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From: Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@posting.7eggert.dyndns.org>
Subject: Re: kernel guide to space
To: Denis Vlasenko <vda@ilport.com.ua>, sander@humilis.net,
       "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@mellanox.co.il>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 21:36:47 +0200
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Denis Vlasenko <vda@ilport.com.ua> wrote:

> text with 8-char tabs:
> 
> struct s {
>         int n;          /* comment */
>         unsigned int u; /* comment */
> };
> 
> Same text viewed with tabs set to 4-char width:
> 
> struct s {
>     int n;      /* comment */
>     unsigned int u; /* comment */
> };
> 
> Comments are not aligned anymore

That's why you SHOULD NOT use tabs for aligning, but for indenting.
-- 
Ich danke GMX dafür, die Verwendung meiner Adressen mittels per SPF
verbreiteten Lügen zu sabotieren.