[PATCH v2 00/65] gas: whitespace handling

[Richard Earnshaw (lists)]

On 28/01/2025 15:00, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 28.01.2025 15:47, Richard Earnshaw (lists) wrote:
>> Out of interest, did you consider making the scrubber translate all horizontal white space characters into a single space character (as opposed to just collapsing multiple spaces into one)?  This would eliminate the need for each backend to handle multiple type of space character.
> 
> I guess I'm confused: How would altering scrubber behavior matter when
> the scrubber is bypassed (by -f or #NO_APP)? And then: This collapsing
> already is what the scrubber does (and hence why many targets were
> able to get away without checking for \t, and with -f/#NO_APP known to
> not be working there), aiui.
> 
> Jan

Sorry, it's me that's confused.  I hadn't realized that was what #NO_APP did.

R.