On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 02:11:08PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 12:23:26PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >> Ken Moffat wrote: > >> > >>> I know it tends to replace tabs with spaces, which makes it a bit of > >>> a pain when fixing up patches by hand, but basic copy and paste work. > >> There should never be tabs in patches. People use different > >> interpretations of a tab. Even tabs in Makefiles suck, even though they > >> are required. > > > > Lol. Ever seen the complaints about whitespace-damaged patches on > > lkml ? And, as you say, Makefiles require them. > > The reason that they're damaged is that some use them and others don't. > I know that there are a lot of different opinions, but those who are > in favor of tabs don't read a lot of code.
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