[Nfd-dev] Code formatter/beautifier

[Muhammad Hosain Abdollahi Sabet]

Alex,

You mean to change style of ndn codebase? Maybe starts with ndnSIM new
release?

Sabet
On Nov 3, 2016 9:37 PM, "Alex Afanasyev" <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).
>
> 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>
> 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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