microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Abnormal Indentation for do-while without brace
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bug
Feature: Code Formatting
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Visual Studio
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Environment
- OS and Version: Microsoft Windows 10 Professional Edition 10945.5131 (Latest)
- VS Code Version: 1.95.3 (system setup) (Latest)
- C/C++ Extension Version: v1.22.11 (Latest)
Bug Summary and Steps to Reproduce
Bug Summary:
Indentation for do-while without brace is wrong.
Steps to reproduce:
Enable vcFormat to format the code, then just write a do-while like:
if (...)
do
cout << "Hello World!";
while (...);
Expected behavior:
if (...)
do
cout << "Hello World!";
while (...);
Configuration and Logs
{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Win32",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/**"
],
"defines": [
"_DEBUG",
"UNICODE",
"_UNICODE"
],
"compilerPath": "C:\\TDM-GCC-64\\bin\\gcc.exe",
"cStandard": "c17",
"cppStandard": "gnu++14",
"intelliSenseMode": "windows-gcc-x64"
}
],
"version": 4
}
Other Extensions
Only this extension has been enabled.
Additional context
The key issue is that the compiler does not compile like it looks like.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the example with vcFormat enabled in the C/C++ extension on Windows, comparing the actual indentation with the expected output. The work is done when an unbraced do-while nested under an if is formatted with the while statement indented inside the if body.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100