Header file Formating.

[Chris Maunder]

The alignment or the massive whitespace? I am very, very strict about aligning code because it allows you to scan types, modifiers and names and reduces the chance of a scanning drive-by error. A little bit of effort that has saved me enough times to make it gospel.

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

[Prakash Nadar]

Chris Maunder wrote:

The alignment or the massive whitespace?

too many whitespaceing. Some alignment is fine.

[PIEBALDconsult]

Yeah, there should be a SPACE before the semi-colon.

[John M Drescher]

Here is what I do most of the time:

class laImageMaskResult : public laResult
{
typedef laResult Superclass;
Q_OBJECT
public:
laImageMaskResult();
laImageMaskResult(const laImageMaskResult & other);
virtual ~laImageMaskResult();
laImageMaskResult& operator=(const laImageMaskResult & other);

enum Type {
	EMPTY\_MASK		= 0x0000,
	SEGMENTED\_LUNG		= 0x0001,
	AIRWAY\_SEEDS		= 0x0002,
	DETCTED\_AIRWAYS		= 0x0004,
	DETECTED\_FISSURES	= 0x0008,
};

Q\_DECLARE\_FLAGS(Types, Type);

public:
virtual bool SaveResult(QString strFolder,QString strFileName);
virtual bool LoadResult(QString strFolder,QString strFileName);
virtual bool LoadResult();
virtual void setType(Types ty);
virtual Types getType();
public:
laVTKLungImageMask* SetImageMask(laVTKLungImageMask* pMask);
laVTKLungImageMask* GetImageMask();
protected:
laVTKLungImageMask* m_pImageMask;
Types m_type;
private:
void copy(const laImageMaskResult & other);
void destroy();
};

John

[Dan Neely]

Can you force visual studio to keep the extra aligning whitespace without loosing all the other autoformatting to add white space where it's missing?

The latest nation. Procrastination.

[Big Daddy Farang]

I agree but I doubt there are many others.

BDF People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous. -- Moliere

[Chris Maunder]

You can either stop it auto-formatting, or you can hit Ctrl-Z after it auto-formats.

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

[Prakash Nadar]

That makes sense, I do the same... but another developer does what I mentioned in my original post. btw, You use QT rite?

[Dan Neely]

99% of the time I want the autoformatting on. I was hoping I could do something like:

#I Know What I`m Doing //disable autoformat

Code with manually aligned whitespace

#Mommy Knows Best //enable autoformat

Code without any special whitespace

:rolleyes:

The latest nation. Procrastination.

modified on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:07 AM

[Dan Neely]

Cobol poisoning?

The latest nation. Procrastination.

[Big Daddy Farang]

Wouldn't "Mommy Knows Best" enable autoformat?

BDF People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous. -- Moliere

[John M Drescher]

Yes, that is Qt. Although that example is not one of the interesting ones that uses signals and slots.. I would have included one as an example but the first two I looked at were not following my general style.

John

[Gary R Wheeler]

You've got to be fucking kidding.

Software Zen: delete this;
Fold With Us![^]

[Luc Pattyn]

are you sure? isn't it a newline and a whole bunch of spaces? :)

Luc Pattyn

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[PIEBALDconsult]

No, one SPACE will do; there are too many on the line already.

[Anna Jayne Metcalfe]

Same here. Ditto (in C++ anyway) using const appropriately. Of course, when a guy formats his code well it's called Metrosexual Programming[^], right? :rolleyes:

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[Dan Neely]

*whistles innocently* I don't know what you're talking about. :-\

The latest nation. Procrastination.

[Chris Maunder]

Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:

Metrosexual Programming

Brilliant!

cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP

[Anna Jayne Metcalfe]

i thought you'd like that. :)

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