Re: [PATCH 3/5] build: Add 'emacs-build-system'

[Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org>]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Thompson, David
<dthompson2@worcester.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org> 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.

OK, I will delete those spaces then. But, I'm curious about the
rationale for such a rule.

Regards,
Fede