• John (7/7) Sep 29 2003 For example, I have this in my makefile:
• Walter (3/10) Sep 29 2003 Use (), not {}, to expand macros.
• Matthew Wilson (4/11) Sep 29 2003 In my limited experience, only Borland's make (and maybe Microsoft's nma...

John <John_member pathlink.com> writes:

For example, I have this in my makefile:
CPP = dmc

and I want to use it as:
${CPP} abcde.cpp

The compiler print this out at console:
Error on line 3: '}' is not a valid filename char

I'm using normal make shipped with dmc 8.36, not smake.

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"John" <John_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:bl9dmd$2t09$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 For example, I have this in my makefile:
 CPP = dmc

 and I want to use it as:
 ${CPP} abcde.cpp

 The compiler print this out at console:
 Error on line 3: '}' is not a valid filename char

 I'm using normal make shipped with dmc 8.36, not smake.

Use (), not {}, to expand macros.

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew stlsoft.org> writes:

In my limited experience, only Borland's make (and maybe Microsoft's nmake)
use curly braces. The portable way to do it is to use round braces

"John" <John_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:bl9dmd$2t09$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 For example, I have this in my makefile:
 CPP = dmc

 and I want to use it as:
 ${CPP} abcde.cpp

 The compiler print this out at console:
 Error on line 3: '}' is not a valid filename char

 I'm using normal make shipped with dmc 8.36, not smake.