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-# commons math customization of default Checkstyle behavior
-
-# Verify that EVERY source file has the appropriate license
-checkstyle.header.file=LICENSE.txt
-# 2-5 = CVS Header in Commons license, 10 = copyright date, 32 = product name
-#checkstyle.header.ignoreline=2,3,4,5,10,32
-
-# Ignore operator wrap, this has the effect of allowing
-# operators to appear at both the eol and the nl.  This
-# setting should be eol, but checkstyle had problems 
-# parsing this property when set to "eol".  "ignore"
-# was selected as a fallback.
-checkstyle.wrap.operator = ignore
-
-# Ignore padding around parenthese, this allows for both
-# foo(a,b), and foo( a, b ).
-checkstyle.paren.pad = ignore
-
-# One should not be instantiating a java.lang.Boolean
-checkstyle.illegal.instantiations = java.lang.Boolean