m4/examples/join.m4
Eric Blake 6b1c5a2cbd Document join, in order to fix bug in m4wrap example.
* examples/join.m4: New file.
* examples/wraplifo2.m4: Likewise.
* Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add new files.
* doc/m4.texinfo (Improved m4wrap): New node.
(Defn, Location): Enhance tests.
(Shift): Document the composit macro join.
(Incompatibilities): Move documentation of LIFO vs. FIFO...
(M4wrap): ...here, to match improved example.

Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net>
2008-03-15 20:52:36 -06:00

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divert(`-1')
# join(sep, args) - join each non-empty ARG into a single
# string, with each element separated by SEP
define(`join',
`ifelse(`$#', `2', ``$2'',
`ifelse(`$2', `', `', ``$2'_')$0(`$1', shift(shift($@)))')')
define(`_join',
`ifelse(`$#$2', `2', `',
`ifelse(`$2', `', `', ``$1$2'')$0(`$1', shift(shift($@)))')')
# joinall(sep, args) - join each ARG, including empty ones,
# into a single string, with each element separated by SEP
define(`joinall', ``$2'_$0(`$1', shift($@))')
define(`_joinall',
`ifelse(`$#', `2', `', ``$1$3'$0(`$1', shift(shift($@)))')')
divert`'dnl