From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Thompson, David" Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] build: Add 'emacs-build-system' Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:40:52 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87twu06bhk.fsf@gmail.com> <87si9jsjyj.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59219) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z77aU-0002e0-AJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:40:59 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z77aQ-0003ZA-3G for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:40:58 -0400 Received: from mail-pd0-f176.google.com ([209.85.192.176]:36482) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z77aP-0003YC-QY for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:40:53 -0400 Received: by pdcu2 with SMTP id u2so18568199pdc.3 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2015 12:40:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Federico Beffa Cc: Guix-devel , Alex Kost On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Federico Beffa wrote: > > But, my question was NOT: how can I see white spaces. Rather: is there > a Guix coding style "rule" which states that white spaces there are > undesired. > > I personally prefer to have them, because then, if I use M-up/down, I > move to the beginning/end of a whole top-level block, without stopping > at internal points and that's what I want most of the time. > > So, these spaces are not just coding artifacts, but have some use. There should be *no* trailing whitespace in submitted patches, and we should add a note about it to our contribution guidelines if it's not already there. - Dave