Re: [cdt-dev] "New line at end of file when saving" as project preferenc

[wieant@xxxxxxxxx (Wieant Nielander)]

>> BTW, My vote is to not make this the default. I hate editors mucking
>> with my files. Some compilers deal with no new line at the end just fine
>> (gcc just raises a warning).

> I agree with you that it probably shouldn't be the default.  That's why I
> figured a project specific preference would be the best way to go.
> 
> Raised it as a enhancement request against CDT-UI:
> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=226285

In my opinion it should be the default, according to the ansi standard
a non-empty file shall end in a new-line character, so by not
generating it you actually end up with an invalid file. On source
files you will indeed generally only get a warning, but include files not
having a newline at the end may cause more obscure preprocessing issues.
Another major argument is that vi also automatically generates a
newline at the end-of-file...

Regards,
  Wieant