[boost] Re: smart_ptr.hpp newline problem

From: Reid Sweatman (reids_at_[hidden])
Date: 1999-08-20 16:34:07

> The MS compiler handles UNIX files, as does the IDE editor 
> except that any
> line you add to the file get CR/LF instead of NL (i.e. most 
> of the file is
> just NL with the bits you added CR/LF)! They still compile 
> with MS but some
> UNIX compilers balk and it really messes up source control.

Some editors really balk, too, and in very inconsistent ways, like handling
some line-end combos correctly, then failing a few lines later on identical
endings.  That's why I keep a couple of standard regex replacment
expressions in my editor's list of non-deleted search expressions.