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

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:14:38 +0200
From:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, josh@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Add information about trailing whitespace.

> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel
> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:31:22 -0700

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>
> akpm:/usr/src/25> grep -l "^+.*[        ]$" patches/git-*.patch
> patches/git-acpi.patch
> patches/git-alsa.patch
> patches/git-battery.patch
> patches/git-cifs.patch
> patches/git-drm.patch
> patches/git-gfs2-nmw.patch
> patches/git-hid.patch
> patches/git-ipwireless_cs.patch
> patches/git-ixgbe.patch
> patches/git-kgdb.patch
> patches/git-leds.patch
> patches/git-libata-all.patch
> patches/git-md-accel.patch
> patches/git-netdev-all.patch
> patches/git-newsetup.patch
> patches/git-nfs.patch
> patches/git-ocfs2.patch
> patches/git-pciseg.patch
> patches/git-qla3xxx.patch
> patches/git-selinux.patch
> patches/git-sym2.patch
> patches/git-unionfs.patch
> patches/git-watchdog.patch
> patches/git-wireless.patch
>
> damn.  Bunch of lamers.

    9. The editor is the primary tool for programmers. People who don't
       choose an appropriate primary tool are worthless as professionals.

among others in <http://quimby.gnus.org/circus/notes/programming.html>

I've shared little sh script too, 4 + 2(optional) sed commands with
comments of what whitespace crap was spotted. Yet nothing happened.
Converse -- questions about why they are useless...

Introduction of editor's labels in C files is the most outrages thing.
Don't editors smart to see filename extensions first? If they don't, fix
editors, not sources!

> But there's less than there used to be.
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