ah, interesting - good point. My standard (at least the enforced standard where I work) is 4-spaces and it doesn't catch that.
On 5 September 2013 10:44, Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote: >> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 10:38:16 +0100 >> From: Tim Murphy <tnmur...@gmail.com> >> Cc: Byron Hawkins <by...@hawkinssoftware.net>, >> Boris Kolpackov <bo...@kolpackov.net>, bug-make <bug-make@gnu.org> >> >> It would be nice even if make was able to guess what might be >> happening and issue a warning > > It already does: > > /usr/tmp/Gma07464:2: *** missing separator (did you mean TAB instead of 8 > spaces?). Stop. -- You could help some brave and decent people to have access to uncensored news by making a donation at: http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/friends/ _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make