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

Jim Blandy
2005-08-30T23:50:33Z

Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl> writes:
>> From: Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
>> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:22:51 -0700
>>
>> 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.
>
> Well, emacs generates tabs by default.

Ah, this is the "Emacs *is* the GNU Coding Standard" school of thought
--- to which I do occasionally subscribe. But I've got
indent-tabs-mode set to nil, after being asked to do so several times
(by other projects).

Once all the bugs in GDB's actual behavior are fixed, I'll raise the
tab/space question again. [goes back under rock]