Re: Group, Summary buffers: End of line contain whitespaces

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:31:24 +0900 Daiki Ueno <ueno@unixuser.org> wrote: 

DU> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:01:56 +0900 Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> wrote: 
>> 
MB> Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
>>>> I think this is the right solution.  No one has explained why we need
>>>> the trailing spaces AFAIK.
>> 
MB> I don't think anyone has claimed they're _needed_.  It's more than they
MB> aren't particularly harmful, and going to great lengths to avoid them is
MB> silly.
>> 
>> I don't think it's silly: we're producing unneeded data for no clear
>> purpose, and there's no harm in removing it.  If so, it should be
>> removed.  I can do it unless someone explains why I shouldn't.

DU> I also think that it's silly.  After the patch applied,

DU> (gnus-parse-format "%A" '((?A "ABCDE   " ?s)))
DU> => (concat "ABCDE   ")

DU> (gnus-parse-format "%A" '((?A "ABCDE   " ?s)) t)
DU> => "ABCDE"

DU> Future Gnus developers will be troubled with the difference of the
DU> results.  Also, this change makes gnus-parse-simple-format specific for
DU> rendering *Group* and *Summary* lines.  That's a layer breakage.

DU> I think Katsumi's first approach is even better.

Before I revert and apply the other patch, I'd like to hear what Katsumi
thinks.  I agree format and layer breakage is bad, and don't want to
break more inadvertently.

Thanks
Ted