Changeset 2161 for trunk/kBuild/doc/QuickReference-kmk.txt

Timestamp:

Dec 29, 2008, 11:20:11 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

bird

Message:

kmk: Implemented $(for ) and $(while ) loops (C-style). Fixes #73.

File:

• trunk/kBuild/doc/QuickReference-kmk.txt (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/kBuild/doc/QuickReference-kmk.txt

@@ -555 +555 @@
         $(value var)
 
-    Evaluate ``text`` with ``var`` bound to each word in ``words``, and
+    Evaluate ``body`` with ``var`` bound to each word in ``words``, and
     concatenate the results (spaced)::
 
-        $(foreach var,words,text)
+        $(foreach var,words,body)
+
+    C-style for-loop. Start by evaluating ``init``. Each iteration will
+    first check whether the ``condition`` (``kmk``-expression) is true,
+    then expand ``body`` concatenating the result to the previous iterations
+    (spaced), and finally evaluate ``next``::
+
+        $(for init,conditions,next,body)
+
+    C-style while-loop. Each iteration will check whether the ``condition``
+    (``kmk``-expression) is true, then expand ``body`` concatenating the
+    result to the previous iterations::
+
+        $(while conditions,body)
 
     Evaluate the variable ``var`` replacing any references to ``$(1)``,