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From: Aleksander Alekseev <[email protected]>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
Subject: [PATCH] pg_bsd_indent: improve formatting of multiline comments
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:51:36 +0300
Message-ID: <CAJ7c6TPQ0kkHQG-AqeAJ3PV_YtmDzcc7s+_V4=t+xgSnZm1cFw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

Hi,

Michael (cc:'ed) pointed out [1] that pg_bsd_indent could do a
slightly better job when it comes to formatting multiline comments. I
prepared a patch that fixes this.

How to test it:

```
ninja -C build
cp build/src/tools/pg_bsd_indent/pg_bsd_indent ~/bin/pg_bsd_indent
cp src/tools/pgindent/pgindent ~/bin/pgindent
pgindent src/backend/utils/adt/varlena.c
git diff
```

Expected changes:

```
-/* name_text()
+/*
+ * name_text()
  * Converts a Name type to a text type.
  */
```

Everything else should work as before.

Thoughts and feedback are most welcomed.

[1]: https://postgr.es/m/CAJ7c6TN7ppSmZMPejvKZreOs%3D%2BkJEhrGQNuVpmTjj9W-%3DMjgCg%40mail.gmail.com

-- 
Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev


Attachments:

  [application/octet-stream] v1-0001-pg_bsd_indent-improve-formatting-of-multiline-com.patch (2.1K, 2-v1-0001-pg_bsd_indent-improve-formatting-of-multiline-com.patch)
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From e21579b607828a418139183396722ca67fa986ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleksander Alekseev <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:35:20 +0300
Subject: [PATCH v1] pg_bsd_indent: improve formatting of multiline comments

Format multiline comments like this:

/* line 1
 * line 2
 */

... into:

/*
 * line 1
 * line 2
 */

This is more consistent with what we currently have in the tree.

Aleksander Alekseev. Reported by Michael Paquier.
Discussion: TODO FIXME
---
 src/tools/pg_bsd_indent/indent.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/tools/pg_bsd_indent/indent.c b/src/tools/pg_bsd_indent/indent.c
index 2622cc6227a..207f657baab 100644
--- a/src/tools/pg_bsd_indent/indent.c
+++ b/src/tools/pg_bsd_indent/indent.c
@@ -1184,6 +1184,41 @@ check_type:
 				 * character will cause the line to be printed */
 
 	case comment:		/* we have gotten a / followed by * this is a biggie */
+	    /*
+	     * Force line break for column-1 multiline comments by inserting
+	     * a newline into the buffer right after slash-star. This makes pr_comment()
+	     * treat it as a block comment that should be formatted with line breaks.
+	     * Ignore "*****" and "-----" comments.
+	     */
+	    if (ps.col_1 && *buf_ptr != '\n' && *buf_ptr != '-' && *buf_ptr != '*') {
+		char *t_ptr;
+		bool is_single_line = false;
+
+		/* Check if comment end star-slash appears on the same line */
+		t_ptr = buf_ptr;
+		while (*t_ptr != '\0' && *t_ptr != '\n') {
+		    if (t_ptr >= buf_end)
+			fill_buffer();
+		    if (t_ptr[0] == '*' && t_ptr[1] == '/') {
+			is_single_line = true;
+			break;
+		    }
+		    t_ptr++;
+		}
+
+		/* Only transform if it's NOT a single-line comment */
+		if (!is_single_line) {
+		    /* Insert newline and star right after slash-star by shifting buffer content */
+		    if (buf_end < in_buffer_limit - 3) {
+			/* Make room for newline + space + star */
+			memmove(buf_ptr + 3, buf_ptr, buf_end - buf_ptr);
+			*buf_ptr = '\n';
+			*(buf_ptr + 1) = ' ';
+			*(buf_ptr + 2) = '*';
+			buf_end += 3;
+		    }
+		}
+	    }
 	    pr_comment();
 	    break;
 	}			/* end of big switch stmt */
-- 
2.49.0



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