Re: [Python-Dev] Evaluated cmake as an autoconf replacement

Steve Holden wrote:

Isn't it strange how nobody every complained about the significance of whitespace in makefiles: only the fact that leading tabs were required rather than just-any-old whitespace.

Make doesn't care how *much* whitespace there is, though, only whether it's there or not. If it accepted anything that looks like whitespace, there would be no cause for complaint. -- Greg