Description Dale King 2002-03-28 12:24:38 EST

The code formatter does not give you much control over how the code within a 
line is formatted. The only control it gives you is whether there is a space 
before an assignment operator.

It will format code like the following:

        if (method((a[i] + 2) * 3)

I cannot begin to tell you how much I hate that formatting. You may like it but 
you should let the user choose how to format it by adding options to control 
spaces in various places.

My style calls for formatting it like this:

    if( method( ( a[ i ] + b() ) * 3  ) )

The options I would like to see are:

- Control whether opening and closing parentheses are separated from the 
expression inside. You might want a separate setting for when the parentheses 
are denoting a cast (for which I don't put spaces).
- Probably a separate control for what to do for empty parenteses.
- The same two settings for brackets for arrays.
- Setting for whether keyword is separated from the parenthesis.
- Setting for whether method name is separated from the parenthesis.

I really suggest looking at Jindent documentation for examples of lots of other 
controls to be added.