Re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/make

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

    Date:        Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:16:52 +0000
    From:        "Roland Illig" <rillig%netbsd.org@localhost>
    Message-ID:  <20200914161652.D4EB5FB28%cvs.NetBSD.org@localhost>

  | make(1): inline LPAREN in parse.c
  |
  | It's shorter and more readable, and the other characters don't have
  | named constants as well.

Most likely the reason for that was for parentheses matching editors.

Using '(' creates a ( that (a non C syntax savvy) editor will match
against the next (otherwise unmatched) ')' it finds.   LPAREN doesn't
have that effect.   An alternative is to add a /*)*/ comment on the line,
but that starts getting obtrusive, and difficult to justify.

kre