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From: "Sebastien Vauban" <sva-news-D0wtAvR13HarG/iDocfnWg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [Babel] Padlines
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 09:32:51 +0200
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aditya siram wrote:
> What's the rationale for having padlines by default in tangled source?

It generates more readable source-code, as blocks are not "glued" next to each
other.

> It generates wrong programs for languages where whitespace is significant
> (Haskell) and, for me, doesn't noticeably improve the look of the tangled
> file in cases where it isn't.

Though, I admit that "padlines yes" should be smarter and add only one line
*between* blocks, but NOT before the first one!

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban