From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12281 invoked by alias); 23 Mar 2009 02:12:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 12273 invoked by uid 22791); 23 Mar 2009 02:12:43 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from e24smtp02.br.ibm.com (HELO e24smtp02.br.ibm.com) (32.104.18.86) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:12:38 +0000 Received: from mailhub3.br.ibm.com (mailhub3.br.ibm.com [9.18.232.110]) by e24smtp02.br.ibm.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n2N2RDi7003253 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:27:13 -0300 Received: from d24av02.br.ibm.com (d24av02.br.ibm.com [9.18.232.47]) by mailhub3.br.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v9.2) with ESMTP id n2N2CrKi1531946 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:12:53 -0300 Received: from d24av02.br.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d24av02.br.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id n2N2CYG2006773 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:12:34 -0300 Received: from [9.8.1.116] ([9.8.1.116]) by d24av02.br.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n2N2CY3C006640; Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:12:34 -0300 Subject: Re: [gdbserver/commit] fix whitespace. From: Thiago Jung Bauermann To: Joel Brobecker Cc: Pedro Alves , gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-Reply-To: <20090323011202.GA9472@adacore.com> References: <200903222352.23415.pedro@codesourcery.com> <200903230022.04881.pedro@codesourcery.com> <20090323011202.GA9472@adacore.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:54:00 -0000 Message-Id: <1237774353.25721.27.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-03/txt/msg00476.txt.bz2 El dom, 22-03-2009 a las 18:12 -0700, Joel Brobecker escribió: > > I'm also applying these further fixes. > > (I can't help myself, sorry) > > You know, the current whitespace rule has been really bugging me > since day one. I would be a very very happy camper if we got rid > of tabs and just used spaces. Tabs make it hard for everything: > hard to edit/navigate in your editor (unless you have a mode that > makes it transparent for you?), and harder to read patches > (space display can get off because of the extra character that is > being put on the first column of each line of the diff). FWIW, I agree that using just spaces is saner. But it doesn't bother me as much. > Iiiiiiihhh! > > (nervous breakdown) Since we're in group therapy mode: What bothers me the most is the insistence on old-fashioned English "rules" which apparently were taught in schools back then, like the silly "two spaces after period" mantra, and "the passive voice shall NEVER be used!!!11!". The latter may perhaps still apply to current English (I'm not sure), but it certainly isn't so clear-cut in other languages. In Portuguese, I believe it's still bad if you heavily use passive voice in a text, but using it every now and then it's certainly not a problem. It may even be more appropriate to what you're trying to convey (which is why I use it occasionally). There, I said it. I feel better now. :-) -- []'s Thiago Jung Bauermann IBM Linux Technology Center