Re: strip_whitespace.pl

[Dan Carpenter]

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 01:55:42PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> I've written a new script called strip_whitespace.pl (included).
> 
> One bug is that, if you split or unsplit a string literal that
> confuses it.  Otherwise it seems to work.
> 
> strip_whitespace.pl drivers/staging/winbond/reg.c > before
> apply patch
> strip_whitespace.pl drivers/staging/winbond/reg.c > after
> 
> `diff before after`.  If they are the same then resend the patch.

On further reflection your new patch looks fine, if you combine the two.  
But next time could you use my script?

Acked-by:  Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>

regards,
dan carpenter

> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> 
> use strict;
> 
> my $file = shift();
> open FILE, "<$file";
> my $txt = do { local $/;  <FILE> };
> 
> # strip C99 comments
> $txt =~ s/\/\/.*//g;
> # strip newlines
> $txt =~ s/\n//g;
> # strip remaining comments
> $txt =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///g;
> # strip tabs
> $txt =~ s/\t//g;
> # strip spaces
> $txt =~ s/ //g;
> # add newlines again
> $txt =~ s/;/;\n/g;
> 
> print "$txt\n";
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