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Re: [gdbserver/commit] fix whitespace.
El dom, 22-03-2009 a las 18:12 -0700, Joel Brobecker escribiÃ:
> > I'm also applying these further fixes.
>
> (I can't help myself, sorry)
>
> You know, the current whitespace rule has been really bugging me
> since day one. I would be a very very happy camper if we got rid
> of tabs and just used spaces. Tabs make it hard for everything:
> hard to edit/navigate in your editor (unless you have a mode that
> makes it transparent for you?), and harder to read patches
> (space display can get off because of the extra character that is
> being put on the first column of each line of the diff).
FWIW, I agree that using just spaces is saner. But it doesn't bother me
as much.
> Iiiiiiihhh!
>
> (nervous breakdown)
Since we're in group therapy mode:
What bothers me the most is the insistence on old-fashioned English
"rules" which apparently were taught in schools back then, like the
silly "two spaces after period" mantra, and "the passive voice shall
NEVER be used!!!11!".
The latter may perhaps still apply to current English (I'm not sure),
but it certainly isn't so clear-cut in other languages. In Portuguese, I
believe it's still bad if you heavily use passive voice in a text, but
using it every now and then it's certainly not a problem. It may even be
more appropriate to what you're trying to convey (which is why I use it
occasionally).
There, I said it. I feel better now. :-)
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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center