Nested calls in make

[kalyan]

Hi all,
I am using make-3.81.
The GNU make manual says "The call function can be nested. Each recursive invocation gets its own local values for $(1), etc. that mask the values of higher-level call."

I have tried this code but it gets stuck forever:
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define test_function
        echo $(1)
        $(call test_function,1)
endef
all:
        @$(call test_function,1)
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Any hints are appreciated.


regards
kalyan