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        <th>Issue</th>
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            <a href=https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/115617>115617</a>
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        <th>Summary</th>
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            [clang-format] Additional flag of SpaceBeforeParensOptions for C variable declaration required.
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      <th>Labels</th>
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            clang-format
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      <th>Assignees</th>
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      <th>Reporter</th>
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          adong660
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    At present, SpaceBeforeParens and its associated SpaceBeforeParensOptions options have limited support on C variable declaration. 

If we have a line of C code like
`int (*ptr)[4];`
It turns out that, if I want to reserve the space between `int` and `(*ptr)`, I have no choice but to set SpaceBeforeParens to be `Always`, which prevents me from control the existence of spaces at other places more better. Therefore, I hope there would be a flag called `AfterBaseType` for SpaceBeforeParensOptions.

I believe that a space at that place is a desired feature among many people, because the exsiting PointerAlignment and ReferenceAlignment options both add at least one space after the type, such as `int *ptr`, `int* ptr`, or `int * ptr`. Generally speaking, a space between the type name and "something following it" should be desired (although some people like to put `int` and `*` together, in which case the space comes a bit later, after the `*`).
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