Empty lines inside of latex 'tabular' result in ignored table

[daurnimator]

e.g.

\begin{tabular}{r | c | p{4.5in}}
field & type:default & description\\\hline
.host & string:nil & IP address or host domain name \\

.port & string:nil & host port \\

\end{tabular}

If you remove the empty lines it works.

[jgm]

I think this is the same issue as #2001; we should gobble blank space after \\.

[daurnimator]

thanks!