varsym question

Eirik Nygaard eirikn at kerneled.com
Thu Nov 20 11:18:36 PST 2003


On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 10:30:30AM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
> :Hi Matt, others,
> :
> :Why are the varsyms using ${} format instead of the Domain OS $()
> :format? Is this deliberate? 
> :
> :Just wondering, that's all :)
> :
> :Cheers,
> :Emie;
> :
> :-- 
>  
>     Having never used Domain OS the answer is:  Luck.
> 
>     Would people rather we use $() ?  It's early enough that we can make the
>     change without messing anyone up.
> 
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 

I like the use of ${} since it matches with sh variables. I just like the
consistency of it.

-- 
Eirik Nygaard
eirikn at xxxxxxxxxxxx
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