On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Pádraig Brady wrote: > Matt LaPlante wrote: > > Since everyone loves random statistics, here are a few gems to give you a > > break from your busy day: > > > > Number of lines in the 2.6.22 Linux kernel source that include one or more > > trailing whitespaces: 135209 > > Bytes saved by removing said whitespace: 151809 > > Lines in the (unified) diff: 455437 > > Size of the diff: 15M > > People brave enough to submit the patch: ~0 > > It's gradually getting better so: > http://lwn.net/2001/1129/a/whitespace.php3
and you wouldn't *believe* how much space you can save by getting rid of all that annoying indentation. and don't even get me *started* on those comments ... rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
