On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:11:01 +0100 Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 13.02.2010 21:57, schrieb Dieter Plaetinck: > >>> For example, in a PKGBUILD I would write ${pkgname}_$pkgver, > >>> because _ can be part of a variable name, but I'd much rather > >>> prefer to use $pkgname-$pkgver, since hyphens are not allowed in > >>> variable names. > >>> > >>> Less typing, less ugliness. :) > >>> > >> > >> This is the way I've always done it and it's much nicer to read. > >> Same for quoting, use only when needed. > > > > +1 for braces around vars only when needed. > > If you use braces only when necessary, it will not be consistent - you > have braces sometimes and other times you don't. I thought coding > style was about consistency. > you can apply "only when needed" consistently.