Peter Memishian wrote:
>  > I agree. If I make a whitespace change I want to see it,
>  > and as a code reviewer I want to see it too. Basically,
>  > I want to see every change period.
> 
> Though the current default does have some advantages.  For instance,
> suppose a 50 line block of code becomes indented via a new `if' block.
> With -b, all 50 lines will show up as changed, and as a reviewer you'll
> almost certainly miss an accidental change to one of those 50 lines.
> 
> As a reviewer, for C code I rarely care about changes in whitespace.
> 

webrev can and is used for more than C, namely python, where whitespace
at the front of lines is significant and can cause subtle bugs when used
incorrectly.

-jhf-

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