linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Add information about trailing whitespace.

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:52:04 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	dave young <hidave.darkstar@...il.com>
cc:	Josh Triplett <josh@...nel.org>,
	Chris Shoemaker <c.shoemaker@....net>,
	Josh Triplett <josht@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Add information about trailing whitespace.


On Jun 28 2007 06:29, dave young wrote:
>
> IMHO, another  cause of trailing whitespace is human error, for
> example long lines breaking will easy to cause the first line with one
> traling whitespace (original space between the last two words).

Most common errors (to me) are:

 - hit return+tab too quickly that it interchanges, hence producing
   the unwanted \t\n
 - hit return+return to start a new paragraph of code;
   the intermediate line remains indented if autoindent is on.


	Jan
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