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From: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>, dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/2] Add clang format file
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:24:38 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230324192438.GB7553@linuxonhyperv3.guj3yctzbm1etfxqx2vob5hsef.xx.internal.cloudapp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZB3HdV1URPUFgXgB@bricha3-MOBL.ger.corp.intel.com>

On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 03:53:25PM +0000, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 10:06:54AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Based off of Linux kernel style with some local modifications
> > and DPDK foreach macros.
> > 
> > A couple of open questions to be resolved befor merging.
> > Is GPL license ok for config file (inherited from Linux here)?
> > Do we want to have per-driver files for some drivers (like MLX5)?
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
> > ---
> >  .clang-format | 181 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 181 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 .clang-format
> > 
> > diff --git a/.clang-format b/.clang-format
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..ad4d30520253
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/.clang-format
> > @@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +#
> > +# clang-format configuration file. Intended for clang-format >= 11.
> > +#
> > +# For more information, see:
> > +#
> > +#   Documentation/process/clang-format.rst
> > +#   https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html
> > +#   https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormatStyleOptions.html
> > +#
> > +---
> > +AccessModifierOffset: -4
> > +AlignAfterOpenBracket: Align
> 
> This may be partially a matter of personal preference, but I disagree with
> using this setting. This sets up line continuations with varaible widths,
> and leads to:
> * continuation lines being very short if the function name in a wrapped
>   call is long
> * indentation using a mix of tabs and spaces as it tries to line up exactly
>   on a column with brackets

+1

i find alignment to open bracket terrible. it also blows out to
multiple line diffs if something like a function name is changed
and there are parameters on following lines.

> 
> I think a better option for this setting, which is also aligned with our
> coding rules, is for this to be set to "DontAlign" and the
> "ContinuationIndentWidth" set to 16, leading to double-tab continuations
> (at least in my testing).
> 
> /Bruce

  reply	other threads:[~2023-03-24 19:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-22 17:06 [RFC 0/2] add clang-format infrastructure Stephen Hemminger
2023-03-22 17:06 ` [RFC 1/2] Add clang format file Stephen Hemminger
2023-03-24 15:53   ` Bruce Richardson
2023-03-24 19:24     ` Tyler Retzlaff [this message]
2023-03-22 17:06 ` [RFC 2/2] doc: add clang-format documentation Stephen Hemminger

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