Andrew Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13.03.2007 16:03:57: > Ian Lance Taylor writes: > > Andrew Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Kai Tietz writes: > > > > > > > I want to remove some trailing whitespaces from gcc source > as coding style > > > > demands. Also I wrote, while doing a small tool for that, a > feature to > > > > replace horiz. tabs by spaces. But the question is by which > width should > > > > be used ? > > > > > > 8. > > > > But please do not turn tabs into spaces in the gcc source code. > > > > I think removing trailing whitespace would be OK, > > Please don't check it in, though! That would be really bad. It would > do horrible things to diffs, particularly between branches. > > Andrew. >
But I was questioned to do this stuff, for those files changed by a patch of mine. So I tought, if I should do, than do it for the complete gcc (not root) folder. How to process ? Kai