[RFC] Blank lines at the end of files

[Aaron Bentley]

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John Arbash Meinel wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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 think they look sloppy, and introduce room for conflicts.

I'm surprised that you, after pushing so much to trim trailing
whitespace that we can't even see, are pushing to keep purposeless
newlines that we can see.

Aaron
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