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Re: Still having major problems with cpplib and imake
Zack Weinberg wrote:-
> I don't think we have a choice here, Neil. Imake is too critical to
> break this badly, much as I'd like to point them at M4 and forget
> about it :)
>
> There is no particular difficulty - once we're using token lists
> throughout, and once we fix the bug that tabs aren't accounted
> properly in column numbering - in noticing when a token starts in
> column 8, and emitting a tab instead of a space.
OK - I was afraid it would involve storing copies of arbitrary
whitespace. I agree something should be workable if the only problem
is tabs first on a line.
Neil.