Re: cc-mode adds newlines

[Martin Stjernholm]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:

>     For the languages where the standards mandate a trailing newline, CC
>     Mode therefore sets require-final-newline to t by default,
>
> This is not the right basis for making the decision.

I believe it is, indirectly: The default settings should be suitable
for the most common editing situations. It's reasonable to assume that
a commonly accepted standard (which is the case with ANSI C) describe
the common ground between implementations. Hence the standard is a
very good source when finding out what the most common editing
situations are.