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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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