[RFC] Blank lines at the end of files

[John Arbash Meinel]

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Aaron Bentley wrote:
> 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

Well, as Ian commented, jumping to the end of a file lands me on a blank line
underneath the content, rather than at the end of a line.

I actually want to remove whitespace that we can't see, because it shouldn't be
there if it "isn't there in my head".

Whitespace at the end has purpose for me. Whitespace at the end of lines is
actual garbage, we just cannot see it.

So far we are about even with 2 votes for and 2 votes against. I think a few of
those are pretty soft votes, though.

John
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