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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706280015320.11120@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:18:17 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
To:	Chris Shoemaker <c.shoemaker@....net>
cc:	Josh Triplett <josht@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	josh@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Add information about trailing whitespace.


On Jun 27 2007 14:05, Chris Shoemaker wrote:
>
>What I'd really like to see is, _why_ is trailing whitespace
>considered harmful?

Consumes bytes you'll never see :)

>Something about MUAs not preserving it or something?

Well, there is format=flowed. text/plain mails with a trailing blank at the end
of line indicates the paragraph continues -- as a curtesy for mail readers with
non-fixed-font to display the paragraph coherently rather than breaking it at
72/80 columns.


	Jan
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