Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: clarify spaces for alignment note

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

11/03/2019 19:39, Kevin Traynor:
> Make clear that spaces are only for alignments less than tab size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> ---
> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/coding_style.rst
> -	Global whitespace rule in DPDK, use tabs for indentation, spaces for alignment.
> +	Global whitespace rule in DPDK, use tabs for indentation, spaces for smaller alignments.

tab Vs spaces :D

I am not sure what is the most followed convention in DPDK.
I thought most of alignments were done with spaces only.
I mean spaces before an end-of-line comment:

struct foo {
	int an_interesting_field;  /* mandatory */
	char poor_field;           /* optional thing */
}