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Re:Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming ... by scrollaway on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @08:42AM (#12397836)
Don't align.

    void my_function(
        int arg1, int arg2, int arg3,
        ...
    ) {
Re:Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming ... by realharo on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @09:54AM (#12398283)
I also like a rule that states that you either put all the parameters on one line, or each one on its own separate line, but never something in between.
Re:Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming ... by exDM69 on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @10:15AM (#12398442)
I don't think blindly following any convention is good. Sometimes it makes sense to group a few parameters, take this toy example for instance:

    void drawrect(
        Surface *surf,
        int x, int y,
        int width, int height,
        uint32_t color);
Grouping relevant arguments just makes it a bit more legible. It's even more useful when calling the said function (assuming function with a lot of parameters, say XCreateWindow).
Re:Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming ... by CJefferson on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @09:53AM (#12398275)
While I quite like that style, now you have to convince people to never align, before you can convince them to use tabs.

I've not seen any large public code-bases uses this style, so it's hard to know how well it works in practice. Do you know of any major projects with a 'no alignment' requirement?

Re:Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming ... by MatmaRex on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @10:46AM (#12398691)
MediaWiki uses tabs for indentation and discourages alignment. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions
Re:Tabs or spaces – Parsing a 1B files among 14 programming ... by hamax on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @08:46AM (#12397870)
I also much prefer this way of breaking long lines. Aligning parameters always looked ugly to me, specially with long function names.