Remove extra spaces inside parentheses

[jelliottp]

Remove extra spaces inside parentheses

[jmgrassau]

Hi Josh,

thanks for opening a dedicated issue for this! As mentioned in #20, my idea would be to create a new cleanup rule "Align components in tabular layout" (or similar), which would align cases such as …

  DATA(var) = VALUE some_type( ( amount = '1.23' name = 'short' )
                               ( amount = '123.4' name = 'longer' )
                               ( amount = '1234.56' name = 'very long' ) ).

… into …

  DATA(var) = VALUE some_type( ( amount =    '1.23'  name = 'short'     )
                               ( amount =  '123.4'   name = 'longer'    )
                               ( amount = '1234.56'  name = 'very long' ) ).

… providing options on

• maximum allowed line length,
• whether to create such alignment from previous multi-line cases,
• whether to align decimal places (as done above),
• whether to align closing parentheses
• whether to put two spaces between a value and the next component name etc.

This would then also cover your example (even if the closing parenthesis would, admittedly, not be the focus of the rule). The options would also benefit cases with just one field if there are multiple rows, so you'd get:

  DATA(var) = VALUE some_type( ( amount =    '1.23' )
                               ( amount =  '123.4' )
                               ( amount = '1234.56' ) ).

or alternatively:

  DATA(var) = VALUE some_type( ( amount =    '1.23' )
                               ( amount =  '123.4'  )
                               ( amount = '1234.56' ) ).

Kind regards,
Jörg-Michael