On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:39:39 +0000 Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com> wrote:
> Make clear that spaces are only for alignments less than tab size. > > Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com> > --- > doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst > b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst > index d96698a73..dd7ddc21e 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst > @@ -348,5 +348,5 @@ General > .. note:: > > - Global whitespace rule in DPDK, use tabs for indentation, spaces for > alignment. > + Global whitespace rule in DPDK, use tabs for indentation, spaces for > smaller alignments. > > * Do not put any spaces before a tab for indentation. Dropping this patch, the wording makes sense but the responses bordered on bike shedding about white space. IMHO we should get some automated tools involved (like clang format) to handle whitespace inconsistency.
