Re: TMerge whitespace handling

On Thursday 16 March 2006 23:18, Simon Large wrote:
> Tobias Schäfer wrote:
> >>> Three checkboxes could actually replace the four radio buttons and
> >>> offer even more combinations:
> >>> [ ] Ignore leading whitespace
> >>> [ ] Ignore inline whitespace
> >>> [ ] Ignore ending whitespace
>
> You could reduce the combinations to something more sensible:
> [ ] Ignore all whitespace
> [ ] Ignore leading whitespace
> [ ] Ignore ending whitespace
>
> If the first box is checked, the other two are disabled - ignoring
> inline space but showing leading/trailing space doesn't make much sense.

Ignoring inline and ending whitespace but considering leading whitespace makes
sense in python.

> Why does anyone need to ignore ending whitespace for python? And if you
> need to ignore it for python, why not in any other language?

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python_programming_language#Indentation why
python is special in this respect.

Let's leave it as it is and maybe change it for TSVN 1.4.x when we link to
subversion 1.4.x. According to Stefan Subversion will then support three
options of ignoring whitespace.

Tobias

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Received on Sun Mar 19 21:52:58 2006