Dale Miller wrote: >Some have asserted that tab characters should be removed from source.
Good assertation. >However, for makefiles, according to the GNU Make Manual (for version 3.80) >"You need to put a tab character at the beginning of every command line." Why? Better regular expression handling? Forced indentation? Start of line signals? >This has always struck me as lunacy, Indeed, but I think they are just simply lazy or bored. ;-D > but it's an example of the IT golden rule - " Who writes the software makes > the rules." And the users need to kneel before them when reporting bugs. ;-) Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
