On Wed, 25 Nov 2009, Tom Tromey wrote: > >>>>> "Basile" == Basile STARYNKEVITCH <bas...@starynkevitch.net> writes: > > Basile> Of course, not every one has it (notably those working on non-linux > Basile> systems), but for those who have it, requiring that every C file > Basile> inside GCC has been automatically indented with GNU indent could > Basile> help. > > I looked at this once. GNU indent doesn't have all the features needed > to make it correctly support the GCC coding style. I filed a bunch of > GNU indent bug reports, but AFAIK none of them has ever been fixed.
That's why I suggested patching it - not waiting for GNU indent maintainers to do so. Since this discussion shows people don't like code formatting patches, the onus is on the person wishing to make the formatting more uniform to make the GCC changes to do so as small as possible, which means following the existing documented or majority style (which should be the same thing in general) wherever a style is documented or can be discerned from the code. -- Joseph S. Myers jos...@codesourcery.com
