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Re: Still having major problems with cpplib and imake
- To: Neil Booth <NeilB at earthling dot net>
- Subject: Re: Still having major problems with cpplib and imake
- From: Dave Brolley <brolley at redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 09:14:42 -0400
- CC: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>, Zack Weinberg <zack at wolery dot cumb dot org>, gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: Red Hat
- References: <20000512095625.O474@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz> <E12qBEf-0000Zm-00@monkey.rosenet.ne.jp>
Neil Booth wrote:
> Jakub Jelinek wrote:-
>
> > make requires tabs at the beginning of lines, which are replaced by cpplib
> > with spaces.
>
> Sorry Jakub, this won't change. All whitespace is equivalent, so it's
> natural and easy to use just a space. In fact, in some contexts a
> space is the mandated choice for arbitrary whitespace.
>
While conceptually each sequence of whitespaces is replaced by a single blank,
the standard leaves it open as to whether this physically occurs in the textual
output. In my experience you will get a lot of grief from users if you mess
with whitespace in open text.
Dave