- constantly having to write out long file and directory names
- the lack of a per-directory make variable namespace means
long make variables (or namespace clashes)
- - it is difficult to arrange that one can cd to a subdirectory
+ - it is difficult to arrange that one can cd to a subdirectory
and say `make all' and have something reasonable happen
(to wit, build an appropriate subset)
case (in general in variable names we call that TOP rather than the
empty string).
-&CAPS => sub_dir_CAPS or TOP_CAPS
-&lc => sub/dir/lc or lc
+&CAPS => sub_dir_CAPS or TOP_CAPS
+&lc => sub/dir/lc or lc
Here CAPS is any ASCII letter A-Z and lc is a-z.
The assumption is that filenames are usually lowercase and
variables usually uppercase. Otherwise, use another syntax: