clang-format and Allman style

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I noticed that all the 4 style available by default ( LLVM, Google, Chromium, Mozilla ) are basically the same with little to no variation, the first thing that I noticed is the lack of the Allman style, which is quite popular style for formatting C and C++ code, but is also one of the most readable style: the lack of the Allman style is something done on purpose ( for some reason ) or it’s just not available yet ?

I’m asking this question simply because Allman is really popular and I found strange that not even after tweaking ( http://clang.llvm.org/doxygen/structclang_1_1format_1_1FormatStyle.html ) clang-format a little I got a real Allman style or something that I’m just happy with, looks like that clang-format is designed to keep a certain style in any case.

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Clang-format’s style support is developed on an as-needed basis. Obviously the first style supported was LLVM style. The other styles are supported because developers who use those styles (read: general Google devs, Chromium devs, and Mozilla devs) wanted to use clang-format and put in the options to use the style.

None of these styles use Allman indentation, which is the only reason it’s not supported.

Sebastian

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I noticed that all the 4 style available by default ( LLVM, Google,
Chromium, Mozilla ) are basically the same with little to no variation, the
first thing that I noticed is the lack of the Allman style, which is quite
popular style for formatting C and C++ code, but is also one of the most
readable style: the lack of the Allman style is something done on purpose (
for some reason ) or it's just not available yet ?

I'm asking this question simply because Allman is really popular and I
found strange that not even after tweaking (
http://clang.llvm.org/doxygen/structclang_1_1format_1_1FormatStyle.html )
clang-format a little I got a real Allman style or something that I'm just
happy with, looks like that clang-format is designed to keep a certain
style in any case.

Clang-format's style support is developed on an as-needed basis. Obviously
the first style supported was LLVM style. The other styles are supported
because developers who use those styles (read: general Google devs,
Chromium devs, and Mozilla devs) wanted to use clang-format and put in the
options to use the style.

None of these styles use Allman indentation, which is the only reason it's
not supported.

I'd add: patches welcome :slight_smile:

Cheers,
/Manuel