On Tue, 3 May 2011 22:52:25 +0200 (CEST), Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> <On Wed, 27 Apr 2011, Michael Witten wrote:
>> sed -i "s/[ $(printf '\t')]\{1,\}\$//" trunk/gcc/doc/extend.texi
>
> I believe we usually don't do whitespace changes just for the sake
> of cleaning up things.
>
> Unless someone else indicates otherwise, I believe this patch is
> rejected.
To what do we owe this tradition other than laziness?
Shall I match the mindlessness of this rule by introducing a variant
patch that also alters non-whitespace on the offending lines?
Sincerely,
Michael Witten