> On Apr 19, 2017, at 3:18 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > Other common tools like Git already flag trailing whitespace by default, so > even if Swift doesn't warn about it, you might still need to satisfy other > tools in your pipeline. > > Isn't that an equally good argument for Swift *not* warning you about it? If > it's harmful, you'll have other tools in the pipeline to flag it for you.
Cosigned. We already have an Xcode setting to strip trailing whitespace, a Git setting to flag it, and linter settings to remove it. (For instance, SwiftFormat has a --trimwhitespace flag.) Not every tool needs to handle every case of questionable style. -- Brent Royal-Gordon Architechies
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