return the name of C<$var>.
    
    =cut
    
    sub name ($)
    {
      my ($self) = @_;
      return $self->{'name'};
    }
    
    =item C<$var-E<gt>def ($cond)>
    
    Return the C<Automake::VarDef> definition for this variable in
    condition C<$cond>, if it exists.  Return 0 otherwise.
    
    =cut
    
    sub def ($$)
    {
      my ($self, $cond) = @_;
      return $self->{'defs'}{$cond} if exists $self->{'defs'}{$cond};
      return 0;
    }
    
    =item C<$var-E<gt>rdef ($cond)>
    
    Return the C<Automake::VarDef> definition for this variable in
    condition C<$cond>.  Abort with an internal error if the variable was
    not defined under this condition.
    
    The I<r> in front of C<def> stands for I<required>.  One
    should call C<rdef> to assert the conditional definition's existence.
    
    =cut
    
    sub rdef ($$)
    {
      my ($self, $cond) = @_;
      my $d = $self->def ($cond);
      prog_error ("undefined condition `" . $cond->human . "' for `"
    	      . $self->name . "'\n" . variable_dump ($self->name))
        unless $d;
      return $d;
    }
    
    # Add a new VarDef to an existing Variable.  This is a private
    # function.  Our public interface is the `define' function.
    sub _set ($$$)
    {
      my ($self, $cond, $def) = @_;
      $self->{'defs'}{$cond} = $def;
      $self->{'conds'}{$cond} = $cond;
    }
    
    =item C<$var-E<gt>conditions>
    
    Return an L<Automake::DisjConditions> describing the conditions that
    that a variable is defined with, without recursing through the
    conditions of any subvariables.
    
    These are all the conditions for which is would be safe to call
    C<rdef>.
    
    =cut
    
    sub conditions ($)
    {
      my ($self) = @_;
      prog_error ("self is not a reference")
        unless ref $self;
      return new Automake::DisjConditions (values %{$self->{'conds'}});
    }
    
    # _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, $ambig_cond) =
        condition_ambiguous_p ($var, $cond, $self->conditions);
    
      # 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 (variable_dump ($var));
        }
    }
    
    =item C<@missing_conds = $var-E<gt>not_always_defined_in_cond ($cond)>
    
    Check whether C<$var> is always defined for condition C<$cond>.
    Return a list of conditions where the definition is missing.
    
    For instance, given
    
      if COND1
        if COND2
          A = foo
          D = d1
        else
          A = bar
          D = d2
        endif
      else
        D = d3
      endif
      if COND3
        A = baz
        B = mumble
      endif
      C = mumble
    
    we should have (we display result as conditional strings in this
    illustration, but we really return DisjConditions objects):
    
      var ('A')->not_always_defined_in_cond ('COND1_TRUE COND2_TRUE')
        => ()
      var ('A')->not_always_defined_in_cond ('COND1_TRUE')
        => ()
      var ('A')->not_always_defined_in_cond ('TRUE')
        => ("COND1_FALSE COND3_FALSE")
      var ('B')->not_always_defined_in_cond ('COND1_TRUE')
        => ("COND1_TRUE COND3_FALSE")
      var ('C')->not_always_defined_in_cond ('COND1_TRUE')
        => ()
      var ('D')->not_always_defined_in_cond ('TRUE')
        => ()
      var ('Z')->not_always_defined_in_cond ('TRUE')
        => ("TRUE")
    
    =cut
    
    sub not_always_defined_in_cond ($$)
    {
      my ($self, $cond) = @_;
    
      # Compute the subconditions where $var isn't defined.
      return
        $self->conditions
          ->sub_conditions ($cond)
    	->invert
    	  ->simplify
    	    ->multiply ($cond);
    }
    
    =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->value;
          my $equals = $def->type eq ':' ? ':=' : '=';
          my $str = $cond->subst_string;
    
          if ($def->pretty == VAR_PRETTY)
    	{
    	  # 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",
    				 split (' ' , $val));
    	}
          else			# VAR_ASIS
    	{
    	  my $output_var = "$name $equals $val";
    	  $output_var =~ s/^/$str/meg;
    	  $res .= "$output_var\n";
    	}
        }
      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)
        {
          my $val = $self->rdef ($vcond)->value;
    
          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;
    
    	  # Strip backslashes
    	  $val =~ s/\\(\n|$)/ /g;
    
    	  foreach (split (' ', $val))
    	    {
    	      # If a comment seen, just leave.
    	      last if /^#/;
    
    	      push (@result, $_);
    	    }
    	}
        }
      return @result;
    }
    
    =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 do not follow a $.
      while ($text =~ /(?<!\$)\$(?:\{([^\}]*)\}|\(([^\)]*)\))/g)
        {
          my $var = $1 || $2;
          # The occurent 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<($string, $ambig_cond) = condition_ambiguous_p ($what, $cond, $condset)>
    
    Check for an ambiguous condition.  Return an error message and
    the other condition involved if we have one, two empty strings otherwise.
    
    C<$what> is the name of the thing being defined, to use in the error
    message.  C<$cond> is the C<Condition> under which it is being
    defined.  C<$condset> is the C<DisjConditions> under which it had
    already been defined.
    
    =cut
    
    sub condition_ambiguous_p ($$$)
    {
      my ($var, $cond, $condset) = @_;
    
      foreach my $vcond ($condset->conds)
        {
          # Note that these rules doesn't consider the following
          # example as ambiguous.
          #
          #   if COND1
          #     FOO = foo
          #   endif
          #   if COND2
          #     FOO = bar
          #   endif
          #
          # It's up to the user to not define COND1 and COND2
          # simultaneously.
          my $message;
          if ($vcond eq $cond)
    	{
    	  return ("$var multiply defined in condition " . $cond->human,
    		  $vcond);
    	}
          elsif ($vcond->true_when ($cond))
    	{
    	  return ("$var was already defined in condition " . $vcond->human
    		  . ", which implies condition ". $cond->human, $vcond);
    	}
          elsif ($cond->true_when ($vcond))
    	{
    	  return ("$var was already defined in condition "
    		  . $vcond->human . ", which is implied by condition "
    		  . $cond->human, $vcond);
    	}
        }
      return ('', '');
    }
    
    =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>, or C<VAR_SILENT>, defined by by
    L<Automake::VarDef>).  C<$pretty> applies only to real assignments.
    I.e., it doesn't 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 $where;
    
      prog_error "$where is not a reference"
        unless ref $where;
    
      prog_error "pretty argument missing"
        unless defined $pretty && ($pretty == VAR_PRETTY
    			       || $pretty == VAR_ASIS
    			       || $pretty == VAR_SILENT);
    
      # We will adjust the owner of this variable unless told otherwise.
      my $adjust_owner = 1;
    
      error $where, "bad characters in variable name `$var'"
        if $var !~ /$_VARIABLE_PATTERN/o;
    
      # NEWS-OS 4.2R complains if a Makefile variable begins with `_'.
      msg ('portability', $where,
           "$var: variable names starting with `_' are not portable")
        if $var =~ /^_/;
    
      # `:='-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;
    
      # An Automake variable must be consistently defined with the same
      # sign by Automake.
      error ($where, "$var was set with `". $def->type .
    	 "=' and is now set with `$type='")
        if $owner == VAR_AUTOMAKE && ! $new_var && $def->type ne $type;
    
    
      # Differentiate assignment types.
    
      # 1. append (+=) to a variable defined for current condition
      if ($type eq '+' && ! $new_var)
        {
          $def->append ($value, $comment);
        }
      # 2. append (+=) to a variable defined for *another* condition
      elsif ($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
    
          # Do we need an helper variable?
          if ($cond != TRUE)
            {
    	    # Does the helper variable already exists?
    	    my $key = "$var:" . $cond->string;
    	    if (exists $_appendvar{$key})
    	      {
    		# Yes, let's simply append to it.
    		$var = $_appendvar{$key};
    		$owner = VAR_AUTOMAKE;
    		$self = var ($var);
    		$def = $self->rdef ($cond);
    		$new_var = 0;
    	      }
    	    else
    	      {
    		# No, create it.
    		my $num = 1 + keys (%_appendvar);
    		my $hvar = "am__append_$num";
    		$_appendvar{$key} = $hvar;
    		&define ($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);
    	    }
    	}
          # Don't adjust the owner.  The above &define did it in the
          # right conditions.
          $adjust_owner = 0;
        }
      # 3. first assignment (=, :=, or +=)
      else
        {
          # If Automake tries to override a value specified by the user,
          # just don't let it do.
          if (! $new_var && $def->owner != VAR_AUTOMAKE
    	  && $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"
    		. variable_dump ($var)
    		."with `" . $cond->human . "' => `$value'");
    	}
          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;
    
    	  # No need to adjust the owner later as we have overridden
    	  # the definition.
    	  $adjust_owner = 0;
    	}
        }
    
      # The owner of a variable can only increase, because an Automake
      # variable can be given to the user, but not the converse.
      $def->set_owner ($owner, $where->clone)
        if $adjust_owner && $owner > $def->owner;
    
      # 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};
    	}
        }
    }
    
    =item C<$str = variable_dump ($varname)>
    
    Return a string describing all we know about C<$varname>.
    For debugging.
    
    =cut
    
    # &variable_dump ($VAR)
    # ---------------------
    sub variable_dump ($)
    {
      my ($var) = @_;
      my $text = '';
    
      my $v = var $var;
    
      if (!$v)
        {
          $text = "  $var does not exist\n";
        }
      else
        {
          $text .= "$var: \n  {\n";
          foreach my $vcond ($v->conditions->conds)
    	{
    	  $text .= "    " . $vcond->human . " => " . $v->rdef ($vcond)->dump;
    	}
          $text .= "  }\n";
        }
      return $text;
    }
    
    
    =item C<$str = variables_dump ($varname)>
    
    Return a string describing all we know about all variables.
    For debugging.
    
    =cut
    
    sub variables_dump ()
    {
      my ($var) = @_;
    
      my $text = "All variables:\n{\n";
      foreach my $var (sort (variables()))
        {
          $text .= variable_dump ($var);
        }
      $text .= "}\n";
      return $text;
    }
    
    
    =item C<$var = set_seen ($varname)>
    
    =item C<$var = $var->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 variable 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));
    	}
    
          ++$res;
    
          if (exists $_am_macro_for_var{$var})
    	{
    	  $text .= "\nThe usual way to define `$var' is to add "
    	    . "`$_am_macro_for_var{$var}'\nto `$configure_ac' and "
    	    . "run `aclocal' and `autoconf' again.";
    	}
          elsif (exists $_ac_macro_for_var{$var})
    	{
    	  $text .= "\nThe usual way to define `$var' is to add "
    	    . "`$_ac_macro_for_var{$var}'\nto `$configure_ac' and "
    	    . "run `autoconf' again.";
    	}
    
          error $where, $text, uniq_scope => US_GLOBAL;
        }
      return $res;
    }
    
    =item C<$count = require_variables_for_variable ($varname, $reason, @variables)>
    
    Same as C<require_variables>, but take a variable name as first argument.
    C<@variables> should be defined in the same conditions as C<$varname> is
    defined.
    
    =cut
    
    sub require_variables_for_variable ($$@)
    {
      my ($varname, $reason, @args) = @_;
      my $v = rvar ($varname);
      for my $cond ($v->conditions->conds)
        {
          return require_variables ($v->rdef ($cond)->location, $reason,
    				$cond, @args);
        }
    }
    
    
    =item C<variable_value ($var)>
    
    Get the C<TRUE> value of a variable, warn if the variable is
    conditionally defined.  C<$var> can be either a variable name
    or a C<Automake::Variable> instance (this allows to calls sucha
    as C<$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;
        return $v->rdef (TRUE)->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;
    }
    
    
    =back
    
    =head1 SEE ALSO
    
    L<Automake::VarDef>, L<Automake::Condition>,
    L<Automake::DisjConditions>, L<Automake::Location>.
    
    =cut
    
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