Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:13:58 +0100 | From | David Weinehall <> | Subject | Re: RFC: Trailing blanks in source files |
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On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 12:51:34PM -0600, Joseph D. Wagner wrote: > > It seems that many files [1] in the Linux source have lines with > > trailing blank (space and tab) characters and some even have formfeed > > characters. Obviously these blank characters aren't necessary. > > Actually, they are necessary. > > http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_23.html > http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_24.html
Let me quote CodingStyle:
"First off, I'd suggest printing out a copy of the GNU coding standards, and NOT read it. Burn them, it's a great symbolic gesture."
That's how much relevance GNU's coding standards have to the kernel.
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