On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev@gmail.com> wrote:
On Friday 18 May 2012 09:19:41 Olaf van der Spek wrote:
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Brian Wood <woodbrian77@gmail.com> wrote:
Olaf van der Spek <ml@vdspek.org>
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Brian Wood <woodbrian77@gmail.com> wrote:
This is probably the easiest way to improve Boost. ?I hope authors will
Really? Why?
It can be done with a simple sed script and applied either to individual libraries or all of Boost. It's a small detail, but I hope it gets some attention. I brought it to Ion's attention as I use the Intrusive library and take a number of steps to reduce the need for new hardware. I won't stop using the library if he doesn't do this, but the squeaky wheel gets the oil.
That's an explanation for the easy part, but why is this an improvement?
Are you implying that cleaning the code will make it worse?
No
Personally, I doubt there's a measurable impact on performance of this change, but it improves code clarity. Those extra spaces irritate a little when I read or edit code, so I'm all for it.
How do they (trailing whitespace) affect reading? -- Olaf