[Nfd-dev] Code formatter/beautifier

[Lixia Zhang]

> On Nov 3, 2016, at 11:10 AM, Muhammad Hosain Abdollahi Sabet <mhasabet at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Alex,
> 
> You mean to change style of ndn codebase? Maybe starts with ndnSIM new release?
> 
yeah how about this suggestion, i.e. starting with next ndnSIM release to try out first?


> On Nov 3, 2016 9:37 PM, "Alex Afanasyev" <aa at cs.ucla.edu <mailto:aa at cs.ucla.edu>> wrote:
> The standard version of clang-format (at least as of year ago) allows only limited customization.  Our current style not really expressable with clang-format rules (I did some patching that got closer, but still not the same: https://github.com/named-data-ndnSIM/ndnSIM/blob/master/.clang-format <https://github.com/named-data-ndnSIM/ndnSIM/blob/master/.clang-format>).
> 
> Potentially a good way of solving this problem is to select a more standard style (e.g., Google), which will make all the automation work.
> 
> --
> Alex
> 
> > On Nov 3, 2016, at 11:47 AM, Junxiao Shi <shijunxiao at email.arizona.edu <mailto:shijunxiao at email.arizona.edu>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Nick
> >
> > I heard there are someone using clang-format, but I haven't heard anyone being able to create a clang-format configuration that ensures 100% compliance.
> > Thus, I still recommend developers to memorize all style rules and ensure compliance the moment you type it.
> >
> > I heard from a Google engineer that they use Eclipse to ensure Google code style compliance. I'm unsure whether it's possible with ndn-cxx rules.
> >
> > ndnSIM has defined their rules in terms of a particular clang-format configuration, which could be a solution. However, relying on a tool as the rules is similar to defining a network protocol in terms of a specific implementation, which could cause inter-operability problems.
> >
> > Yours, Junxiao
> > From: Nick Gordon
> > Sent: ‎11/‎3/‎2016 11:36
> > To: Junxiao Shi
> > Subject: Code formatter/beautifier
> >
> > Junxiao,
> >
> > In an attempt to smooth out style issues, I intend to use a formatter.
> > It appears that there is a well-known program, "clang-format", that does
> > this. Do you have any system that you use to format your code that I
> > should know about?
> >
> > -Nick
> >
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