Do you trust the "indent" program?

[Ken Lerman]

In article <256 at ptcburp.ptcbu.oz.au> rick at ptcburp.ptcbu.oz.au (Rick Stevenson) writes:
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.Why don't you run a copy of your src files through indent, recompile,
.and compare new object files with the old versions? The proof of the
.pudding...
.
.Rick.
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I've never been able to compare object successfully.  Object files
tend to have imbedded line numbers, version numbers, etc. which cause
them to compare differently.  Is there a utility out there which will
enable me to determine if the code and data parts of an executable or
object file are the same?

Ken