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Re: the war on trailing whitespace

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ABAdrien Beau <adrienbeau@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 27, 2006, 16:22 UTC
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On 2/27/06, Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> wrote:
>
> So in essence, a multi-line statement is closed when a completely empty
> line is found, which means that making git internals recognize and strip
> such lines will result in Python code never being manageable by git.

Incorrect. This is only the case in the *interactive* interpreter in the standard implementation. For source code in general, quoting the Python Reference Manual:

"A logical line that contains only spaces, tabs, formfeeds and possibly a comment, is ignored (i.e., no NEWLINE token is generated)."

So such lines, whether completely empty or only apparently so (i.e. dirty), are ignored, and can be safely cleaned-up.

Adrien
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Message 33 of 40 in “the war on trailing whitespace”
  1. Andrew MortonFeb 26, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2006
  3. Andrew MortonFeb 26, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsFeb 26, 2006
  5. Andrew MortonFeb 26, 2006
  6. Linus TorvaldsFeb 26, 2006
  7. Dave JonesFeb 26, 2006
  8. Dave JonesFeb 26, 2006
  9. MIke GalbraithFeb 27, 2006
  10. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2006
  11. Andrew MortonFeb 27, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2006
  13. Peter WilliamsFeb 27, 2006
  14. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2006
  15. Andrew MortonFeb 27, 2006
  16. git-apply: war on whitespace -- finishing touches.Junio C Hamano, Feb 28, 2006
  17. 1/3 apply: squelch excessive errors and --whitespace=error-allJunio C Hamano, Feb 28, 2006
  18. 2/3 apply --whitespace: configuration option.Junio C Hamano, Feb 28, 2006
  19. Andreas EricssonFeb 28, 2006
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2006
  21. Andreas EricssonFeb 28, 2006
  22. 3/3 git-apply --whitespace=nowarnJunio C Hamano, Feb 28, 2006
  23. A Large Angry SCMFeb 28, 2006
  24. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2006
  25. Adrien BeauFeb 27, 2006
  26. Andreas EricssonFeb 27, 2006
  27. Uwe ZeisbergerFeb 27, 2006
  28. Andreas EricssonFeb 27, 2006
  29. Peter HagervallFeb 27, 2006
  30. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2006
  31. Randal L. SchwartzFeb 27, 2006
  32. Josef WeidendorferFeb 27, 2006
  33. Adrien BeauFeb 27, 2006
  34. Uwe ZeisbergerFeb 27, 2006
  35. Andreas EricssonFeb 27, 2006
  36. Johannes SchindelinFeb 27, 2006
  37. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2006
  38. apply --whitespace fixes and enhancements.Junio C Hamano, Feb 27, 2006
  39. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2006
  40. Sam RavnborgFeb 26, 2006

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