Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265742AbUA0TOP (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:14:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265754AbUA0TOO (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:14:14 -0500 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:25834 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265742AbUA0TOC (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:14:02 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 20:13:58 +0100 From: David Weinehall To: "Joseph D. Wagner" Cc: Andi Kleen , Rui Saraiva , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: Trailing blanks in source files Message-ID: <20040127191358.GI20879@khan.acc.umu.se> Mail-Followup-To: "Joseph D. Wagner" , Andi Kleen , Rui Saraiva , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200401271251.34926.theman@josephdwagner.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200401271251.34926.theman@josephdwagner.info> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Accept-Language: Swedish, English X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7ACE 0FB0 7A74 F994 9B36 E1D1 D14E 8526 DC47 CA16 X-GPG-Key: http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/files/pubkey_dc47ca16.gpg.asc Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1122 Lines: 28 On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 12:51:34PM -0600, Joseph D. Wagner wrote: > > It seems that many files [1] in the Linux source have lines with > > trailing blank (space and tab) characters and some even have formfeed > > characters. Obviously these blank characters aren't necessary. > > Actually, they are necessary. > > http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_23.html > http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_24.html Let me quote CodingStyle: "First off, I'd suggest printing out a copy of the GNU coding standards, and NOT read it. Burn them, it's a great symbolic gesture." That's how much relevance GNU's coding standards have to the kernel. Regards: David Weinehall -- /) David Weinehall /) Northern lights wander (\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Full colour fire (/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/