Hi <@U02R8E8EMGR> in my project we use c++ style b...

# ktlint

[Atul Gupta]

Hi @Paul Dingemans in my project we use c++ style braces style and to avoid false -ve we have disabled the rule SpacingAroundCurlyRule but this rule also handles the violations like below

val foo = if(true){0}else{1}

i.e., handling of spaces around if . Is there any way to only disable the braces style rule and keep the spacing around if and else rule intact?

[Atul Gupta]

So below code should be compliant

if (true)
{
    println("a")
}
else
{
    println("b")
}

but below code should be non-compliant

if(true) // notice missing space here
{
    println("a")
}
else
{
    println("b")
}

[Paul Dingemans]

No, not that I know. Neither, will it be supported by a toggle. The guidelines are clear about how to place braces.

[Atul Gupta]

hmm I am not saying to add a toggle rather suggesting to split the rules into two

[wakingrufus]

the "space around if" is also pretty clear in bullet point 3 here: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/coding-conventions.html#horizontal-whitespace

[Atul Gupta]

Hi @wakingrufus yes I know.. I am suggesting to break the rule into 2 so that any one can disable braces rule while keeping the space around rule active. Currently disabling SpacingAroundCurly disables both(we want to disable only one)

[Paul Dingemans]

Splitting the rule might solve part of the problem. But I expect that even when this is done, there will still be other rules for which the same request can/will be made once. For example the function-signature rule also rewrites the opening brace to be on the same line as the end of the signature. Having said that, we should not split this rule into separate rules for this specific reason.

[wakingrufus]

Seems like bike shedding at that point :)