diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d29574b35..993166c31 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2005-02-07  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@src.lip6.fr>
+
+	* src/sanity/style.test: Strip all strings before checking the
+	file, so that strings are not checked for our C++ style.
+	Reported by Denis (with a chainsaw).
+
 2005-02-07  Denis Poitrenaud  <Denis.Poitrenaud@lip6.fr>
 
 	* src/misc/optionmap.cc, src/misc/optionmap.hh: Typo (Hummm).
diff --git a/src/sanity/style.test b/src/sanity/style.test
index 0435a41d3..ad29f8a61 100755
--- a/src/sanity/style.test
+++ b/src/sanity/style.test
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ for dir in "${INCDIR-..}" "${INCDIR-..}"/../iface; do
 
     fail=false
 
-    sed 's,[	 ]*//.*,,' < $file > $tmp
+    sed 's,[	 ]*//.*,,;s,"[^"]*","",g' < $file > $tmp
 
     grep '[	 ]$' $tmp &&
       diag 'Trailing whitespace.'