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Date:      Sat, 07 Sep 2002 21:13:28 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Jordan DeLong <fracture@allusion.net>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: style(9) question
Message-ID:  <3D7ACE68.D6576722@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020908040824.GA78652@allusion.net>

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Jordan DeLong wrote:
> The freebsd style guide includes a provision that #define's should
> have a tab after the define, before the symbol, like:
> #define^Ifoobar
> 
> In 8-character tabs (which is also proscribed by the man page) this
> lines up anyway with a single space.  What's the reasoning behind
> the tabs?


Like most style issues, the purpose is to make it easier to use
programming tools on the source code.

-- Terry

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