Re: [PATCH] pg_bsd_indent: improve formatting of multiline comments

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)tigerdata(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, Arseniy Mukhin <arseniy(dot)mukhin(dot)dev(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pg_bsd_indent: improve formatting of multiline comments
Date: 2025-10-27 12:13:33
Message-ID: CAJ7c6TMTzQsnKfM+_4i-4WO7=YnV4nO8ABWA6enSpdtg6DKhqQ@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Nathan,

> > Personally I don't have a strong opinion on this. We can easily add an
> > exception for "/* ---" and "/* ===" comments if somebody believes this
> > is a problem. I choose not to add such an exception just yet only
> > because I don't like unnecessary exceptions :)
>
> +1 for adding an exception for "/* -----" style comments. I tested running
> pgindent after applying the patch, and the first thing I noticed was all
> these (IMHO) unnecessary changes. I don't think it helps readability, and
> even if it did, it's arguably not worth the churn.

OK, here is the corrected patch v5.

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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v5-0001-pgindent-improve-formatting-of-multiline-comments.patch text/x-patch 2.3 KB

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