Re: We know what you need, and we'll push it down your throat.

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Abigail writes:

> On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 03:27:51PM +0200, Yossi Kreinin wrote:
> 
> > Well, I guess BitKeeper is right - whitespace matters in Makefiles,
> > Python scripts and ASCII art.
> 
> And don't forget perl6.

There's a difference.  Yossi was passing diff the -b flag, which ignores
changes in amounts of whitespace (but still sees as significant the
difference between having some whitespace and having none at all).

Makefiles and Python programs can be broken by a change that -b hides
(adjusting an existing patch of whitespace).

The aspect of Perl 6 which you hate is that inserting some whitespace
where there wasn't any changes its meaning -- and -b will still show
that!

Smylers

• Re: We know what you need, and we'll push it down your throat. Abigail 13:32 on 22 Dec 2006
  • Yossi Kreinin 13:56 on 22 Dec 2006
    • Abigail 14:10 on 22 Dec 2006
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    • Peter da Silva 15:08 on 22 Dec 2006
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  • Smylers 15:30 on 22 Dec 2006
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• Jonathan Stowe 13:57 on 22 Dec 2006
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    • Martin Ebourne 14:39 on 22 Dec 2006
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    • A. Pagaltzis 19:31 on 22 Dec 2006
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  • Peter da Silva 15:10 on 22 Dec 2006
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