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Re: [PATCH 2/4] Docs: extend.texi: Remove trailing blanks from lines


On Tue, 3 May 2011 22:52:25 +0200 (CEST), Gerald Pfeifer wrote:

> <On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, Michael Witten wrote:
>> sed -i "s/[ $(printf '\t')]\{1,\}\$//" trunk/gcc/doc/extend.texi
>
> I believe we usually don't do whitespace changes just for the sake
> of cleaning up things.
>
> Unless someone else indicates otherwise, I believe this patch is
> rejected.

To what do we owe this tradition other than laziness?

Shall I match the mindlessness of this rule by introducing a variant
patch that also alters non-whitespace on the offending lines?

Sincerely,
Michael Witten


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