Re: removing compile directive

[grischka]

Paul Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 10:43 -0700, Brian Dessent wrote:
> > CFLAGS = $(filter-out -D_REMOVE_THIS_,$(CFLAGS))
> 
> You can't do this: recursive variables cannot reference themselves.

I'm actually curious whether this is considered as a feature or a 
limitation, or maybe just tradition with GNU make? 

I mean, basically it is very clear what the writer of above line 
has in mind, so the program could as well support it.

Regards

--- grischka