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> Sometimes there are situational choices that autoformatters cannot comprehend. I haven't stumbled across that. Could you give an example? > I also failed to
by kstrauser 3y ago
> Sometimes there are situational choices that autoformatters cannot comprehend.
I haven't stumbled across that. Could you give an example?
> I also failed to make formatters follow the style choices I use, they were just not configurable enough.
That's kind of the whole point. I love, love, love Python's Black formatter. In my opinion, it chose the wrong default for quoting strings (i.e. it re-writes single quotes as double quotes), which irked me until I gave up and accepted it. In return, I no longer have to put up with my coworkers' insane style choices, just as they no longer have to tolerate mine. With a single addition to our CI pipeline, the days of dumb arguments about the "right" way to format our code came to an end.
- codetrotter 3y agoLikewise with rustfmt I apply zero customization to it. If rustfmt thinks the code should be formatted some way, so be it. I have other things to spend my energy on, unrelated to any particular formatting choices.
- kstrauser 3y agoSame here. "OK, this is what Rust is supposed to look like? Fine." And now I never have to think about it again.
- secondcoming 3y ago> Could you give an example? One thing clang-format ruined for me is when I laid code out in the same indentation as the JSON it was generating. E.g. json .startObject("root") .startArray("data") .insert(1) .endArray() .endObject(); became json .startObject("root") .startArray("data") .insert(1) .endArray() .endObject();
- leduyquang753 3y ago> I gave up and accepted it. Some people also said "just accept it" and that's part of why I ditched it. If it can be helped I do not accept it. This is not limited to code formatters, I want to have control over the things I personally use. I want to be comfortable doing my stuff.
- kstrauser 3y agoYou've gotta choose your battles. In all the ways I might want to express myself with a computer, the exact formatting of my code is almost never one of them.