Open brace on newline after multiline stmt: Clang-Format

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I’m looking for a rule in Clang Format that allows me to have an opening brace on a new line only when the statement that precedes it spans multiple lines.

For example:

void foo() {  // single line
}

void bar(int aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
         int bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb)
{  // declaration of bar spanned multiple lines, brace on newline.
}

for (int i = 0;
     i < 10; ++i)
{  // for loop spanned multiple lines, so brace on newline.
}

Is such a rule available in Clang Format?

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Yes, such a rule is available in Clang Format. You can use the AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine option in the BraceWrapping configuration to achieve this. Here’s an example configuration:

BraceWrapping:
  AfterFunction: true
  AfterControlStatement: true
  AfterClass: true
  AllowAllParametersOfDeclarationOnNextLine: true

With this configuration, braces will be on the same line for single-line statements and on the next line for multi-line statements.