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Re: Attempting to unit test


From: Tom Tromey
Subject: Re: Attempting to unit test
Date: 25 Nov 2000 18:46:46 -0700

>>>>> "Pavel" == Pavel Roskin <address@hidden> writes:

>> Do you think it would be better to warn or to simply recognize
>> lines like that?

Pavel> I think it's better to recognize those lines and ignore
Pavel> spaces. Doing otherwise will make Automake somewhat similar to
Pavel> Python because the formatting will affect the result (without
Pavel> being considered a bug).

Sounds good to me.  I agree with your comment that people who need
workarounds should work with us to find a better way to do what they
want.

I implemented this feature.  It recognizes leading spaces but not
leading tabs.  If we recognize leading tabs then we have to make the
reader hairier.

Tom



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