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+#===-- Style_check.py - Simple style checking for llvm       *- Python -*-
+#
+#                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+#
+# This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+# License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+#
+#===----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+
+parser = OptionParser("usage: %prog arg1 arg2 ... argn [options]");
+parser.add_option("", "--no-check-for-tabs", action="store_false",
+     dest="doCheckForTabs",
+     default = True, help="don't check for tabs")
+parser.add_option("", "--no-check-line-length", action="store_false",
+     dest="doCheckLineLength",
+     default = True, help="don't check line length")
+parser.add_option("", "--max-line-length", dest="maxLineLength",
+                       default=80, type="int",
+                       help="specify maximum line length [default 80]")
+parser.add_option("", "--no-check-whitespace-at-eol", action="store_false",
+     dest="doCheckWhitespaceAtEol",
+     default = True, help="don't check for whitespace at the end of a line")
+parser.add_option("", "--print-filenames-only", action="store_true",
+     dest="doPrintFilenamesOnly",
+     default = False, help="only print the filename(s) where errors were found")
+
+(options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+doCheckForTabs=options.doCheckForTabs
+doCheckLineLength=options.doCheckLineLength
+maxLineLength=options.maxLineLength
+doCheckWhitespaceAtEol=options.doCheckWhitespaceAtEol
+doPrintFilenamesOnly=options.doPrintFilenamesOnly;
+
+def checkTabs(f, lineNum, line):
+  column = 0;
+  for c in line:
+    column = column + 1
+    if c == '\t':
+      if (doPrintFilenamesOnly):
+        print f.name
+      else:
+        print "tab at line=", lineNum, "column=", column, f.name
+      return True
+  return False
+
+def checkLineLength(f, lineNum, line):
+  if len(line) > maxLineLength + 1:
+    if (doPrintFilenamesOnly):
+      print f.name
+    else:
+      print line,
+      print "line too long=", lineNum, "len=", len(line) - 1, f.name
+    return True
+  return False
+
+def checkWhitespaceBeforeEOL(f, lineNum, line):
+  if len(line) <= 1:
+    return;
+  if line[len(line)-2].isspace():
+    if (doPrintFilenamesOnly):
+      print f.name
+    else:
+      print "whitespace at end of line=", lineNum, "len=", len(line) - 1, f.name
+    return True
+  return False
+
+for x in args:
+  f = open(x, 'r')
+  lineNum = 0;
+  for line in f:
+    lineNum = lineNum + 1
+    if doCheckLineLength:
+      errorFound = checkLineLength(f, lineNum, line)
+      if errorFound and doPrintFilenamesOnly:
+        break;
+    if doCheckForTabs:
+      errorFound = checkTabs(f, lineNum, line)
+      if errorFound and doPrintFilenamesOnly:
+        break;
+    if doCheckWhitespaceAtEol:
+      errorFound = checkWhitespaceBeforeEOL(f, lineNum, line)
+      if errorFound and doPrintFilenamesOnly:
+        break;
+