#478: allow comments on any line, don't require '.' for blank lines
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Reporter: duncan | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: Cabal-1.8
Component: Cabal library | Version: 1.6.0.1
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: unknown
Ghcversion: | Platform:
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Changes (by guest):
* cc: [email protected] (added)
Comment:
> The second issue is easier. The original specification required that
blank lines within a field include a leading . character. This applies to
multi-paragraph descriptions. This syntax is totally unnecessary. The
parser could cope fine without it. We should accept the convention for
backwards compatibility but also allow ordinary blank lines. Multiple
blank lines within a field should still be collapsed to one, and trailing
blank lines within a field should be trimmed.
Major +1. The '.' syntax is a leading annoyance of the description field
syntax for me.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/478#comment:1>
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