Re: ${} and $()

2007-08-19 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Bob, Jan, all, * Bob Proulx wrote on Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 10:09:28PM CEST: > Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > is there any real difference between $(var) and ${var}, and is the > > latter as much POSIX as the first? > > Is there any reason not to use $(var) and simply play it safe since > that is

Re: ${} and $()

2007-08-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > is there any real difference between $(var) and ${var}, and is the > latter as much POSIX as the first? Is there any reason not to use $(var) and simply play it safe since that is the traditional Unix make behavior? Then all worries about whether the builder's make will h