[cfe-dev] Clang-format Inquiry - Member Alignment

[Owen Pan via cfe-dev]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:34 AM Corey Lucier via cfe-dev <
cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> Thank you in advance for any assistance, this is my first cfe-dev list
> post, apologies for any disruption.
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> We use clang-format to lint our C++ as well as “auto-fix” as necessary.
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> There is one coding convention which we had to lose given the fact that it
> seems clang-format doesn’t have any options we can use to allow for it.
> Specifically C++ class member alignment.
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> We want to for example be able to format our class members for easier
> scanning/readability as follows:
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> TypeA      m_memberOne;
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> LongTypeB* m_memberTwo = nullptr;
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> bool       m_someFlag = false;
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> Unfortunately if we for example make use of *AlignConsecutiveDeclarations*
> local method definitions become aligned as well as locally declared
> functions, etc.
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Can you use a code snippet to elaborate what you mean and want here? Are
you referring to member functions defined and declared in the class
declaration, respectively?


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> Is there any current mechanism to allow for class member declaration
> alignment and validation?
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What does validation mean?

Thanks,
Owen
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