Re: cc-mode adds newlines

[Richard Stallman]

    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.

It tells us what some of the common editing situations are, yes.  So
it is useful to look at the standard for many purposes, including this
one.  However, being a useful source of suggestions and insight is
quite different from laying down the law.