Changeset 2163 for trunk/kBuild/doc/QuickReference-kmk.txt

Timestamp:

Dec 30, 2008, 1:57:13 AM (17 years ago)

Author:

bird

Message:

kmk: Added a $(select ) function for handling switch like stuff. Fixes #74.

File:

• trunk/kBuild/doc/QuickReference-kmk.txt (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/kBuild/doc/QuickReference-kmk.txt

@@ -482 +482 @@
 
 
-(Mostly) Boolean Functions:
+Boolean and Conditional Functions:
 
     Condition is false if the ``condition`` evaluates to an empty string
@@ -521 +521 @@
     Same as ``$(if )`` execpt that the condition is a ``kmk`` expression::
 
-        $(if kmk-expression,true-part[,false-part])
+        $(if-expr kmk-expression,true-part[,false-part])
+
+    Select the first true condition (``kmk`` expression) and expand the
+    following body. Special condition strings ``default`` and ``otherwise``::
+
+        $(select when1-cond, when1-body[, whenN-cond, whenN-body])
 
     Evalutate the ``kmk`` expression returning what it evalues as. This is