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Package: indent
Version: 2.2.11-1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch upstream
The patch attached to add an option to fix nested comments by replacing
'/*' with ' *'.
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Description: add an option to fix nested comments
Added -fnc/--fix-nested comment option which tries to fix nested comments
by replacing '/*' inside comments by a space followed by '*'. By default,
this option is turned off.
Author: Andrew O. Shadura <bugzi...@tut.by>
Last-Update: 2012-01-26
--- a/src/comments.c
+++ b/src/comments.c
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
* `format_col1_comments' ("fc1"): Format comments which
* begin in column 1.
*
+ * `fix_nested_comments' ("fnc"): Fix comments which
+ * have nested opening sequences
+ *
* `unindent_displace' ("d"): The hanging indentation for
* comments which do not appear to the right of code.
*
@@ -190,6 +193,15 @@
/* We have reached the end of the comment, and it's all on
* this line. */
+ if (settings.fix_nested_comments)
+ {
+ if ((*buf_ptr == '*') && (*(buf_ptr - 1) == '/'))
+ {
+ *(e_com - 1) = ' ';
+ *e_com = '*';
+ }
+ }
+
if ((*buf_ptr == '*') && (*(buf_ptr + 1) == '/'))
{
if (buf_ptr == buf_end)
--- a/src/args.c
+++ b/src/args.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
static int exp_eei = 0;
static int exp_fc1 = 0;
static int exp_fca = 0;
+static int exp_fnc = 0;
static int exp_gnu = 0;
static int exp_hnl = 0;
static int exp_i = 0;
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@
{"hnl", PRO_BOOL, true, ON,
&settings.honour_newlines, &exp_hnl},
{"h", PRO_FUNCTION, 0, ONOFF_NA, (int *)
usage, &exp_version},
{"gnu", PRO_SETTINGS, 0, ONOFF_NA,
GNU_SETTINGS_STRING, &exp_gnu},
+ {"fnc", PRO_BOOL, false, ON,
&settings.fix_nested_comments, &exp_fnc},
{"fca", PRO_BOOL, true, ON,
&settings.format_comments, &exp_fca},
{"fc1", PRO_BOOL, true, ON,
&settings.format_col1_comments, &exp_fc1},
{"eei", PRO_BOOL, false, ON,
&settings.extra_expression_indent, &exp_eei},
@@ -433,6 +435,7 @@
{"h", PRO_FUNCTION, 0, ONOFF_NA, (int *)
usage, &exp_version},
/* This is now the default. */
{"gnu", PRO_SETTINGS, 0, ONOFF_NA,
GNU_SETTINGS_STRING, &exp_gnu},
+ {"fnc", PRO_BOOL, false, ON,
&settings.fix_nested_comments, &exp_fnc},
{"fca", PRO_BOOL, false, ON,
&settings.format_comments, &exp_fca},
{"fc1", PRO_BOOL, false, ON,
&settings.format_col1_comments, &exp_fc1},
{"eei", PRO_BOOL, false, ON,
&settings.extra_expression_indent, &exp_eei},
@@ -548,6 +551,7 @@
{"honour-newlines", "hnl"},
{"help", "h"},
{"gnu-style", "gnu"},
+ {"fix-nested-comments", "fnc"},
{"format-first-column-comments", "fc1"},
{"format-all-comments", "fca"},
{"extra-expression-indentation", "eei"},
--- a/src/indent.h
+++ b/src/indent.h
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@
int lineup_to_parens; /*!< if true, continued code within parens will
be lined up to the open paren */
int honour_newlines; /*!< True when positions at which we read a
newline in the input file, should get
* a high priority to break long lines at. */
+ int fix_nested_comments; /*!< If nested comments are to be fixed */
int format_comments; /*!< If any comments are to be reformatted */
int format_col1_comments; /*!< If comments which start in column 1 are to
be magically reformatted */
int extra_expression_indent; /*!< True if continuation lines from the
expression part of "if(e)",
--- a/doc/indent.texinfo
+++ b/doc/indent.texinfo
@@ -653,6 +653,12 @@
duration of that comment. The margin is not respected if the comment is
not being formatted.
+@kindex -fnc
+@kindex --fix-nested-comments
+If the @option{-fnc} option is specified, all comments with @samp{/*}
+embedded will have that character sequence replaced by a space followed
+by the character @samp{*} thus eliminating nesting.
+
@kindex -d@var{n}
@kindex --line-comments-indentation@var{n}
If the comment begins a line (i.e., there is no program text to its
@@ -1752,6 +1758,11 @@
Do not disable all formatting of comments.@*
@xref{Comments}.
+@item -fnc
+@itemx --fix-nested-comments
+Fix nested comments.@*
+@xref{Comments}.
+
@item -gnu
@itemx --gnu-style
Use GNU coding style. This is the default.@*
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