On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:40:58AM +0100, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
> - We need to convert line endings to the local standard on anything > that's assumed to be text on checkout. This I regard as a fact. > (see the problem that some Unixly programs have with embedded \r) Consider languages like Python that have the ability to create multiline strings, now the \r or \n characters are part of the string. Converting them changes the behavior and meaning of the program. This is very tricky. Example: mystring = """This string Has several New line characters embedded in it suppose the contents were executable code embedded in this string can we safely convert the newlines? No """ -- Daniel Lakeland [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.street-artists.org/~dlakelan _______________________________________________ Monotone-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
