GNU bug report logs - #62412
29.0.60; strange c++ indentation behavior with tree sitter

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Herman, Géza <geza.herman <at> gmail.com>
To: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Yuan Fu <casouri <at> gmail.com>, Theodor Thornhill <theo <at> thornhill.no>, 62412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62412: 29.0.60; strange c++ indentation behavior with tree sitter
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2023 14:48:05 +0100

On 3/25/23 12:43, João Távora wrote:
>
> There can be no "correct" indentation in a buffer with an invalid state.
>
> But there are heuristics.  Here, it can be argued that c++-mode's
> heuristics are better.
I agree. In my opinion, c++-mode's heuristics are good. Tree-sitter 
support is new, it's expected that it won't work perfectly. Also, it 
doesn't have to handle any invalid program. But, while writing a 
program, it should handle indentation sensibly. I don't think that it's 
a good approach that everybody who uses electric indent should get used 
to the fact that whenever they writing a for loop, the line will jump 
around. It's a bad experience.

Anyways, feel free to close this issue if you think otherwise. I just 
disabled ';'-caused auto indenting, so I don't see this unpleasant 
behavior any more.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.