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RE: = or := for asignment?
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Mark Galeck (CW) |
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RE: = or := for asignment? |
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Wed, 7 Mar 2012 05:15:56 -0800 |
There are two kinds of variables in GNU makefiles: immediate and deferred.
"Immediate" means, the value is assigned as soon as make sees the assignment.
That is :=
"Deferred" means, the assignment is noted but the value is not assigned until
it is necessary to do so later. That is =
For more info read "immediate" and "deferred" in the manual
Mark
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Is = interchangeable with := ? Or are they slightly different?