Re: [Monotone-devel] line endings as project policy

[Justin Patrin]

On 11/23/06, Daniel Lakeland <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 22, 2006 at 10:40:58AM +0100, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
>
> >  - We need to convert line endings to the local standard on anything
> >    that's assumed to be text on checkout.  This I regard as a fact.
> >    (see the problem that some Unixly programs have with embedded \r)
>
> Consider languages like Python that have the ability to create
> multiline strings, now the \r or \n characters are part of the
> string. Converting them changes the behavior and meaning of the
> program. This is very tricky.
>
> Example:
>
> mystring = """This string
> Has several
> New line characters
> embedded in it
> suppose the contents were executable code
> embedded in this string
> can we safely convert the newlines?
> No
> """

PHP has the same thing, but if I require a certain type of newline I
always use escaped chars (\r \n) as you never know what editors/RCS
are going to do to your newlines.

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Justin Patrin