Renaming var causes curly bracket to be inserted

[Milian Wolff]

On Freitag, 22. Mai 2020 04:24:34 CEST Simon Walter wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> First time posting to this list.
> 
> static void kdevelop_var_rename_bug(void)
> {
>     //It doesn't have this problem on my laptop which has the exact
>     //same version and exact same OS version.
>     char * * Row = NULL; //right click on "Row" and choose "Rename..."
>     if (false) abort(); //an extra curly brace will appear on the next line
>     Row = NULL;
> 
>     //It only happens when Row is right after an if that is not
> contained in one
>     //line
>     if (false)
>     {abort();}
>     Row = NULL;
> 
>     if (false) {abort();}//This causes the bug too.
>     Row = NULL;
> 
>     //Not if there no comment on the same line though!
>     if (false) {abort();}
>     Row = NULL;
> 
>     //This triggers the problem too.
>     if (false) abort();
>     Row = NULL;
> }
> 
> In the above comment I mention another computer with the same version
> that does not have this problem. The version is 5.0.3. I have downloaded
> the 5.5.1 Appimage and tried that, and it still has this odd and painful
> behavior.
> 
> Since it seems to be affected by something other than kdevelop, I am
> hesitant to make a bug report. I thought I should reach out and ask for
> help first.
> 
> Any ideas what would cause this? Does kdevelop use external libs to
> perform the var rename?

What code formatter do you have configured? Do you have astyle/uncrustify/
clang-format or something like that?

Otherwise can you create a standalone file (the above probably is missing some 
header includes), such that we can investigate that on our side too?

Thanks

-- 
Milian Wolff
mail at milianw.de
http://milianw.de
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