Re: [dev] [sbase][RFC] patch: whitespace patches

From: Dimitris Papastamos <sin_AT_2f30.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:36:25 +0000

On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 02:11:05PM +0100, FRIGN wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:39:30 +0100
> Mattias Andrée <maandree_AT_kth.se> wrote:
>
> Hey Matthias,
>
> > I think the documentation should be clear that it
> > only to be relied upon if whitespace changes do
> > not have any affects. Perhaps it should not allow
> > introducing whitespace where there was none,
> >
> > -helloworld
> > +hello world
> >
> > or removing all whitespace
> >
> > -hello world !
> > +helloworld !
> >
> > to protect against changes in strings. This however
> > does would mean that
> >
> > -a=b*c
> > +a = b * c
> >
> > would not be allowed either.
>
> this is insane. Just read the fucking patches and stop
> handholding the users.

I don't see how this has to do with handholding users.
Received on Thu Feb 25 2016 - 14:36:25 CET