On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:27:17 -0500
Christopher Michael <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/26/11 00:17, Michael Blumenkrantz wrote:
> > can we have a rule that there will be ZERO whitespace-related commits from
> > now on?
> 
> Good luck with that :P It's just something that DOES happen...if on 
> purpose (or not), it still Does happen. Have to deal w/ it. After 10-15 
> years of trying to keep EFL formatting, I've given up ;)
> 
> it clutters up the log and serves no purpose. if we want to be really
> > particular about it,
> Well, if that WAS the case then We'd still be in the stone ages wrt 
> efl/e cause MANY (if not all) patches that come across are Never 
> formated as per E/EFL rules. People just don't follow what's been 
> established :( (they'd rather code to their own rules, and that's a 
> pretty much "given" truth)
> 
> we should just have a single commit to do this just before
> > a release.
> >
> Well, THAT, or just ignore whitespace in patches. IE: If a patch 
> includes a good fix, then go for it. If same patch ALso includes 
> formatting fixes, then accept it and fix the "whitespace" issues later. 
> If said patch fixes a real bug, accept it. The formatting can be fixed 
> later.
> 
> Whitespace (in and of itself) is not that big a deal (unless the 
> formatting is terribly wrong in which case, we tell the patcher to @ 
> least "try" to adhere.) and can be easily ignored (if patch reviewer 
> just looks @ the code itself). The only thing unacceptable (imo) is all 
> this "wasted" whitespace wrt trying to align variables. We all know what 
> I am talking about:
> 
> Evas_Object *myobj;
> Evas *myevas;
> 
> Is Easier to read (cause human brain normally goes left to right), Than:
> 
> Evas_Object *myobh
> Evas        *myevas
> 
> Now, I have to read "hey, there's an Evas" ... let me page over and see 
> what the variable name is ... UUGGG What a waste (of time AND whitespace)...
> 
> Having said that:
> 
> If the "fix" is good, then the "formatting" can be fixed later...just my 
> 2 cents....
> 
> dh
> 
well, I was mainly talking about trailing whitespaces (which are not
formatting-related). I suppose I should have specified. I do agree with your
points, however.

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