bug#13524: Improving user experience for non-recursive builds

[Stefano Lattarini]

On 02/04/2013 01:44 PM, Peter Johansson wrote:
> On 2/4/13 9:33 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote:
>> What about doubling the curly braces?  As in '{{RELDIR}}'.
>> Would that be tolerable?  Other possibilities (none particularly
>> pleasant either, IMHO):
>>
>>    {+RELDIR+}
>>    {:RELDIR:}
>>    {.RELDIR.}
>>    {-RELDIR-}
>>
>> Other proposals?
> Using Automake's namespace, 'AM_', comes to mind: {AM_RELDIR}.
> 
I'm not sure about this; being namespace-clean even here sounds nice
in theory, but {AM_RELDIR} actually seems quite ugly to me, and less
clear than the simpler (albeit namespace-polluting) {{RELDIR}}.

But I'd like to read other opinions before making up my mind.
Anyone has further feedback?

Thanks,
  Stefano