note 84347 added to language.basic-syntax.instruction-separation

"The closing tag for the block will include the immediately trailing newline if one is present." Why? I can imagine a few reasons, but none of them are important. This behavior is annoying, because the developers are making an assumption about how one would like their output to look. If I put a line feed immediately after a closing PHP tag, it is because I meant to. Also, I understand that if it is absolutely imperative for me to have the line feed after a closing PHP block, all I have to do is throw in a space, but I shouldn't have to. Can anyone come up with a REALLY good idea for this behavior? ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 67.158.190.140 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.instruction-separation.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/84347 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84347/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84347/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84347/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84347/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84347/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84347/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/84347 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/84347 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php