Re: Indenting the source

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Ed Beroset wrote:
>
> > I think you may misunderstand the difference.  The -ci8 is just the 
> > *continuation* indent, meaning a single long line of code is wrapped 
> > and indented by 8.  The -i4 means that the normal indentation is still 
> > 4, as we both have indicated we prefer.  Most of the code seems to be 
> > in that style already.
> >
> > Also, by preferring -lp instead of -nlp, you actually leave less room 
> > for comments, not more.  The example statements above illustrate both 
> > of these points.  The -lp version has the function arguments lined up 
> > vertically, and the -nlp -ci8 just indents the second line by 8 spaces 
> > instead as many as it takes to line up the parameters.
>
> Ah yes.  I really want the arguments to line up, even though it makes 
> less room for comments.  Otherwise it looks like a hanging statement 
> (like a braceless if.)
>
> What I got confused by was that your example had a space between the 
> function name and the parenthesis.  That space is a very bad thing in my 
> opinion.

Well then, here's a compromise that you can probably live with:  I had 
-ci8 -nlp and you had -ci4 -lp, so let's use -ci8 -lp.  That way the 
arguments will line up as you like, but other kinds of continued 
statements have an extra level of indentation.  I find this makes it 
easier to spot multiline statements than if all are at the same 
indentation level.  So the whole nine yards now looks like this:

indent -kr -i4 -ts8 -nut -sob -ss -ncs -ci8

Any objections?

Ed



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