Re: Newb question about code style

[sashan <sashang at ihug dot co dot nz>]

Andrew Haley wrote:

> sashan writes:
> > Hello
> > 
> > I decided to have a look at gcc and how it works. I've built the 3.4 
> > tree, set a breakpoint in main using gdb and worked from there. I notice 
> > that some of the code in gcc.c mixes tabs and spaces and code looks like 
> > it is outside a loop is actually inside. Is this intentional?
>
> You've probably got different tab stop settings.  Tab stops are 8
> spaces wide in gcc.
>
>  
Ok thanks that makes a difference. I still don't understand the mixing of tabs and spaces though. The gnu website seems to be down so I can't read http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html.