Re: Still having major problems with cpplib and imake

[Zack Weinberg <zack at wolery dot cumb dot org>]

On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 05:55:52PM +0900, 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.

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.

zw