On 2/27/06, Andreas Ericsson <ae@xxxxxx> wrote: > > So in essence, a multi-line statement is closed when a completely empty > line is found, which means that making git internals recognize and strip > such lines will result in Python code never being manageable by git. Incorrect. This is only the case in the *interactive* interpreter in the standard implementation. For source code in general, quoting the Python Reference Manual: "A logical line that contains only spaces, tabs, formfeeds and possibly a comment, is ignored (i.e., no NEWLINE token is generated)." So such lines, whether completely empty or only apparently so (i.e. dirty), are ignored, and can be safely cleaned-up. Adrien - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html