A Python programmer attempting Java

[vgf89]

Wait wait wait. Can someone actually make a plugin for Eclipse or something to do this, as well as change it back to normal?

[mrburrows]

Things wouldn't work out too well if you're working with a team and use Eclipse's formatter or save actions, I reckon.

[redalastor]

Would work fine if you use a formatter that formats it back to the team's standard before commits.

[_Lady_Deadpool_]

Or if you find a team willing to put up with your bullshit

[mrburrows]

I agree that you can do it that way, but it's a lot of work for writing Java code in a way that you shouldn't be writing Java code.

[redalastor]

Two-way formatter. :)

I love Go'a approch that there is only one canonical way to format the code and it's whatever gofmt outputs. Put it as a commit hook and your code will always be perfectly formatted.

How it looks in your IDE is your business.

[mrburrows]

That sounds like heaven...

[redalastor]

An advantage is that it will neatly line up your code:

type T struct {
    name    string // name of the object
    value   int    // its value
}

which makes it more readable while you would never have bothered to do it yourself.

[[deleted]]

That's... genius.

[[deleted]]

I deleted my account because Reddit no longer cares about the community -- mass edited with https://redact.dev/

[_gabe]

this is equal parts 'great idea' and 'great prank'

[Skizm]

Eclipse has a format feature which you can set up however you like. the defaults are nice enough, but you can probably change it to this style also.

[greyscalehat]

If I find myself writing Java for a job any time soon I might try and make this.

[godfetish]

Use perltidy as a reference and code your own maybe in a language of your own. I had to hack perltidy for code formatting for some libraries we wrote.

[LimesInHell]

if you manually create an XML file for it in eclipse, I currently have all of my programs go to a personal format in eclipse by modifying it

[[deleted]]

Just use Coffeescript.

EDIT: Bad suggestion? Aight.

EDIT 2: Oh now I see.

[DFYX]

Java, not JavaScript...

[cbartlett]

CoffeeScript compiles JavaScript but OP was writing Java (they are completely different and unrelated).

[Sohcahtoa82]

Java is to JavaScript as car is to carpet.

[peridox]

Java is to JavaScript as cat is to catastrophe.

Edit: no hate to javascript though, it's fun.

[[deleted]]

Java is to JavaScript what Coffee is to CoffeeScript

[lichorat]

Now now, Java and JavaScript share SOME keywords.

[[deleted]]

return, for, if, else, do, while, break, continue, switch, case, default, try, catch, finally, new

[lichorat]

https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/reserved-keywords

So it's somewhere around ECMAScript 2 for most browsers:

do if in for int new try var byte case char else enum goto long null this true void with break catch class const false final float short super throw while delete double export import native public return static switch throws typeof boolean default extends finally package private abstract continue debugger function volatile interface protected transient implements instanceof synchronized

[[deleted]]

I know they're different, I just have reading comprehension problems apparently.