%{macro} vs. %macro in spec files

[Alexey I. Froloff]

There are two forms of using macros in spec files - %{macro} and
%macro.  RPM supports second form since 4.0, IIRC.

In one of my packaged I used %_bindir macro and was told by
reviewer to change it to %{_bindir}.  OTOH, %configure is also a
macro, but it is widely used without curly brackets.

What's the point of using %{macro} form for some, but not all
macros?

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