Perhaps he/she smoked lots of crack and had a hard time seeing the variables and liked to use emacs for syntax highlighting. Or perhaps he/she had too much crack and was confused if the script should really be a Makefile.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Old [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 2:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Variables and Modules > > > Hello all, > > Quick question about variables. I am editing a few scripts > written by > another programmer and he programs every variable surrounded > in brackets, > like ${var_name}. > > Is there any advantage to this? > > The only reason I can think that he is doing this is because > of the module > that is used. Maybe to localize the variable or something like that. > > But, I thought that all variables not specified by a module > ($Mod_name::var_name) were localized to that script. > > Any ideas? > > Any help is appreciated > > Kevin > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit Systems Inc. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
