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.

 Documentation/CodingStyle in the kernel source :)

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