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

Jim Blandy
2005-08-30T23:36:23Z

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.