[phobos] excessive vertical spacing?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 1/28/13 3:45 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> It don't understand the obsession in cutting down on vertical space. Are
> you afraid you're going to run out. It's not like we're writing on a
> physical piece of paper.

"Obsession" would overstate it. Gratuitous empty lines reduce the amount 
of information one can absorb off of any given screen.

> I think it adds clarity. Not using a few empty newlines here and there
> is like writing a piece of text without any paragraphs. It just makes it
> harder to read.
>
> This particular example you give would make no difference with or
> without the empty newline.

Great. Then let's not do it.


Thanks,

Andrei