Re: [jamboost] trailing whitespaces

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-14 04:09:41

David Abrahams wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]>
>
> > Tabs are already banned from sources. What about banning trailing
> > whitespace as well? They're not as evil as tabs, but I really feel bad 
> > about something invisible in sources. Opinions?
>
> 1. Too hard to enforce

Well, since I already run some scripts that checks for both tabs and trailing 
whitespace before commit, this is easy for me.

> 2. No serious practical consequences for having them there.

Does that mean that nobody will object to my commits containing removal of 
empty lines? Or does everybody run diff with "-b" option?

- Volodya