[icedtea-web] Proposed formatting for C++ side of plugin

[Deepak Bhole]

* Adam Domurad <adomurad at redhat.com> [2012-05-22 16:06]:
> So, currently the C++ side of the plugin uses inconsistent indents (tabs
> and various # of spaces). An auto-format to make the code formatted more
> like the Java side could be beneficial.
> 
> As Omair pointed out however, formatting HEAD will cause back-ports to
> become more difficult.
> 
>  I therefore propose to create an Eclipse formatting profile that will
> define the standard formatting for the C++ side of the project, and then
> back-port this formatting profile so that future back-ported patches are
> not made more difficult due to indenting/line number differences.
> 

Yep, there is a formatting profile for Java in the repos -- we'd just
have to add something similar for C++.

Also, I am unclear as to what you mean by "back-port this formatting
profile" -- as in re-indent the code in stable branches?

Deepak