[news.eclipse.technology] Re: New Code formatter? Why?

[Alvin Thompson <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

please remember to use the appropriate newsgroup when posting questions. 
this one probably belongs in 'eclipse.tools.jdt'. it is unlikely you 
will get answers to your questions if you use the wrong newsgroup.

> I am currious why they are bothering re-implementing this when there are 
> already a couple of formatters available and, in fact, potentially the 
> best formatter ever, Jalopy. Wouldnt it make more sense to try to 
> integrate Jalopy more tightly into Eclipse and build on their successes?

jalopy is released under the BSD liscence, while eclipse is released 
under the...ummm...IBM liscence, i think.

also, i want to torture my coworkers' eyes with my bizarre code 
formatting style. see:

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=25559


-alvin