On Oct 25, 9:43 pm, leif <not.rea...@online.de> wrote: > > After all, comments and empty lines contribute to file bloat, but they > > also contribute to readability. > > Trailing blanks in contrast certainly don't, just like spaces on > otherwise empty lines :-) (perhaps unless your editor shows them -- > I've configured mine to do so -- and they're consequently used to > indicate that you're still inside the same "scope", e.g. a class > definition).
I understand that; the point was more that trailing white space on empty lines contributes to programmer convenience, inasmuch as he doesn't have to think too much about it. Out of curiosity, *how* does trailing white space usually get added to non-empty lines? I've noticed it sometimes, and wondered. Do some programmers just add it habitually? regards john perry -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
