Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/04/26/05:59:26
In article <8D53104ECD0CD211AF4000A0C9D60AE301330CCD AT probe-2 DOT acclaim-euro DOT net> you wrote:
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> I wonder how many things would break if make automatically collapsed
> 8 leading spaces into a tab character?
Well: there *are* people who configure their editors for tab-widths
other than 8 spaces, for example.
So once 'make' would have that rule you propose, users would stop
asking "Why do I need a tab?", but instead, they'd immediately start
asking "Why must I use *8* spaces?". Not much, if anything, would have
been gained.
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