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Re: new line added to a variable passed to a macro


From: Keith MARSHALL
Subject: Re: new line added to a variable passed to a macro
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:44:21 +0100

Andreas Schwab wrote, quoting Vincent Torri:
>> off topic : is it better to use ${have_ecore_con}
>> or $have_ecore_con ?
>
> It does not really matter, but ...

Depending on context, it might: $foobar is the same as ${foobar},
but not ${foo}bar.  In any context, where you need to append text
to the result of a variable expansion, you must use the ${foo}
form, which is always unambiguous.  Hence,

> ... the former is more robust.

Regards,
Keith.




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