GCC will complain (maybe only a warning?) if C++ files don't end in a newline.-Darin
On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Gavin Barraclough <barraclo...@apple.com>wrote: > I believe the C spec requires that files end in a newline, though I > couldn't comment on the c++ spec. Possibly redundant to list this as WebKit > style issue, if required by the language? > G. > > On Sep 3, 2009, at 10:11 AM, Darin Adler wrote: > > On Sep 2, 2009, at 11:18 PM, Brent Fulgham wrote: > > On Sep 2, 2009, at 9:46 AM, Peter Kasting wrote: > > *Misc* >> Files who should end with newlines. >> > > s/who//. In fact it might be clearer to say "Files should end with a > trailing newline". > > > I always follow this rule, but I don't remember why it came to exist. Is > this convention needed for source control or something? > > > It’s not needed for anything. Tools like diff produce slightly unpleasant > output for files that don’t end in newlines, so we include them. > > -- Darin > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev > >
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