bug#27402: 26.0.50; Indentation regression for C99 struct initializers

bug#27402: 26.0.50; Indentation regression for C99 struct initializers

[Adam Niederer]

Hello, I believe I've found a regression in c-mode's indentation.

Start emacs, create a buffer in c-mode, paste the following code snippet
in, and press C-x h TAB to autoindent the buffer.

void main() {
  struct Foo foo = {
    .a = 2,
    .b = 3
  };
}

Emacs 25.2 indents the code as seen above, whereas Emacs 26.0.50 indents
it as such:

void main() {
  struct Foo foo = {
                    .a = 2,
                    .b = 3
  };
}

The debug information within this message is from the build of Emacs
26.0.50 which exhibits the incorrect indentation behavior.

-Adam



In GNU Emacs 26.0.50 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.15)
of 2017-06-17 built on AdamsPC
Repository revision: 49c0ff29c2e0243ba35ec17e3e3af49369be43db
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11903000
System Description: Arch Linux

Recent messages:
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Mark set [2 times]
Indenting region... done
Mark set
Mark deactivated

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bug#27402: 26.0.50; Indentation regression for C99 struct initializers

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Adam Niederer <adam.niederer@gmail.com> writes:

> Emacs 25.2 indents the code as seen above, whereas Emacs 26.0.50 indents
> it as such:
>
> void main() {
>   struct Foo foo = {
>                     .a = 2,
>                     .b = 3
>   };
> }

(This bug report unfortunately got no response at the time.)

I can reproduce this in Emacs 26.1, but not in Emacs 28, so I think this
has been fixed by now, and I'm closing this bug report.

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