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Didier Verna <didier@xemacs.org> writes:

> Look. There should *never* be any trailing whitespace in source
> files. If there are some, then the concerned committers are wrong. Not
> me.

I couldn't agree more, but you're missing the point.

> Personally, I never see any whitespace difference in diff's. Not even
> in cvs diff's (that explains why I did not understand your complain
> about the typo on top of the message).

Whether or not you choose to see it, deleting it does change the file
and makes it harder to track changes, creates unnecessary conflicts when
branching, etc.

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