#525462 automake: Strange parsing of variables with \

Package:
automake
Source:
automake-1.16
Submitter:
Marco Túlio Gontijo e Silva
Date:
2010-02-01 18:42:23 UTC
Severity:
minor
#525462#5
Date:
2009-04-24 17:56:56 UTC
From:
To:
As posted in http://marcot.iaaeee.org/diario/?p=119 , automake is parsing:

foo_SOURCES = foo.c

the same as

foo_SOURCES = \
  foo.c

but not the same as

foo_SOURCES \
  = foo.c

Is this parsing correct?  It's not what I would expect.  If it's correct, is
there a documentation for it?  I could not find it.

Greetings.