Re: Question to EXTRACT_ONLY

Reply: Matthias Fechner : "Re: Question to EXTRACT_ONLY"
In reply to: Gleb Popov : "Re: Question to EXTRACT_ONLY"
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From: Tatsuki Makino <tatsuki_makino_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:22:02 UTC

Hello.

Gleb Popov wrote on 2022/11/29 15:47:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 12:14 AM Matthias Fechner <idefix@fechner.net> wrote:
>> But what does the last `:` at the end of this string?
> 
> This one is a correct interpretation.
> 
> As for the first one, I'm also unsure about the last ":" Maybe it is a
> part of the :N argument?
> 

I found something about this in function ApplyModifiers in /usr/src/contrib/bmake/var.c.
I can't explain it well, but it seems to me that : is treated merely as a delimiter.
It does not give an error for the last character being : .
If there is a specification that the last character should not be a : , then this is a bug :)
I am not sure about that :)

Regards.