> Again, the best solution is probably to have an editor that formats
> to your preference upon loading and reformats to KNF on output.  If
> that's possible to do properly.

It's not, really, because it - or any mechanical reformatting, for that
matter - destroys violations of the rules that improve readbility.

And yes, such things exist.  Consider as a simple example

    else if (!strcmp(*av,"-debug"))
     { WANTARG();
            if (!strcasecmp(av[skip],"none"))  plevel = P_NONE;
       else if (!strcasecmp(av[skip],"warn"))  plevel = P_WARN;
       else if (!strcasecmp(av[skip],"note"))  plevel = P_NOTE;
       else if (!strcasecmp(av[skip],"info"))  plevel = P_INFO;
       else if (!strcasecmp(av[skip],"debug")) plevel = P_DEBUG;
       else
        { ...error handling here...
        }
       continue;
     }

versus what you get if you run that inner if construct through anything
mechanical.  At the very least it will destroy the alignment of the
then-clauses (which in this case is perhaps not a big deal, but I have
written cases where making everything line up makes a big difference; I
just couldn't find one in thirty seconds or so).  It'll also pull the
first if over to the left, thereby obscuring the parallel structure
even more.

					der Mouse

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