Re: RFI: Trailing blanks

[Raja R Harinath]

Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:

> I'd like some ideas/opinions on the matter of multiple empty lines, and
> trailing blanks.
>
> In the case of Autoconf, neither matter, so they are smashed.
>
> When moving the GNU M4 test suite to Autotest, I first had to let
> autom4te pass multiple empty lines, since some of the expected results
> produce such empty lines.
>
> I don't like that too much, but why not.
>
> As far as trailing blanks are concerned, I'm quite ferociously against
> them: they are way too dangerous, as they can easily be destroyed.
>
> But I need them.
>
> Currently I see two means to have them: introduce quadrigraphs for
> space and tab, or/and introduce a quadrigraph marking the eol, but
> which is to be removed in the actual output.

The quadrigraph for the EOL seems right, since it can also solve the
other problem: explicit empty lines can be marked with the quadrigraph.

- Hari
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