fix "too much information" bug w/ "info vector" on PowerPC

Jim Blandy jimb@redhat.com
Tue Aug 30 23:50:00 GMT 2005


Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 03:22:51PM -0700, Jim Blandy wrote:
>> 
>> Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:
>> > On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 02:42:31PM -0700, Jim Blandy wrote:
>> >> - I'm not sure why the indentation in your patch is weird, but in any
>> >>   case, there seems to be a preference for using spaces in new code,
>> >>   not tabs.
>> >
>> > Er, really?  GNU convention is tabs, as far as I know.
>> 
>> I don't see anything in the coding standards, but maybe I've missed
>> something.
>> 
>> Avoiding tab characters makes patches read normally and avoids
>> problems with different tab sizes.  And all the popular editors can be
>> configured to make the 'tab' command use either.  Most of the other
>> Free software projects I know of have a convention of using spaces.
>
> I know all these things - but they aren't relevant to GDB.  GDB has
> about eight times more code using tabs than spaces (I just checked).
> Let's not dribble in the opposite direction without a deliberate
> decision, please.

Sorry for the misdirection, Paul.  Please tab away.



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