Built-in code style is not compatible to the Qt style guide

[messi]

Hi there

I'm wondering why the built-in code style in Qt-Creator is not like the one from Coding Guidelines.
http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator-extending/coding-style.html

I'm curious why the Qt Code Guideline is using the K&R style which was invented when people used to program with vt100 terminals.

I'm more fan of the Allman style but since this violates the Qt Coding Guideline I try to switch to the K&R.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indent_style

But as I mentioned in the beginning, why is the Qt built-in code style set to Allmann instead of K&R?
It looks a little bit inconsistent.

Best regards

messi

[tobias.hunger]

I fail to see the problem:-)

[messi]

Tobias Hunger
I know this post sounds a little bit picky but it is not qt coding rules conform.

This is in the Qt Creator Coding Rules:
Braces

As a base rule, place the left curly brace on the same line as the start of the statement:

@if (codec) {
....
}@

NOT

@ if (codec)
{
....
}@

This is the built-in code style of the qt-creator:

@void foo(int a, int b)
{
for (int i = 0; i < a; i++)
{
if (i < b)
bar(i);
else
{
bar(i);
bar(b);
}
}
}@

[tobias.hunger]

I never noticed that! My code looks just fine with the default settings in creator, so where does this effect you?

[messi]

Actually it is not effecting me.
But to be consistent in the rules of the build-it text under QtCrator -> Options -> C++ -> CodeStyle should like:

@ for (int i = 0; i < a; i++) {
if (i < b) {
bar(i);
} else {
bar(i);
bar(b);
}
}@

and not like:

@ for (int i = 0; i < a; i++)
{
if (i < b)
bar(i);
else
{
bar(i);
bar(b);
}
}@

Which is think is more readable then the first version.

[tobias.hunger]

I don't think this is too important: Why should an IDE enforce the coding style used to program itself on unrelated projects?

[messi]

Then would be the question, how many people use qt-creator to program qt related stuff?

[tobias.hunger]

Note that the Qt Creator styleguide and the Qt styleguide do differ. So does the KDE style guide... and lots of other projects style guides, too.

Anyway: I had not even noticed that the style displayed there differs and I use Creator rather regularly to code following the Qt Creator style guide, so I don't think this is an issue.

[messi]

Sorry to say that but qt style guide and qt creator style guide are equal in that particular case.