@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+make: Unknown modifier 'x'
+make: "varmod-range.mk" line 46: Malformed conditional ("${:U:range=x}Rest" != "Rest")
+make: Unknown modifier 'x'
+make: "varmod-range.mk" line 55: Malformed conditional ("${:U:range=0x0}Rest" != "Rest")
 make: Unknown modifier 'r'
-
-1 2 3
+make: "varmod-range.mk" line 71: Malformed conditional ("${a b c:L:rang}Rest" != "Rest")
 make: Unknown modifier 'r'
-
+make: "varmod-range.mk" line 78: Malformed conditional ("${a b c:L:rango}Rest" != "Rest")
 make: Unknown modifier 'r'
-
+make: "varmod-range.mk" line 85: Malformed conditional ("${a b c:L:ranger}Rest" != "Rest")
-exit status 0
+make: Fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
+make: stopped in unit-tests
+exit status 1

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: varmod-range.mk,v 1.4 2020/09/27 18:11:31 rillig Exp $
+# $NetBSD: varmod-range.mk,v 1.5 2020/11/01 13:10:22 rillig Exp $
 #
 # Tests for the :range variable modifier, which generates sequences
 # of integers from the given range.
@@ -31,8 +31,61 @@
 .  error
 .endif
 
+# Negative ranges don't make sense.
+# As of 2020-11-01, they are accepted though, using up all available memory.
+#.if "${:range=-1}"
+#.  error
+#.else
+#.  error
+#.endif
+
+# The :range modifier requires a number as parameter.
+# As of 2020-11-01, the parser tries to read the 'x' as a number, fails and
+# stops there.  It then tries to parse the next modifier at that point,
+# which fails with the message "Unknown modifier".
+.if "${:U:range=x}Rest" != "Rest"
+.  error
+.else
+.  error
+.endif
+
+# The upper limit of the range must always be given in decimal.
+# This parse error stops at the 'x', trying to parse it as a variable
+# modifier.
+.if "${:U:range=0x0}Rest" != "Rest"
+.  error
+.else
+.  error
+.endif
+
+# As of 2020-11-01, numeric overflow is not detected.
+# Since strtoul returns ULONG_MAX in such a case, it is interpreted as a
+# very large number, consuming all available memory.
+#.if "${:U:range=18446744073709551619}Rest" != "Rest"
+#.  error
+#.else
+#.  error
+#.endif
+
+# modifier name too short
+.if "${a b c:L:rang}Rest" != "Rest"
+.  error
+.else
+.  error
+.endif
+
+# misspelled modifier name
+.if "${a b c:L:rango}Rest" != "Rest"
+.  error
+.else
+.  error
+.endif
+
+# modifier name too long
+.if "${a b c:L:ranger}Rest" != "Rest"
+.  error
+.else
+.  error
+.endif
+
 all:
-	@echo ${a b c:L:rang}			# modifier name too short
-	@echo ${a b c:L:range}			# ok
-	@echo ${a b c:L:rango}			# misspelled
-	@echo ${a b c:L:ranger}			# modifier name too long