Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] .clang-format: Add a BitFieldColonSpacing=None rule

[Tuomas Ahola <taahol@utu.fi>]

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:

> On 2022-07-11 at 11:37:26, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> > Formatting bitfield as "unsigned foo:1" is the usual style in this
> > project, not "unsigned foo : 1", which clang-format will use by
> > default.
> > 
> > Before & after this change running "make style-all-diff-apply" will
> > yield:
> > 
> > 	582 files changed, 32029 insertions(+), 29794 deletions(-)
> > 	579 files changed, 32065 insertions(+), 29818 deletions(-)
> > 
> > However this highlights a major limitation in this approach, because
> > clang-format v12 or newer is required for this rule, but that version
> > was only released in April 2021.
> 
> This isn't supported on Debian stable, which has clang 11.  I think we
> should expect that to be a viable development target here, and I know
> it's what some Git developers actually use.
> 
> I think for now we should drop this patch, and we can reconsider it in
> the future.

Hi!

That was four years ago.  Are we now in a more blocker-free future?