On 18:28 Mon 08 Jun , Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article <20090608030732.gc15...@dario.dodds.net> you wrote: > > space-separated > > Files: a\ b c d\ e\ f g.* > > > > comma-separated > > Files: a\,b, c, d\,e\,f, g.* > > > > For my part I'm actually inclined to say that the latter is more readable, > > but let's get the rationale right. :) > > Given the fact that most files will not contain spaces, it is more like: > > Files: ab c de f g.* > Files: ab,c,de,f,g.* > > (and the problem that people tend to use blanks after comma and you need to > account for linebreaks and indention).
That's only a parsing issue. Removing a blank or a tab at the end or the start of a line is easy. What is relevant is after the first character and before the last character of a line. Greetings, -- ,''`. ** Xavier Oswald <xosw...@debian.org> : :' : ** Research Engineer `. `' ** GNU/LINUX Debian Developer (http://debian.org) `- ** Isaac Project Developer (http://isaacproject.u-strasbg.fr/) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
