Re: [PATCH] CodingStyle: Add information about trailing whitespace.

[Chris Shoemaker <c.shoemaker@cox.net>]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 10:59:20AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> +Do not leave trailing whitespace at the ends of lines.  Some editors with
> +"smart" indentation will insert whitespace at the beginning of new lines as
> +appropriate, so you can start typing the next line of code right away.
> +However, some such editors do not remove the whitespace if you end up not
> +putting a line of code there, such as if you leave a blank line.  As a result,
> +you end up with lines containing trailing whitespace.
> +
> +Git will warn you about patches that introduce trailing whitespace, and can
> +optionally strip the trailing whitespace for you; however, if applying a series
> +of patches, this may make later patches in the series fail by changing their
> +context lines.

What I'd really like to see is, _why_ is trailing whitespace
considered harmful?  Something about MUAs not preserving it or
something?

-chris