diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/scanner/IncludeSearchPathElement.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/scanner/IncludeSearchPathElement.java
index 3c9acd4c6a2..7cd2ef5e4da 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/scanner/IncludeSearchPathElement.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/scanner/IncludeSearchPathElement.java
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
  *
  * Contributors:
- *    Markus Schorn - initial API and implementation
+ *     Markus Schorn - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/ 
 package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.parser.scanner;
 
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ final class IncludeSearchPathElement {
 	public static final String FRAMEWORK_VAR = "__framework__"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 	public static final String FILE_VAR = "__header__"; //$NON-NLS-1$
 
-
 	private final String fPath;
 	private final boolean fForQuoteIncludesOnly;
 	private final boolean fIsFrameworkDirectory;   
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ final class IncludeSearchPathElement {
 				return null;
 			}
 			String framework = includeDirective.substring(0, firstSep);
-			String file= includeDirective.substring(firstSep+1);
+			String file= includeDirective.substring(firstSep + 1);
 			if (file.length() == 0)
 				return null;
 			
@@ -70,7 +69,15 @@ final class IncludeSearchPathElement {
 	private void replace(StringBuilder buf, String find, final String replace) {
 		int idx= buf.indexOf(find);
 		if (idx >= 0) {
-			buf.replace(idx, idx+find.length(), replace);
+			buf.replace(idx, idx + find.length(), replace);
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * For debugging only.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return fPath;
+	}
 }
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