On 17 July 2011 07:35, Aleksey Tsalolikhin <atsaloli.t...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:44 AM, Mark Burgess <m...@cfengine.com> wrote: > > ... there is no > > difference in the way that () and {} are handled. Logically, there > > should be full symmetry between these cases. > > Dear Mark, > > If () and {} have no difference, why are there two of them, please? > > Why not just () or {}? What's the use of having them both, please? > > Legacy? I see that the $(varname) construct is preferred in the docs, I certainly prefer ${varname}, because this is consistent across Perl, Bash and then Cfengine. - Erlend
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