Personally I find them useful. Putting them on a separate line seems reasonable
to me.
Jonathan
On 26/01/2019 04:49, Ryan Hunt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Quick C++ style question.
>
> A common pattern in Gecko is for method definitions to have a comment with the
> 'static' or 'virtual' qualification.
>
> Before the reformat, the comment would be on it's own separate line [1]. Now
> it's on the main line of the definition [2].
>
> For example:
>
> /* static */ void
> Foo::Bar() {
> ...
> }
>
> vs.
>
> /* static */ void Foo::Bar() {
> ...
> }
>
> Personally I think this now takes too much horizontal space from the main
> definition, and would prefer it to be either on its own line or just removed.
>
> Does anyone have an opinion on whether we still want these comments? And if so
> whether it makes sense to move them back to their own line.
>
> (My ulterior motive is that sublime text's indexer started failing to find
> these definitions after the reformat, but that should be fixed regardless)
>
> If you're interested in what removing these would entail, I wrote a regex to
> make the change [3].
>
> Thanks,
> Ryan
>
> [1]
> https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/0348d472115d/layout/generic/nsFrame.cpp#l1759
> [2]
> https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/e4b9b1084292/layout/generic/nsFrame.cpp#l1756
> [3] https://hg.mozilla.org/try/rev/31ab3e466b6f15dcdbb1aee47edabc7c358b86f2
>
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