[RFC] whitespace.el

[skip at pobox.com]

    Stephen> skip at pobox.com writes:
    >> I think the best place for it would be as a write-file-hook though I
    >> worry about it not being aware of Python's triple-quoted strings
    >> which can extend over multiple lines and which might presumably
    >> contain legitimate trailing whitespace.

    Stephen> I note that Tim Peters thinks that (as with MIME quoted
    Stephen> printable) the last character of trailing whitespace should be
    Stephen> written \x20 or \x09.  It would be rude to disagree with sweet
    Stephen> ol' Uncle Timmy.<wink>

Yes, and I agree, but not everyone uses that scheme now.  I think it would
be rude if python-mode suddenly started deleting whitespace where it didn't
before.  (We could obviously make this step conditional.)

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