Re: C++ code indentation for GNU

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

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>   > When discussing formatting, we should keep the clang-format tool in mind
>   > (https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html).  It's from the LLVM
>   > project, and it's not under the GPL, but it is free software.  We should
>   > adopt a standard .clang-format file for GNU code.
>
> I don't want to make our standards presume the use of specific programs
> other than GNU packages (and, preferably, not even those).

Agreed.  I'm not saying that we should require clang-format.  I'm saying
that we should choose a formatting style that can be cleanly expressed
with in a .clang-format file for those who choose to use clang-format.

Ian