Formatting

[Dave]

Hello all,

What is the recommended tool for beautifying C++ source code? There seem to
be a lot of options out there, but I don't know which is the preferred
tool...

Thanks,
Dave

[Thomas Matthews]

Re: Formatting

Dave wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello all,
>
> What is the recommended tool for beautifying C++ source code? There seem to
> be a lot of options out there, but I don't know which is the preferred
> tool...
>
> Thanks,
> Dave[/color]

All depends on your style requirements of preferences and
which will accomodate it.

I don't use one because I do the "beautifyin g" along the way.

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[Mike Wahler]

Re: Formatting


"Dave" <better_cs_now@ yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vqo2sp99pc ps8e@news.super news.com...[color=blue]
> Hello all,
>
> What is the recommended tool for beautifying C++ source code? There seem[/color]
to[color=blue]
> be a lot of options out there, but I don't know which is the preferred
> tool...[/color]

"Preferred" is of course a subjective issue. For example,
I prefer to make the code 'beautiful' (i.e. clear, readable,
and consistent) as I write it. As for having a computer (program)
come along and shuffle my source code around, well, I just don't
trust these darn machines much at all... :-)

-Mike

[E. Robert Tisdale]

Re: Formatting

Dave wrote:
[color=blue]
> What is the recommended tool for beautifying C++ source code?
> There seem to be a lot of options out there,
> but I don't know which is the preferred tool...[/color]

I prefer Astyle

http://astyle.sourceforge.net/

because it's free
and because it is easy to modify to suit my tastes.

I don't think that their is any consensus.
You just need to pick the one that you like.

[Dave]

Re: Formatting


"Dave" <better_cs_now@ yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vqo2sp99pc ps8e@news.super news.com...[color=blue]
> Hello all,
>
> What is the recommended tool for beautifying C++ source code? There seem[/color]
to[color=blue]
> be a lot of options out there, but I don't know which is the preferred
> tool...
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
>[/color]

OK, thanks for the input everyone. I definitely agree with everyone on
keeping the code clean as you go. I am meticulous about my own code. The
problem is that I've just joined a new group with a 22000 SLOC codebase that
is over 10 years old and in *horrible* shape!