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Maybe it's just cause I want to stick to a certain width, but I can't remember the last time I disagreed with the autoformatter.


Have you tried for any length of time?

For example, there's lots of little places where aligning keywords helps clarify code

https://github.com/civboot/civlua/blob/main/ds/ds.lua#L89

Formatters HATE putting multiple statements on a single line, but when they go it makes it so much easier to parse (for a person)


Yeah, I used to not have an autoformatter, and still occasionally I'm working in an environment without access to one. I don't get how this example is clearer than a multi-line if, or perhaps a ternary operator (idk if lua has that).




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