[swift-evolution] Swift source code formatting tool like clang-format for objective-c

[Håkon Bogen]

Thanks for the feedback! I've actually started experimenting on building a
Swift Formatter that uses the output from SourceKit gotten from
SourceKitten to autoformat Swift code (https://github.com/jpsim/SourceKitten
).

My understanding is that SourceKit still will deliver the syntax data even
if it's internally moved to libIDE. Not familiar with libIDE yet so if
anyone knows if it will differ from what SourceKit outputs, just give me a
heads up.



2015-12-10 20:25 GMT+01:00 Johan Jensen <jj at johanjensen.dk>:

> I think it is planned, but someone has to build it:
>
> https://lists.swift.org/pipermail/swift-dev/Week-of-Mon-20151207/000160.html
>
> —Johan
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Håkon Bogen <swift-evolution at swift.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm a huge fan of clang-format, (
>> http://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html) a tool that can set rules
>> for formatting source code in Objective-C projects. With tools like
>> spacecommander (https://github.com/square/spacecommander) and
>> clang-format for XCode (
>> https://github.com/travisjeffery/ClangFormat-Xcode), it can enforce the
>> rules and auto run the formatter constantly so nicely formatted code stays
>> that way. It saves alot of time, and keeps acleaner commit log without
>> constant formatting adjustment.
>>
>> Moving to Swift, it was a dearly missed feature. I actually asked about
>> if Swift would be supported by clang-format on the clang-developers forum
>> after it was announced in 2014, but got no replies. (
>> http://clang-developers.42468.n3.nabble.com/Will-clang-format-support-the-format-of-Swift-td4039910.html
>> )
>>
>> Would auto formatting tools for Swift be a good idea to include in the
>> bundle of Swift Components, like clang-format is a part of clang/llvm?
>>
>> --
>> Regards Håkon Bogen
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