[Development] proposed clang-format improvements for lambda functions

[Christian Kandeler]

On 10/10/25 12:53 AM, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On Tuesday, 7 October 2025 21:57:57 Pacific Daylight Time Tim 
> Blechmann via Development wrote:
>>> I'm not sure I understand the second. More importantly, though: does 
>>> Qt Creator have a setting for that? If so, what it is? If not, then 
>>> DOA. 
>> when using the "built in formatter" instead of the clang-format 
>> formatter, lambda bodies are indented at the outer scope as well. 
>> there is no option in the built-in formatter to disable, it (the 
>> clang-format formatter would use the clang-format file when present 
>> or can be configured with a everything that clang-format supports) 
> I don't use clang-format and will not start doing so. I will only obey
> indentation that the Qt Creator default formatter can do.
1) Note that there is no built-in formatter, only an indenter.
2) Indenting via clang-format has been the default for a while and is 
recommended for modern C++ code bases. Are you sure you are using the 
built-in one?

Christian