[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Let's agree on a common coding style

[Aaron Griffin]

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Evangelos Foutras <foutrelis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 13/02/2010 08:57 μμ, Thomas Bächler wrote:
>>
>> Never use `...`, always $(...), always use the braces for variable names
>> and always quote paths that contain variables.
>
> I do not agree with your view that braces should always be used around
> variable names. While I would like to read any justification about that, my
> opinion is that they should only be used when necessary.

It's a safety net. It will ALWAYS work if you use braces. Not everyone
knows what character ends a variable name and what doesn't.