[PATCH] support: Implement TEST_COMPARE_STRING

[Florian Weimer]

* Szabolcs Nagy:

> On 07/11/18 11:36, Gabriel F. T. Gomes wrote:
>> On Wed, 07 Nov 2018, Florian Weimer wrote:
>> 
>>> * Gabriel F. T. Gomes:
>>>
>>>>> +/* Compare the strings LEFT and RIGHT and report a test failure if
>>>>> +   they are different.  Also report failure if one of the arguments is
>>>>> +   a null pointer and the other is not.  The strings should be
>>>>> +   reasonably short because on mismatch, both are printed.  */
>>>>> +#define TEST_COMPARE_STRING(left, right)                         \
>>>>> +  (support_test_compare_string (left, right, __FILE__, __LINE__, \
>>>>> +                                #left, #right))  
>>>>   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>> Spaces instead of tabs.  
>>>
>>> I wasn't aware that we have a policy to use tabs.  Most of my changes
>>> involving new files do not use tabs. 8-/
>> 
>> Oh, maybe we don't.  Now I feel embarrassed that I complained about it so
>> many times.
>> 
>
> that's news to me,
>
> why is there an awkward mix of space and tab
> indentation everywhere in the code then?

It's the Emacs default.  I don't know about vim.

Have we ever discussed changing it?

Thanks,
Florian