[cfe-dev] clang-format and Allman style

[Manuel Klimek]

On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Sebastian Redl <
sebastian.redl at getdesigned.at> wrote:

>
> On 20.07.2013, at 09:46, Arji Cot wrote:
>
> I noticed that all the 4 style available by default ( LLVM, Google,
> Chromium, Mozilla ) are basically the same with little to no variation, the
> first thing that I noticed is the lack of the Allman style, which is quite
> popular style for formatting C and C++ code, but is also one of the most
> readable style: the lack of the Allman style is something done on purpose (
> for some reason ) or it's just not available yet ?
>
> I'm asking this question simply because Allman is really popular and I
> found strange that not even after tweaking (
> http://clang.llvm.org/doxygen/structclang_1_1format_1_1FormatStyle.html )
> clang-format a little I got a real Allman style or something that I'm just
> happy with, looks like that clang-format is designed to keep a certain
> style in any case.
>
>
> Clang-format's style support is developed on an as-needed basis. Obviously
> the first style supported was LLVM style. The other styles are supported
> because developers who use those styles (read: general Google devs,
>  Chromium devs, and Mozilla devs) wanted to use clang-format and put in the
> options to use the style.
>
> None of these styles use Allman indentation, which is the only reason it's
> not supported.
>

I'd add: patches welcome :)

Cheers,
/Manuel


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