https://github.com/bgw/prelude.mk

A partial port of Haskell's prelude.hs to GNU Make
https://github.com/bgw/prelude.mk

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A partial port of Haskell's prelude.hs to GNU Make

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bgw/prelude.mk
• Owner: bgw
• License: wtfpl
• Created: 2013-12-07T01:18:21.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-12-07T01:19:03.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-04T15:55:33.512Z (about 1 month ago)
• Size: 105 KB
• Stars: 14
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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`prelude.mk`

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What the hell is this?

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Some of the more interesting functions in Haskell's [`prelude.hs`][plhs],

re-written in GNU make, *without shelling out or using guile*.

[plhs]: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.6.0.1/docs/Prelude.html

Why?

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In theory, these functions could be used to write more advanced makefiles. In

practice, GNU make is such a restricted environment (without shelling out), that

the implementation we have to create for many of our functions is absurd.

Basically, I wrote this *because I could*.

Can I use this?

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It's under the WTFPL, so yes.

How do I use this?

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Copy `prelude.mk` to your project, and put in your Makefile

```make

include prelude.mk

```

Prelude's functions can be called with make's `call` function:

```make

all:

    @echo $(call sum,$(call range,100))

```

Should I use this?

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**No**. Dear god. *No*.

It would be reasonable to reimplement many of these concepts using the `shell`

function, but don't try to use this pure-make implementation.