Re: $(shell case ...) -- problem with embedded parens

[Noel Yap]

I see.

Thanks,
Noel

"Paul D. Smith" wrote:
> 
> %% Noel Yap <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>   ny> Hmmm, what's the difference?  Or, which info file describes the
>   ny> differences?
> 
> There is no difference, except that when you use ${} make matches on
> closing braces whereas when you use $() make matches on closing
> parenthesis.
> 
> Since the Bourne shell case statement contains unmatched right
> parenthesis, it doesn't work so well to use the $() format:
> 
>   $(shell case foo in foo) echo match ;; esac)
>    ^                     ^
>                         matches the opening paren
> 
> But:
> 
>   ${shell case foo in foo) echo match ;; esac}
>                          ^
>                         doesn't match the opening brace.
> 
> This is described in the GNU make manual section "Basics of Variable
> References".
> 
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