class X
{
    int              m_int;
    CMyClass         m_class;
    double           m_double;
    CMyExtendedClass m_class2;
};

void foo()
{
   int x           = 0;
   MyStruct s      = { 0, 0, 0 };
   int longVarName = 0;
}

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Hence, would it be possible to add a hotkey for such class member indentation?

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void foo()
{
   int         x           = 0;
   MyStruct    s           = { 0, 0, 0 };
   int         longVarName = 0;
}

void foo()
{
   int         x   = 0;
   MyStruct    s   = { 0, 0, 0 };
   int         ExtremelyLongVariableName = 0;
   OtherThing  ot  = 5;
}

   int x = 0;
   unsigned y = 0;
   unsigned int z = 0;
   int extremelyLongVariableName = 0;
   ExtremelyLongVariableType name = 0;
   previouslyDefinedVariable = 0;

   int      x = 0;     // OK
   unsigned y = 0;     // OK
   unsigned int z = 0; // Still wrong indentation...
   int      extremelyLongVariableName = 0; // OK
   LongVariableType name = 0; // Wrong...
   previouslyDefinedVariable = 0;

   int          x = 0;
   unsigned     y = 0;
   unsigned int z = 0;
   int          extremelyLongVariableName = 0;
   LongVariableType name = 0; // Just one more to go...
   previouslyDefinedVariable = 0;

   int              x = 0;
   unsigned         y = 0;
   unsigned int     z = 0;
   int              extremelyLongVariableName = 0;
   LongVariableType name = 0;
   previouslyDefinedVariable = 0; // Variable name not indented!

   int              x    = 0;
   unsigned         y    = 0;
   unsigned int     z    = 0;
   int              extremelyLongVariableName = 0;
   LongVariableType name = 0;
   previouslyDefinedVariable = 0;

   int              x        = 0;
   unsigned         y        = 0;
   unsigned int     z        = 0;
   int              extremelyLongVariableName = 0;
   LongVariableType name     = 0;
   previouslyDefinedVariable = 0;

   int              x                         = 0;
   unsigned         y                         = 0;
   unsigned int     z                         = 0;
   int              extremelyLongVariableName = 0;
   LongVariableType name                      = 0;
   previouslyDefinedVariable                  = 0;

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I agree. Another possibility is to perform the indentation incrementally:

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...what happens when the type is 70 characters long? 90 characters long?

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I know this, since a while ago I ended up writing a LOT of code full of types like this. There were very good reasons, before someone suggests I should not have done that.

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I like the idea of aligning variables, BUT I personally find this only works if the types and variable names are a similar length,

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since if there is 40 spaces between a variable type and the variable name I find I cannot scan the code and match the two up.

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Which quickly gets me to sl@sh's point, any simple rule is going to irritate more people than it helps.

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We are discussing the idea of code formatting internally, but this may not come to anything. Hard coding the formatting rules is not going to work. Provide options for everything... you get a LOT of options.

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For now you may want to have a look at GC http://sourceforge.net/projects/gcgreatcode/

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class CFoo {
public:
    virtual void doIt();
};
typedef class CFoo * PFoo;

class CBar {
private:
    PFoo m_foo;
};

CFoo* m_foo;

int                m_myInteger;
CMyLongVariableType*
                   m_myLongVariable;

class X
{
    // CMyClass<space>m_myMember;<enter> yields:
    CMyClass             m_myMember;