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Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at the end of the file or is it better to place none?

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On 9/9/2011 4:46 PM, Jimmy wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>
> As the subject says. The reason for my question is that emacs always
> suggest me to put a newline at the end of  the C file if I forget to do
> it. Why?

     Because it's required.  5.1.1.2p2:

	A source file that is not empty shall end in a new-line
	character, which shall not be immediately preceded by a
	backslash character [...]

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid

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Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at the end of the file or is it better to place none? Jimmy <nospam@trash.invalid> - 2011-09-09 20:46 +0000
  Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at the end of the file or is it better to place none? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-09 20:32 -0400
    Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at the end of the file or is it better to place none? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-10 00:10 -0700
      Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at the end of the file or is it better to place none? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-09-10 09:16 -0400
        Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at the end of the file or is it better to place none? Roberto Waltman <usenet@rwaltman.com> - 2011-09-10 11:36 -0400
          Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at the end of the file or is it better to place none? ec429 <ec429@cam.ac.uk> - 2011-09-10 16:55 +0100
          Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at the end of the file or is it better to place none? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-09-10 17:42 +0000
            Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at   none? Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> - 2011-09-10 23:57 +0200
              Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at   none? Patrick Scheible <kkt@zipcon.net> - 2011-09-10 20:46 -0700
                Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at   none? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-09-11 12:45 +0000
                Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at  none? Jimmy <nospam@trash.invalid> - 2011-09-11 19:21 +0000
                Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at none? Peter Nilsson <airia@acay.com.au> - 2011-09-20 17:17 -0700
                Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at  none? Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@gmail.com> - 2011-09-20 15:35 -0700
        Re: Is a blank at the end of a C file a better style than a newline at the end of the file or is it better to place none? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-09-11 10:55 -0700

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