Re: [PATCH] add a trivial patch style checker

Randy Dunlap
2007-05-30T15:32:56Z

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On May 29 2007 15:36, Randy Dunlap wrote:
>>>>>> + if($line=~/^\s*[A-Za-z\d_]+:/ and !($line=~/^\s*default:/)){
>>>>>> + print "Gotos should not be indented\n";
>>>>>> + print "$herecurr";
>>>>>> + $clean = 0;
>>>>>> + }
>>>>> emacs generates one space label in front of a goto label. I wouldn't
>>>>> outlaw this.
>>>> Yep, we also now allow one space something to do with diff -p not
>>>> getting confused...
>>> Not only diff and emacs. At least joe (joe.sf.net) is another editor
> [...]
>> That's just a joe bug then.
>>
>> diff no longer requires a beginning space, at least in the testing
>> that I did it worked with no leading space on a label:.
>
> But not everyone runs the latest and greatest. diffutils 2.8.7
> takes /^label:/ as a marker for the @@ line.

OK. What does "marker for the @@ line" mean?

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