Re: [PATCH] pg_bsd_indent: improve formatting of multiline comments - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [PATCH] pg_bsd_indent: improve formatting of multiline comments
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In response to Re: [PATCH] pg_bsd_indent: improve formatting of multiline comments  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 05:01:41PM +0300, Aleksander Alekseev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > Given the quality of BSD indent code, I have _always_ found it easier to
> > modify pgindent.  ;-
> 
> :D Initially I thought that the problem was simple enough to solve it
> in C, but this turned out not to be true.

I always found it ironic that a tool designed to make source code easier
to understand like BSD indent is so hard to understand.  Its use of
short variable names alone is confusing.

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