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Re: [PATCH 2/4] Docs: extend.texi: Remove trailing blanks from lines
- From: Michael Witten <mfwitten at gmail dot com>
- To: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 05:27:03 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Docs: extend.texi: Remove trailing blanks from lines
- References: <378e16b9-5d40-427c-8b4e-00700b2ad30c-mfwitten@gmail.com> <eeb6242f-997b-44f4-8f8f-90a559362ea1-mfwitten@gmail.com> <alpine.LNX.2.00.1105031943140.2899@gerinyyl.fvgr>
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