[RFC] Blank lines at the end of files

[Robert Collins]

On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 17:26 -0500, John Arbash Meinel wrote:
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> I've noticed Aaron comment on blank lines at the end of files. I wasn't
> aware that it was a strict requirement/anything we have ever discussed.
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> Obviously Aaron feel like they shouldn't be there. I don't really care.
> For me, I feel like they actually 'terminate' the file, rather than
> ending in the middle of a sentence. Maybe I'm just used to other
> languages where you have a closing brace. But without the trailing
> newline, it actually feels like the file isn't finished yet.
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> I'm not pushing strongly, but I would like to have at least discussed it
> as a project, so we are all thinking along the same lines.

I tend to delete them reflexively when I see them, but if we make
keeping or removing them compulsory I will accept it in either
direction.

-Rob
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