Remove fixable on i18n-no-flanking-whitespace - #70279
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Auto-fixing flanking whitespace inside translation strings can lead to unintended regressions when those translations are joined with other strings. These should be marked as errors, but left to be addressed manually. Example: ``` __( 'Edit or update ', 'my-project' ) + documentName ``` Reads as "Edit or update document name" before applying a fix and "Edit or updatedocument name" after applying a fix. The complexities of the fixer were discussed a bit on the original PR here: WordPress#38225 (comment)
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Sorry that this has been open for so long.
Reading the comments in #38225 (comment) it seems like a dood option to just remove it.
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What?
Remove the
fixableconfiguration oni18n-no-flanking-whitespaceWhy?
Auto-fixing flanking whitespace inside translation strings can lead to unintended regressions when those translations are joined with other strings. These should be marked as errors, but left to be addressed manually.
Example:
Reads as "Edit or update document name" before applying a fix and "Edit or updatedocument name" after applying a fix.
The complexities of the fixer were discussed a bit on the original PR here: #38225 (comment)
How?
fixableconfiguration option