[src/trunk]: src/usr.bin/make make(1): restructure documentation of ParseModi...

[rillig <rillig%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/16b66a9e0440
branches:  trunk
changeset: 936713:16b66a9e0440
user:      rillig <rillig%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Sun Aug 02 09:06:32 2020 +0000

description:
make(1): restructure documentation of ParseModifierPart

Before, the long documentation looked too frightening, and it was not
immediately clear which parts of it had to be read and which could be
skipped.

diffstat:

 usr.bin/make/var.c |  39 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diffs (68 lines):

diff -r f7789a6e7516 -r 16b66a9e0440 usr.bin/make/var.c
--- a/usr.bin/make/var.c        Sun Aug 02 08:49:43 2020 +0000
+++ b/usr.bin/make/var.c        Sun Aug 02 09:06:32 2020 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*     $NetBSD: var.c,v 1.389 2020/08/02 08:49:43 rillig Exp $ */
+/*     $NetBSD: var.c,v 1.390 2020/08/02 09:06:32 rillig Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@
  */
 
 #ifndef MAKE_NATIVE
-static char rcsid[] = "$NetBSD: var.c,v 1.389 2020/08/02 08:49:43 rillig Exp $";
+static char rcsid[] = "$NetBSD: var.c,v 1.390 2020/08/02 09:06:32 rillig Exp $";
 #else
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>
 #ifndef lint
 #if 0
 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)var.c      8.3 (Berkeley) 3/19/94";
 #else
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: var.c,v 1.389 2020/08/02 08:49:43 rillig Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: var.c,v 1.390 2020/08/02 09:06:32 rillig Exp $");
 #endif
 #endif /* not lint */
 #endif
@@ -1728,25 +1728,24 @@
  *
  * Return the parsed (and possibly expanded) string, or NULL if no delimiter
  * was found.
- *
- * Nested variables in the text are expanded only if VARE_WANTRES is set.
- *
- * If out_length is specified, store the length of the returned string, just
- * to save another strlen call.
- *
- * If out_pflags is specified and the last character of the pattern is a $,
- * set the VARP_ANCHOR_END bit of out_pflags (used for the first part of the
- * :S modifier).
- *
- * If subst is specified, handle escaped ampersands and replace unescaped
- * ampersands with the lhs of the pattern (used for the second part of the :S
- * modifier).
  */
 static char *
-ParseModifierPart(const char **tstr, int delim, VarEvalFlags eflags,
-                 GNode *ctxt, size_t *out_length,
-                 VarPatternFlags *out_pflags, ModifyWord_SubstArgs *subst)
-{
+ParseModifierPart(
+    const char **tstr,         /* The parsing position, updated upon return */
+    int delim,                 /* Parsing stops at this delimiter */
+    VarEvalFlags eflags,       /* Flags for evaluating nested variables;
+                                * if VARE_WANTRES is not set, the text is
+                                * only parsed */
+    GNode *ctxt,               /* For looking up nested variables */
+    size_t *out_length,                /* Optionally stores the length of the returned
+                                * string, just to save another strlen call. */
+    VarPatternFlags *out_pflags,/* For the first part of the :S modifier,
+                                * sets the VARP_ANCHOR_END flag if the last
+                                * character of the pattern is a $. */
+    ModifyWord_SubstArgs *subst        /* For the second part of the :S modifier,
+                                * allow ampersands to be escaped and replace
+                                * unescaped ampersands with subst->lhs. */
+) {
     const char *cp;
     char *rstr;
     Buffer buf;