Still having major problems with cpplib and imake

[Dave Brolley]

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