From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com>
To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <chastain@cygnus.com>
Cc: ac131313@cygnus.com, msnyder@cygnus.com, cagney@cygnus.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.cygnus.com, kettenis@wins.uva.nl
Subject: Re: [RFA] Testsuite addition for x86 linux GDB and SIGALRM fix
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:41:00 -0000
Message-id: <3B3B8870.7AA9A658@apple.com>
References: <200106281927.MAA29407@stanley.cygnus.com>
X-SW-Source: 2001-06/msg00470.html

Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> 
> Michael Snyder writes:
> > 2) Do the gnu coding standards apply to testsuite source files?
> > If so, "callee()" should be replaced by "callee ()".
> 
> I recall seeing somewhere that the testsuite programs should come in
> a variety of styles, because gcc and gdb should work on all legal
> programs, not just those written to the GNU coding standards.
> 
> I don't have a reference though.

I suggested this a couple years ago, probably around the time of
the Big Reformat. :-)  The theory was to not force the testsuite
to be a "monoculture" of code all in the same style, on the off
chance that maybe someday we'll catch a source listing or line
number bug that would not be noticed in GNU-formatted code.

Stan