----- Original Message ----- From: "Reid Sweatman" <drunkardswalk@earthlink.net>
Sure, that sort of thing is always useful, when well done. Have you considered leveraging the codebase to a straight C++ formatter? There really isn't one out there that's up to the task. I've been hacking GNU Indent for years to get something that sort of handles C++ and has the options I like; be nice to actually have a good free product out there that's designed to handle C++ with a good spread of options. If you had any interest, I could send you my annotated option file for Indent (obviously, I can't send the code, since it's copy-lefted). But the option file would show what's present (including some things that aren't in Indent's docs) and what I thought worth adding.
Or not, if you prefer; I'm perfectly aware of the magnitude of such a piece of code. <g>
I might be able to get the ball rolling on a code formatter, but I definitely wouldn't be able to follow through with maintenance / support / evolution. Please send me your options file to begin with, and I will try to gauge the scope of it and see whether I can do anything significant in my spare time. Would you have any interest in contributing to or helping maintain such a tool, if I did get it started? Christopher Diggins http://www.cdiggins.com