From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 06:51:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 06:51:13 -0500 Received: from nef.ens.fr ([129.199.96.32]:27411 "EHLO nef.ens.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Jan 2001 06:51:01 -0500 Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 12:50:52 +0100 From: Thomas Pornin To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Extraneous whitespace removal? Message-ID: <20010108125052.A27014@bolet.ens.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20010108044218.A9610@foozle.turbogeek.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20010108044218.A9610@foozle.turbogeek.org> you write: > - I'm not yet positive there are no other places in the tree that > aren't safe to s/[]+$//. C can, if formated poorly > enough, be affected by it (multiline strings not ending with \). Multiline strings not ending with \, are errors. gcc admits this syntax but it is bad practice, and should be avoided. For Makefile, DocBook, TeX and assembly, this should be ok too. --Thomas Pornin - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/