From: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 02:03:07 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: README: Document restriction on $-doubling and lack of -quadrupling
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README: Document restriction on $-doubling and lack of -quadrupling

Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
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diff --git a/README b/README
index 5fe3950..ad6c13e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -322,6 +322,10 @@ $	=>	$$	including $'s produced by other
 &$NN	=>	$(NN)	where N are digits
 &$(	=>	$(
 
+A few contexts do not support $-doubling, such as directive arguments
+or places where this might imply $-quadrupling.  (There is no way to
+get $-quadrupling.)
+
 
 Tables of file reference syntaxes
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