Method formatPointerOrReferenceCast

astyle/src/ASFormatter.cpp:3645–3701

* format pointer or reference cast * currentChar contains the pointer or reference * NOTE: the pointers and references in function definitions * are processed as a cast (e.g. void foo(void*, void*)) * is processed here. */

 *       is processed here.
 */
void ASFormatter::formatPointerOrReferenceCast(void)
{
	assert(currentChar == '*' || currentChar == '&' || currentChar == '^');
	assert(!isJavaStyle());

	int pa = pointerAlignment;
	int ra = referenceAlignment;
	int itemAlignment = (currentChar == '*' || currentChar == '^') ? pa : ((ra == REF_SAME_AS_PTR) ? pa : ra);

	string sequenceToInsert(1, currentChar);
	if (isSequenceReached("**") || isSequenceReached("&&"))
	{
		goForward(1);
		sequenceToInsert.append(1, currentLine[charNum]);
	}
	if (itemAlignment == PTR_ALIGN_NONE)
	{
		appendSequence(sequenceToInsert, false);
		return;
	}
	// remove preceding whitespace
	char prevCh = ' ';
	size_t prevNum = formattedLine.find_last_not_of(" \t");
	if (prevNum != string::npos)
	{
		prevCh = formattedLine[prevNum];
		if (prevNum + 1 < formattedLine.length()
		        && isWhiteSpace(formattedLine[prevNum + 1])
		        && prevCh != '(')
		{
			spacePadNum -= (formattedLine.length() - 1 - prevNum);
			formattedLine.erase(prevNum + 1);
		}
	}
	bool isAfterScopeResolution = previousNonWSChar == ':';
	if ((itemAlignment == PTR_ALIGN_MIDDLE || itemAlignment == PTR_ALIGN_NAME)
	        && !isAfterScopeResolution && prevCh != '(')
	{
		appendSpacePad();
		// in this case appendSpacePad may or may not update the split point
		if (maxCodeLength != string::npos && formattedLine.length() > 0)
			updateFormattedLineSplitPointsPointerOrReference(formattedLine.length() - 1);
		appendSequence(sequenceToInsert, false);
	}
	else
		appendSequence(sequenceToInsert, false);
	// remove trailing whitespace if paren or comma follow
	char nextChar = peekNextChar();
	if (nextChar == ')' || nextChar == ',')
	{
		while (isWhiteSpace(currentLine[charNum + 1]))
		{
			goForward(1);
			spacePadNum--;
		}
	}
}