I have ran into a problem with eclipse cdt 3.8.0 formatter on debian. when it formats my code automatically the newline between functions returning bool and block comments is removed like the follow: this a problem in C source files and only applies to bool type please help me correct this problem:
#include <stdbool.h>
/* my comment 1 */
void foo(void);
/* my comment 2 */bool is_valid(void);
/* my comment 3 */
int cool(void);
and I want this:
#include <stdbool.h>
/* my comment 1 */
void foo(void);
/* my comment 2 */
bool is_valid(void);
/* my comment 3 */
int cool(void);
When I comment #include <stdbool.h> and insert the following codes. the formatter act correctly
typedef int bool;
#define true 1
#define false 0
ofcourse when I insert the following codes instead of above code the problem still remains.
#define bool int
#define true 1
#define false 0
It seems that the formmater not acts correctly for Macros
I find a solution, however it is not a complete answer. I noticed that it is a bug for eclipse cdt formatter not understanding bool type. but when I use double slash comments instead of slash star comments the formatter does not join the two lines and since double slash comments are introduced in C99 it will work there.
/* my comment 1 */
void foo(void);
// my comment 2
bool is_valid(void);
/* my comment 3 */
int cool(void);
of course I think the above problem needs to be reported to the eclipse DEV team. does any one knows where it should be reported?