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## Dump a prettified version of given var, with a column width of 40,
##e.g.
##
##   MY_STACK                    - micks-stack
##   MY_BUCKET                   - micks-bucket
## nb: 033 is yellow
##
define dump_var
	@echo $(1) $(2) | awk -v width=40 '{printf "\033[33m%-*s\033[0m - %s\n", width, $$1, $$2}'
endef

MY_STACK:="micks-stack"
MY_BUCKET:="micks-bucket"

# TO invoke
dump:
	$(call dump_var, MY_STACK,   $(MY_STACK) )
	$(call dump_var, MY_BUCKET,   $(MY_BUCKET) )