[rfc-i] tabs [was: sourcecode indentation]

[julian.reschke at gmx.de (Julian Reschke)]

On 2016-02-16 07:14, Joe Hildebrand (jhildebr) wrote:
> ...
> I think the current situation is pretty close to 2119's "SHOULD NOT".  You SHOULD NOT put a tab character in <sourcecode>, unless it is absolutely required in the target language.  To deal with this, we could add a tabs="true" attribute to <sourcecode>, and give an error if there's an unintended tab character.
>
> Alternately, we could just say that tab-encrusted Makefile's aren't supported in an RFC, and always throw an error on tabs.  Tabs can be worked around in GNU make (https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Special-Variables.html):
>
> .RECIPEPREFIX = >
> all:
>> @echo Hello, world
> ...

+1 to disallow TABs, until somebody can show how this becomes a problem 
for something other than a Makefile.

Best regards, Julian