Code Formatter Questions

[Paul Bryan]

On Sun, 2021-03-28 at 15:42 +0000, Travis Griggs wrote:
> I've been looking into using a code formatter as a code base size has
> grown as well as contributing developers. I've found and played with
> autopep, black, and yapf. As well as whatever pycharm has (which may
> just be gui preferences around one of those 3).
> 
> I have 2 questions:
> 1) Are there any major other formatters that I can/should look at? I
> see some "online" pretty printers, but I'm after something I can run
> on whole recursive directories of code.

I assume you mean autopep8. I'm not aware of any other currently
popular formatters. 

> 2) I use more and type annotations (at least at the trivial level).
> But I like to have variable annotations tightly bound to the
> identifier, kind of like a subscript. So I want to see 
> 
>   def foo_bar(baz:int) -> bool:
>     yak:str = 'howdy mates'
> 
> And NOT 
> 
>   def foo_bar(baz: int) -> bool:
>     yak: str = 'howdy mates'
> 
> In other cases though (dictionaries for example), I'm fine with (and
> prefer) the spacing.
> 
> Is there anyway to make any of these formatters do this?

Formatters are typically strongly opinionated (autopep8 being an
exception), so I think you'll be going against the grain by trying to
make exceptions. I suggest accepting their opinions (pick the formatter
that most closely aligns with your taste), or, if you can make a case
for general use, suggest/request one change their opinions.

Paul