make: document necessary tests for Str_Match

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rillig 2021-02-01 22:36:28 +00:00
parent af3617fb7b
commit 21f0a9e6c9
2 changed files with 30 additions and 6 deletions

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/* $NetBSD: str.c,v 1.80 2021/02/01 19:46:58 rillig Exp $ */
/* $NetBSD: str.c,v 1.81 2021/02/01 22:36:28 rillig Exp $ */
/*
* Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
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#include "make.h"
/* "@(#)str.c 5.8 (Berkeley) 6/1/90" */
MAKE_RCSID("$NetBSD: str.c,v 1.80 2021/02/01 19:46:58 rillig Exp $");
MAKE_RCSID("$NetBSD: str.c,v 1.81 2021/02/01 22:36:28 rillig Exp $");
/* Return the concatenation of s1 and s2, freshly allocated. */
char *
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break;
return FALSE;
}
/* XXX: This naive comparison makes the parser
* for the pattern dependent on the actual of
* the string. This is unpredictable. */
/*
* XXX: This naive comparison makes the
* control flow of the pattern parser
* dependent on the actual value of the
* string. This is unpredictable. It may be
* though that the code only looks wrong but
* actually all code paths result in the same
* behavior. This needs further tests.
*/
if (*pat == *str)
break;
if (pat[1] == '-') {

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# $NetBSD: varmod-match-escape.mk,v 1.5 2020/11/01 19:49:28 rillig Exp $
# $NetBSD: varmod-match-escape.mk,v 1.6 2021/02/01 22:36:28 rillig Exp $
#
# As of 2020-08-01, the :M and :N modifiers interpret backslashes differently,
# depending on whether there was a variable expression somewhere before the
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. error
.endif
# The control flow of the pattern parser depends on the actual string that
# is being matched. There needs to be either a test that shows a difference
# in behavior, or a proof that the behavior does not depend on the actual
# string.
#
# TODO: Str_Match("a-z]", "[a-z]")
# TODO: Str_Match("012", "[0-]]")
# TODO: Str_Match("0]", "[0-]]")
# TODO: Str_Match("1]", "[0-]]")
# TODO: Str_Match("[", "[[]")
# TODO: Str_Match("]", "[]")
# TODO: Str_Match("]", "[[-]]")
# In brackets, the backslash is just an ordinary character.
# Outside brackets, it is an escape character for a few special characters.
# TODO: Str_Match("\\", "[\\-]]")
# TODO: Str_Match("-]", "[\\-]]")
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