On Tue, 3 May 2011, 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.
I think we *should* make such formatting cleanups (not just trailing whitespace removal, but other changes to match formatting conventions, including fixing leading whitespace in C code to use tabs where it doesn't as well as more visible changes) - as long as we are agreed on what the convention is to follow (see <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2011-04/msg00393.html> and thread regarding conventions for whitespace after VEC etc., for example). (But not (a) in testcases, where I don't think there's any need to follow consistent conventions, and (b) in code imported from other upstream sources, where such fixes are not a good enough reason to diverge from upstream.) However, given the reaction when HJ checked in a trailing whitespace removal patch, it seems this is controversial. -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com