From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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To: | Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)gmail(dot)com> |
Cc: | Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Formatting Curmudgeons WAS: MMAP Buffers |
Date: | 2011-04-17 01:24:44 |
Message-ID: | 4DAA415C.6010405@dunslane.net |
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On 04/16/2011 09:12 PM, Christopher Browne wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Greg Smith<greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> Joshua Berkus wrote:
>>> Then you can say that politely and firmly with direct reference to the
>>> problem, rather than making the submitter feel bad.
>>>
>> That's exactly what happened. And then you responded that it was possible
>> to use a patch without fixing the formatting first. That's not true, and
>> those of us who do patch review are tired of even trying.
> It would be worth a lot if we could get it enough easier to use
> pgindent, so that that could help *anyone* fix the formatting, as
> opposed to being something that Bruce runs once in a long while.
>
> If you can say, "here, run 'tools/frobozz/pg_indent' against each of
> your files, then resubmit the patch," and have at least a fighting
> chance of that being *nearly* right, that is a much nicer response to
> give those folks.
>
> Alternately, it would be nice if you could say, "I ran pgindent
> against your files, here's the revised patch, please do that yourself
> in future"
>
> When application of formatting policy is near-nondeterministic, that's no fun!
What makes you think this isn't possible to run pgindent? There are no
secret incantations.
But it's probably overkill. emacs' indent-region gives you about a 90%
result or better if you're set up correctly.
cheers
andrew
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