[Bug preprocessor/52899] New: tabstop has no effect

[manu at gcc dot gnu.org]

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.