+# AT_CHECK_SPACES([FILE])
+# -----------------------
+# Make sure we did not introduce bad spaces. Checked here because all
+# the skeletons are (or should be) exercized here.
+m4_define([AT_CHECK_SPACES],
+[AT_CHECK([$PERL -ne '
+ chomp;
+ print "$.: {$_}\n"
+ if (# No starting/ending empty lines.
+ (eof || $. == 1) && /^\s*$/
+ # No trailing space. FIXME: not ready for "maint".
+ # || /\s$/
+ )' $1
+])dnl
+])
+
+