From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: bug-cc-mode@gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: CC Mode 5.28 (C); struct braces are not indented in GNU style
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:48:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1Gprtz-0006gD-Is@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1GpHUK-000140-Lc@pc-188> (message from John Darrington on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:56:04 +0800)
GNU coding standards say:
"It is important to put the open-brace that starts the body of a C
function in column one, and avoid putting any other open-brace or
open-parenthesis or open-bracket in column one"
But given a code snippet like:
struct foobar
{
int x;
};
indent-region reformats it as:
struct foobar
{
int x;
};
which is contrary to the second clause of this sentence.
The standards are too strict; sometimes it is useful for the struct
defintion to be treated as a defun.
I don't think the C indentation commands know how to distinguish
functions from structs. But perhaps they should not alter
the indentation of a top-level open-brace.
What do others think of that?
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2006-11-29 4:56 CC Mode 5.28 (C); struct braces are not indented in GNU style John Darrington
2006-11-30 19:48 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2006-12-14 2:20 ` John Darrington
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