[PATCH tracing/kprobes v2 1/5] tracing/kprobes: Rename special variables syntax

[Steven Rostedt]

On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 21:26 +0200, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 12:59:01PM -0400, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > As far as I can see in arch/*/include/asm/ptrace.h, all registers start with
> > alphabets :-). So, I'd like to suggest renaming sp-vars to '_sp-vars'.
> >
> > Then, we will have;
> > - $local-vars
> 
> 
> There is a risk of bash collision.

I actually prefer the "$" notation. As for bash collision, it is common
for shell script writers to be able to distinguish a variable from bash.
Yes we can backslash it, or quote it. But when I see a $var it sticks
out to me that it is a variable. It's not hard to get around. For
example, type:

$ echo "hello $DISPLAY"' or $DISPLAY'

and see what you get.

Makefiles and Perl use '$' for variables those that need to handle it
with bash can easily cope with it.

So my vote is to keep the '$'. It is the most intuitive to what it
means.

Just my 0.02€

-- Steve