YE <y...@ego.team> writes:

>> May you please explain why missing newline is a problem?
>
> It's not necessarily a problem, since HTML parser implementations are
> permissive. Still, a couple of arguments for adding it by default:
>
> 1. diff tools output "\ No newline at end of file" message when a
> newline is missing. Supposedly, it's not optimal for default behavior.

IMHO, I see no problem with that message.

> 2. POSIX.1-2017 states:
> "3.206 Line
> A sequence of zero or more non- <newline> characters plus a terminating
> <newline> character."

Does POSIX has anything to do with HTML?
Were you to show us HTML standard, it would be more convincing.

> 3. Ending a line of text with a particular identifier is rather a
> canonical approach.

Not ending is also not uncommon though. And causes no harm (no bug
reports during all the >10 years when ox-html is a thing).

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