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Diffstat (limited to 'build2/variable.txx')
-rw-r--r-- | build2/variable.txx | 16 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/build2/variable.txx b/build2/variable.txx index f1335b4..95e4f0a 100644 --- a/build2/variable.txx +++ b/build2/variable.txx @@ -148,7 +148,21 @@ namespace build2 names_view simple_reverse (const value& v, names& s) { - s.emplace_back (value_traits<T>::reverse (v.as<T> ())); + const T& x (v.as<T> ()); + + // Represent an empty simple value as empty name sequence rather than + // a single empty name. This way, for example, during serialization we + // end up with a much saner looking: + // + // config.import.foo = + // + // Rather than: + // + // config.import.foo = {} + // + if (!value_traits<T>::empty (x)) + s.emplace_back (value_traits<T>::reverse (x)); + return s; } |