Method appendCharInsideComments

astyle/src/ASFormatter.cpp:3157–3190

* append the current bracket inside the end of line comments * currentChar contains the bracket, it will be appended to formattedLine * formattedLineCommentNum is the comment location on formattedLine */

 * formattedLineCommentNum is the comment location on formattedLine
 */
void ASFormatter::appendCharInsideComments(void)
{
	if (formattedLineCommentNum == string::npos)    // does the comment start on the previous line?
	{
		appendCurrentChar();                        // don't attach
		return;
	}
	assert(formattedLine.compare(formattedLineCommentNum, 2, "//") == 0
	       || formattedLine.compare(formattedLineCommentNum, 2, "/*") == 0);

	// find the previous non space char
	size_t end = formattedLineCommentNum;
	size_t beg = formattedLine.find_last_not_of(" \t", end - 1);
	if (beg == string::npos)
	{
		appendCurrentChar();                // don't attach
		return;
	}
	beg++;

	// insert the bracket
	if (end - beg < 3)                      // is there room to insert?
		formattedLine.insert(beg, 3 - end + beg, ' ');
	if (formattedLine[beg] == '\t')         // don't pad with a tab
		formattedLine.insert(beg, 1, ' ');
	formattedLine[beg + 1] = currentChar;
	testForTimeToSplitFormattedLine();

	if (isBeforeComment())
		breakLine();
	else if (isCharImmediatelyPostLineComment)
		shouldBreakLineAtNextChar = true;
	return;
}

/**
 * add or remove space padding to operators