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[Mark Bainter <mbainter-smgl AT trampledstones.com>]

Eric Sandall [eric AT sandall.us] wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:47:44 +0400
> Vlad Glagolev <stealth AT sourcemage.org> wrote:
> > - use quotes and braces only when they are really needed
> 
> I could agree with this, especially since this is how I currently
> write. :) You may want to define "need".
> 
> e.g. use {} for the following:
> SOURCE=${SPELL}_$VERSION.tar.bz2
> 
> but not the following:
> SOURCE=${SPELL}-${VERSION}.tar.bz2
> 


I have to disagree there.  Personally I find the use of ${} in these
situations is really useful for clarity, and again for new developers
I'd rather they be over-specific and have the code work the first time
than miss something subtle that results in a weird bug down the road.


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