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[Bug preprocessor/52899] New: tabstop has no effect
- From: "manu at gcc dot gnu.org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2012 13:21:55 +0000
- Subject: [Bug preprocessor/52899] New: tabstop has no effect
- Auto-submitted: auto-generated
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52899
Bug #: 52899
Summary: tabstop has no effect
Classification: Unclassified
Product: gcc
Version: 4.8.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: preprocessor
AssignedTo: unassigned@gcc.gnu.org
ReportedBy: manu@gcc.gnu.org
By grepping for tabstop in GCC sources, one can see that -ftabstop= is never
used for anything. I am not sure what was its original purpose, but we can
probably remove it now and accept the option silently for compatibility.
On the other hand, GCC does not follow GNU conventions, since tabs are not
counted as 8 spaces when reporting column info.