Re: Redefined extension caused problems

[Akim Demaille]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <address@hidden> writes:

>>>>> "adl" == Alexandre Duret-Lutz <address@hidden> writes:
adl> + * automake.in (file_contents_internal): Introduce two
adl> variables, + $is_rule and $discard_rules to track rules spanning
adl> across multiple + paragraphs.  This fixes a very nasty bug
adl> reported by Dmitry Mikhin + where only the first paragraph of
adl> such a multi-paragraph rule was + discarded, but leaves many
adl> latent bugs (see the FIXMEs).

Tom> I think Akim will have to decide on this patch.  I'm not that
Tom> familiar with the code.  Or, if you feel confident, you can go
Tom> ahead yourself...

It looks OK to me.

To summarize, I believe that until we have a _real_ parser, we have to
follow this crazy track.  Someday, when one of us really has time, the
next major massage of Automake is writing a real parser, with a real
grammar, an AST, and use them for user and Automake files.

_Then_ we will have real variable support, some additional constructs
that will help moving code from automake to *.am etc.

In between, what matters is keeping things clear and high-level.
That's why I promote paragraph reading as opposed to line-based.