Formatting code should be unnecessary

Re:Formatting code should be unnecessary by sn0wleppard on Monday September 08, 2025 @03:31AM (#45165524)

The worst is when you have lines in a similar pattern across your formatter's line length boundary and you end up with

  setup_spi(&adc, mode=SPI_01, rate=15, cs_control=CS_MUXED, cs=0x01);
  setup_spi(&eeprom,
      mode=SPI_10,
      rate=13,
      cs_control=CS_MUXED,
      cs=0x02);
  setup_spi(&mram, mode=SPI_10, rate=50, cs_control=CS_DIRECT, cs=0x08);

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Re:Formatting code should be unnecessary by crazygringo on Monday September 08, 2025 @10:08AM (#45168485)

I think with the Black formatter you can force the multiline version by adding a trailing comma to the arguments.

The pain point you describe is real, which is why that was intentionally added as a feature.

Of course it requires a language that allows trailing commas, and a formatter that uses that convention.

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Re:Formatting code should be unnecessary by dvdkon on Monday September 08, 2025 @11:04AM (#45169223)

A similar tip: As far as I can tell, clang-format doesn't reflow across comments, so to force a linebreak you can add a // end-of-line comment.

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