Re: a couple more questions about variables and scope

[Noel Yap]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> perhaps a better question might be, at the beginning of the make, how 
> *exactly* are environment variables added to the mix so that, once that 
> processing is done, is there any record that those variables came from the 
> calling environment as opposed to, say, being set as make variables and 
> then exported?  does make distinguish between those two?

Yes, $(origin), IIRC.

HTH,
Noel