[PATCH] D58784: [FileCheck]Remove assertions that prevent matching an empty string at file start before CHECK-NEXT/SAME

[Paul Robinson via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

probinson added a comment.

In D58784#1424305 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D58784#1424305>, @thopre wrote:

> I think I can be convinced that it is ok to make an initial CHECK-NEXT match the first line of input if an explicit mention to this case is added to the existing documentation for CHECK-NEXT and perhaps also reword the current text slightly to indicate that CHECK-NEXT checks for a match in the next line of input (so that the explicit mention of CHECK-NEXT as first directive feels natural to whoever is reading).


I find CHECK-NEXT as the first directive to be very jarring and un-intuitive.


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