linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add check for whitespace before semicolon at end-of-line

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Date:	Thu, 03 May 2012 08:52:56 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@...ndarydevices.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	u-boot@...ts.denx.de, rylv50@...escale.com, marex@...x.de,
	vapier@...too.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add check for whitespace before semicolon
 at end-of-line

On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 06:41 -0700, Eric Nelson wrote:
> >> +# check for whitespace before semicolon - not allowed at end-of-line
> >> +		if ($line =~ /\s+;$/) {
> >
> > 		if ($line =~ /\s+;\s*$/)

> Won't the extra space at end of line be caught by other tests?

Yes it will.

You want the test to find the space before semicolon
whenever it exists.


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