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Re: [PATCH 9/9] Expand tabs to spaces.

From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 13:46:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] Expand tabs to spaces.
References: <4FBD1989.4040905@cs.ucla.edu><20120523184119.12C902C077@topped-with-meat.com><4FBD49BD.1000309@cs.ucla.edu>

> But I should say that GNU style does not *require* tabs;
> it merely *allows* them.  Replacing spaces with tabs (or vice versa)
> doesn't affect whether a C program is using GNU style.

When I speak about GNU issues I guess you can read that as GNU Classic.
Tabification was certainly the norm way back when.

References:
- [PATCH 9/9] Expand tabs to spaces.
  - From: Paul Eggert
- Re: [PATCH 9/9] Expand tabs to spaces.
  - From: Roland McGrath
- Re: [PATCH 9/9] Expand tabs to spaces.
  - From: Paul Eggert

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