[phc-general] pretty php request

[Edsko de Vries]

Hi Arkadiy,

>  I have 2 requests, if that is possible:
>    1. Add an option to remove the leading tab (the first one at the
>    beginning of the line).

This was an easy one, so I have added this option. It is called
--no-leading-tab.

>    2. I have a problem with all brackets "{" and "}" starting at a new
>    line, so {snip}

In fact, the unparser already does this, but you must not use the latest
official release but download the latest ("cutting edge" :-) revision
from the repository (instructions at http://code.google.com/p/phc/source).

By default, the unparser now outputs brackets on the same line:

$ src/phc --pretty-print test.php
<?php
        if ($x) {
                echo "hi";
        } else {
                echo "foo";
        }
?>

It is possible to change that for people such as myself who prefer them on the
next line :)

$ src/phc --pretty-print --next-line-curlies test.php 
<?php
        if ($x)
        {
                echo "hi";
        }
        else
        {
                echo "foo";
        }
?>

And now with the new --no-leading-tab option:

$ src/phc --pretty-print --no-leading-tab test.php 
<?php
if ($x) {
        echo "hi";
} else {
        echo "foo";
}
?>

As per your request :)

As Paul mentioned, though, the unparser in the latest revision will *not*
reorder your script. Functions will be declared exactly where you declare them.
If you don't like that, you must write a plugin (this is not difficult to do if
you know C++; plugin writing is described in detail at www.phpcompiler.org/doc
-- unfortunately, that documentation is slightly out of date with the latest
revision in the repository (it's been a long time since we released because we
are working on code generation). However, if you read those tutorials and then
have a look at the example plugins in the repository (in plugins/tutorials),
you should be able to work it out easily enough -- of course, you can always
ask questions here.

Hope this helps,

Edsko