Syntax: expand &$... to ${....} rather than $(....)

[subdirmk.git] / README

diff --git a/README b/README
index e303788b362856eb0474c4b2618c49b35ee32288..2b8061b228bd95be5163dbe94cf5ddb1880c44be 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ So pathname syntax is a subset of:
 &\$            =>      $               provided for $-doubling regimes
 &\NEWLINE                              eats the newline and vanishes
 
-&$VARIABLE     =>      $(sub_dir_VARIABLE)     or $(TOP_VARIABLE)
+&$VARIABLE     =>      ${sub_dir_VARIABLE}     or ${TOP_VARIABLE}
        VARIABLE is ASCII starting with a letter and matching \w+
 
 & thing thing... &
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ suppressed with the &:warn directive.  The warning tags are:
        interpret this as $(F)BAR.  It's normally better to write
        it this way, at least if the variable expansion is followed
        by more letters.  Note that &$FOO works differently to
-       raw make: it expands to $(sub_dir_FOO).
+       raw make: it expands to ${sub_dir_FOO}.
 
     broken-var-ref
         An attempt at variable expansion looking like $&...