Ⅰ. 插件描述
A formatter for Python filesⅡ. 基本信息
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Ⅲ. 安装方法
使用Vundle管理器安装
在你的.vimrc下添加:Plugin 'google/yapf':source %
:PluginInstall对于Vundle版本 < 0.10.2，请用上面的Bundle替换Plugin。
使用NeoBundle管理器安装
在你的.vimrc下添加:NeoBundle 'google/yapf':source %
:NeoBundleInstall使用VimPlug管理器安装
在你的.vimrc下添加:Plug 'google/yapf':source %
:PlugInstall使用Pathogen管理器安装
在终端中运行以下命令:cd ~/.vim/bundle
git clone https://github.com/google/yapfⅣ. 文档说明
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YAPF
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Introduction
Most of the current formatters for Python --- e.g., autopep8, and pep8ify ---
are made to remove lint errors from code. This has some obvious limitations.
For instance, code that conforms to the PEP 8 guidelines may not be
- But it doesn't mean that the code looks good.
YAPF takes a different approach. It's based off of `'clang-format' <https://cl
ang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html>`_, developed by Daniel Jasper. In essence,
the algorithm takes the code and reformats it to the best formatting that
conforms to the style guide, even if the original code didn't violate the
style guide. The idea is also similar to the `'gofmt' <https://golang.org/cmd/
gofmt/>`_ tool for the Go programming language: end all holy wars about
formatting - if the whole codebase of a project is simply piped through YAPF
whenever modifications are made, the style remains consistent throughout the
project and there's no point arguing about style in every code review.
The ultimate goal is that the code YAPF produces is as good as the code that a
programmer would write if they were following the style guide. It takes away
some of the drudgery of maintaining your code.
Try out YAPF with this online demo <https://yapf.now.sh>_.
.. footer::
YAPF is not an official Google product (experimental or otherwise), it is
just code that happens to be owned by Google.
.. contents::
Installation
To install YAPF from PyPI:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pip install yapf
(optional) If you are using Python 2.7 and want to enable multiprocessing:
.. code-block:: shell
$ pip install futures
YAPF is still considered in "alpha" stage, and the released version may change
often; therefore, the best way to keep up-to-date with the latest development
is to clone this repository.
Note that if you intend to use YAPF as a command-line tool rather than as a
library, installation is not necessary. YAPF supports being run as a directory
by the Python interpreter. If you cloned/unzipped YAPF into DIR, it's
possible to run:
.. code-block:: shell
$ PYTHONPATH=DIR python DIR/yapf [options] ...
Python versions
YAPF supports Python 2.7 and 3.6.4+. (Note that some Python 3 features may fail
to parse with Python versions before 3.6.4.)
YAPF requires the code it formats to be valid Python for the version YAPF itself
runs under. Therefore, if you format Python 3 code with YAPF, run YAPF itself
under Python 3 (and similarly for Python 2).
Usage
Options::
usage: yapf [-h] [-v] [-d | -i] [-r | -l START-END] [-e PATTERN]
[--style STYLE] [--style-help] [--no-local-style] [-p]
[-vv]
[files [files ...]]
Formatter for Python code.
positional arguments:
files
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --version show version number and exit
-d, --diff print the diff for the fixed source
-i, --in-place make changes to files in place
-r, --recursive run recursively over directories
-l START-END, --lines START-END
range of lines to reformat, one-based
-e PATTERN, --exclude PATTERN
patterns for files to exclude from formatting
--style STYLE specify formatting style: either a style name (for
example "pep8" or "google"), or the name of a file
with style settings. The default is pep8 unless a
.style.yapf or setup.cfg file located in the same
directory as the source or one of its parent
directories (for stdin, the current directory is
used).
--style-help show style settings and exit; this output can be saved
to .style.yapf to make your settings permanent
--no-local-style don't search for local style definition
-p, --parallel Run yapf in parallel when formatting multiple files.
Requires concurrent.futures in Python 2.X
-vv, --verbose Print out file names while processing
Return Codes
Normally YAPF returns zero on successful program termination and non-zero otherwise.
If --diff is supplied, YAPF returns zero when no changes were necessary, non-zero
otherwise (including program error). You can use this in a CI workflow to test that code
has been YAPF-formatted.
Excluding files from formatting (.yapfignore)
In addition to exclude patterns provided on commandline, YAPF looks for additional
patterns specified in a file named .yapfignore located in the working directory from
which YAPF is invoked.
.yapfignore's syntax is similar to UNIX's filename pattern matching::
* matches everything
? matches any single character
[seq] matches any character in seq
[!seq] matches any character not in seq
Note that no entry should begin with ./.
Formatting style
The formatting style used by YAPF is configurable and there are many "knobs"
that can be used to tune how YAPF does formatting. See the style.py module
for the full list.
To control the style, run YAPF with the --style argument. It accepts one of
the predefined styles (e.g., pep8 or google), a path to a configuration
file that specifies the desired style, or a dictionary of key/value pairs.
The config file is a simple listing of (case-insensitive) key = value pairs
with a [yapf] heading. For example:
.. code-block:: ini
[yapf]
based_on_style = pep8
spaces_before_comment = 4
split_before_logical_operator = true
The based_on_style setting determines which of the predefined styles this
custom style is based on (think of it like subclassing). Four
styles are predefined: pep8 (default), chromium, google and facebook (see _STYLE_NAME_TO_FACTORY in style.py_).
.. _style.py: https://github.com/google/yapf/blob/master/yapf/yapflib/style.py#L445
It's also possible to do the same on the command line with a dictionary. For
example:
.. code-block:: shell
--style='{based_on_style: chromium, indent_width: 4}'
This will take the chromium base style and modify it to have four space
indentations.
YAPF will search for the formatting style in the following manner:
- Specified on the command line
- In the
[style]section of a.style.yapffile in either the current
directory or one of its parent directories. - In the
[yapf]section of asetup.cfgfile in either the current
directory or one of its parent directories. - In the
[style]section of a~/.config/yapf/stylefile in your home
directory.
If none of those files are found, the default style is used (PEP8).
Example
An example of the type of formatting that YAPF can do, it will take this ugly
code:
.. code-block:: python
x = { 'a':37,'b':42,
'c':927}
y = 'hello ''world'
z = 'hello '+'world'
a = 'hello {}'.format('world')
class foo ( object ):
def f (self ):
return 37*-+2
def g(self, x,y=42):
return y
def f ( a ) :
return 37+-+a[42-x : y**3]
and reformat it into:
.. code-block:: python
x = {'a': 37, 'b': 42, 'c': 927}
y = 'hello ' 'world'
z = 'hello ' + 'world'
a = 'hello {}'.format('world')
class foo(object):
def f(self):
return 37 * -+2
def g(self, x, y=42):
return y
def f(a):
return 37 + -+a[42 - x:y**3]
Example as a module
The two main APIs for calling yapf are FormatCode and FormatFile, these
share several arguments which are described below:
.. code-block:: python
>>> from yapf.yapflib.yapf_api import FormatCode # reformat a string of code
>>> FormatCode("f ( a = 1, b = 2 )")
'f(a=1, b=2)\n'
A style_config argument: Either a style name or a path to a file that contains
formatting style settings. If None is specified, use the default style
as set in style.DEFAULT_STYLE_FACTORY.
.. code-block:: python
>>> FormatCode("def g():\n return True", style_config='pep8')
'def g():\n return True\n'
A lines argument: A list of tuples of lines (ints), [start, end],
that we want to format. The lines are 1-based indexed. It can be used by
third-party code (e.g., IDEs) when reformatting a snippet of code rather
than a whole file.
.. code-block:: python
>>> FormatCode("def g( ):\n a=1\n b = 2\n return a==b", lines=[(1, 1), (2, 3)])
'def g():\n a = 1\n b = 2\n return a==b\n'
A print_diff (bool): Instead of returning the reformatted source, return a
diff that turns the formatted source into reformatter source.
.. code-block:: python
>>> print(FormatCode("a==b", filename="foo.py", print_diff=True))
--- foo.py (original)
+++ foo.py (reformatted)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-a==b
+a == b
Note: the filename argument for FormatCode is what is inserted into
the diff, the default is <unknown>.
FormatFile returns reformatted code from the passed file along with its encoding:
.. code-block:: python
>>> from yapf.yapflib.yapf_api import FormatFile # reformat a file
>>> print(open("foo.py").read()) # contents of file
a==b
>>> FormatFile("foo.py")
('a == b\n', 'utf-8')
The in_place argument saves the reformatted code back to the file:
.. code-block:: python
>>> FormatFile("foo.py", in_place=True)
(None, 'utf-8')
>>> print(open("foo.py").read()) # contents of file (now fixed)
a == b
Knobs
ALIGN_CLOSING_BRACKET_WITH_VISUAL_INDENT
Align closing bracket with visual indentation.
ALLOW_MULTILINE_LAMBDAS
Allow lambdas to be formatted on more than one line.
ALLOW_MULTILINE_DICTIONARY_KEYS
Allow dictionary keys to exist on multiple lines. For example:
.. code-block:: python
x = {
('this is the first element of a tuple',
'this is the second element of a tuple'):
value,
}
ALLOW_SPLIT_BEFORE_DEFAULT_OR_NAMED_ASSIGNS
Allow splitting before a default / named assignment in an argument list.
ALLOW_SPLIT_BEFORE_DICT_VALUE
Allow splits before the dictionary value.
ARITHMETIC_PRECEDENCE_INDICATION
Let spacing indicate operator precedence. For example:
.. code-block:: python
a = 1 * 2 + 3 / 4
b = 1 / 2 - 3 * 4
c = (1 + 2) * (3 - 4)
d = (1 - 2) / (3 + 4)
e = 1 * 2 - 3
f = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
will be formatted as follows to indicate precedence:
.. code-block:: python
a = 1*2 + 3/4
b = 1/2 - 3*4
c = (1+2) * (3-4)
d = (1-2) / (3+4)
e = 1*2 - 3
f = 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
BLANK_LINE_BEFORE_NESTED_CLASS_OR_DEF
Insert a blank line before a ``def`` or ``class`` immediately nested within
another ``def`` or ``class``. For example:
.. code-block:: python
class Foo:
# <------ this blank line
def method():
pass
BLANK_LINE_BEFORE_MODULE_DOCSTRING
Insert a blank line before a module docstring.
BLANK_LINE_BEFORE_CLASS_DOCSTRING
Insert a blank line before a class-level docstring.
BLANK_LINES_AROUND_TOP_LEVEL_DEFINITION
Sets the number of desired blank lines surrounding top-level function and
class definitions. For example:
.. code-block:: python
class Foo:
pass
# <------ having two blank lines here
# <------ is the default setting
class Bar:
pass
COALESCE_BRACKETS
Do not split consecutive brackets. Only relevant when
``DEDENT_CLOSING_BRACKETS`` or ``INDENT_CLOSING_BRACKETS``
is set. For example:
.. code-block:: python
call_func_that_takes_a_dict(
{
'key1': 'value1',
'key2': 'value2',
}
)
would reformat to:
.. code-block:: python
call_func_that_takes_a_dict({
'key1': 'value1',
'key2': 'value2',
})
COLUMN_LIMIT
The column limit (or max line-length)
CONTINUATION_ALIGN_STYLE
The style for continuation alignment. Possible values are:
- ``SPACE``: Use spaces for continuation alignment. This is default
behavior.
- ``FIXED``: Use fixed number (CONTINUATION_INDENT_WIDTH) of columns
(ie: CONTINUATION_INDENT_WIDTH/INDENT_WIDTH tabs) for continuation
alignment.
- ``VALIGN-RIGHT``: Vertically align continuation lines with indent
characters. Slightly right (one more indent character) if cannot
vertically align continuation lines with indent characters.
For options ``FIXED``, and ``VALIGN-RIGHT`` are only available when
``USE_TABS`` is enabled.
CONTINUATION_INDENT_WIDTH
Indent width used for line continuations.
DEDENT_CLOSING_BRACKETS
Put closing brackets on a separate line, dedented, if the bracketed
expression can't fit in a single line. Applies to all kinds of brackets,
including function definitions and calls. For example:
.. code-block:: python
config = {
'key1': 'value1',
'key2': 'value2',
} # <--- this bracket is dedented and on a separate line
time_series = self.remote_client.query_entity_counters(
entity='dev3246.region1',
key='dns.query_latency_tcp',
transform=Transformation.AVERAGE(window=timedelta(seconds=60)),
start_ts=now()-timedelta(days=3),
end_ts=now(),
) # <--- this bracket is dedented and on a separate line
DISABLE_ENDING_COMMA_HEURISTIC
Disable the heuristic which places each list element on a separate line if
the list is comma-terminated.
EACH_DICT_ENTRY_ON_SEPARATE_LINE
Place each dictionary entry onto its own line.
I18N_COMMENT
The regex for an internationalization comment. The presence of this comment
stops reformatting of that line, because the comments are required to be
next to the string they translate.
I18N_FUNCTION_CALL
The internationalization function call names. The presence of this function
stops reformatting on that line, because the string it has cannot be moved
away from the i18n comment.
INDENT_DICTIONARY_VALUE
Indent the dictionary value if it cannot fit on the same line as the
dictionary key. For example:
.. code-block:: python
config = {
'key1':
'value1',
'key2': value1 +
value2,
}
INDENT_WIDTH
The number of columns to use for indentation.
INDENT_BLANK_LINES
Set to ``True`` to prefer indented blank lines rather than empty
INDENT_CLOSING_BRACKETS
Put closing brackets on a separate line, indented, if the bracketed
expression can't fit in a single line. Applies to all kinds of brackets,
including function definitions and calls. For example:
.. code-block:: python
config = {
'key1': 'value1',
'key2': 'value2',
} # <--- this bracket is indented and on a separate line
time_series = self.remote_client.query_entity_counters(
entity='dev3246.region1',
key='dns.query_latency_tcp',
transform=Transformation.AVERAGE(window=timedelta(seconds=60)),
start_ts=now()-timedelta(days=3),
end_ts=now(),
) # <--- this bracket is indented and on a separate line
JOIN_MULTIPLE_LINES
Join short lines into one line. E.g., single line ``if`` statements.
NO_SPACES_AROUND_SELECTED_BINARY_OPERATORS
Do not include spaces around selected binary operators. For example:
.. code-block:: python
1 + 2 * 3 - 4 / 5
will be formatted as follows when configured with ``*``, ``/``:
.. code-block:: python
1 + 2*3 - 4/5
SPACES_AROUND_POWER_OPERATOR
Set to ``True`` to prefer using spaces around ``**``.
SPACES_AROUND_DEFAULT_OR_NAMED_ASSIGN
Set to ``True`` to prefer spaces around the assignment operator for default
or keyword arguments.
SPACES_BEFORE_COMMENT
The number of spaces required before a trailing comment.
This can be a single value (representing the number of spaces
before each trailing comment) or list of of values (representing
alignment column values; trailing comments within a block will
be aligned to the first column value that is greater than the maximum
line length within the block). For example:
With ``spaces_before_comment=5``:
.. code-block:: python
1 + 1 # Adding values
will be formatted as:
.. code-block:: python
1 + 1 # Adding values <-- 5 spaces between the end of the statement and comment
With ``spaces_before_comment=15, 20``:
.. code-block:: python
1 + 1 # Adding values
two + two # More adding
longer_statement # This is a longer statement
short # This is a shorter statement
a_very_long_statement_that_extends_beyond_the_final_column # Comment
short # This is a shorter statement
will be formatted as:
.. code-block:: python
1 + 1 # Adding values <-- end of line comments in block aligned to col 15
two + two # More adding
longer_statement # This is a longer statement <-- end of line comments in block aligned to col 20
short # This is a shorter statement
a_very_long_statement_that_extends_beyond_the_final_column # Comment <-- the end of line comments are aligned based on the line length
short # This is a shorter statement
SPACE_BETWEEN_ENDING_COMMA_AND_CLOSING_BRACKET
Insert a space between the ending comma and closing bracket of a list, etc.
SPACE_INSIDE_BRACKETS
Use spaces inside brackets, braces, and parentheses. For example:
.. code-block:: python
method_call( 1 )
my_dict[ 3 ][ 1 ][ get_index( *args, **kwargs ) ]
my_set = { 1, 2, 3 }
SPLIT_ARGUMENTS_WHEN_COMMA_TERMINATED
Split before arguments if the argument list is terminated by a comma.
SPLIT_ALL_COMMA_SEPARATED_VALUES
If a comma separated list (``dict``, ``list``, ``tuple``, or function
``def``) is on a line that is too long, split such that all elements
are on a single line.
SPLIT_ALL_TOP_LEVEL_COMMA_SEPARATED_VALUES
Variation on ``SPLIT_ALL_COMMA_SEPARATED_VALUES`` in which, if a
subexpression with a comma fits in its starting line, then the
subexpression is not split. This avoids splits like the one for
``b`` in this code:
.. code-block:: python
abcdef(
aReallyLongThing: int,
b: [Int,
Int])
With the new knob this is split as:
.. code-block:: python
abcdef(
aReallyLongThing: int,
b: [Int, Int])
SPLIT_BEFORE_BITWISE_OPERATOR
Set to ``True`` to prefer splitting before ``&``, ``|`` or ``^`` rather
than after.
SPLIT_BEFORE_ARITHMETIC_OPERATOR
Set to ``True`` to prefer splitting before ``+``, ``-``, ``*``, ``/``, ``//``,
or ``@`` rather than after.
SPLIT_BEFORE_CLOSING_BRACKET
Split before the closing bracket if a ``list`` or ``dict`` literal doesn't
fit on a single line.
SPLIT_BEFORE_DICT_SET_GENERATOR
Split before a dictionary or set generator (comp_for). For example, note
the split before the ``for``:
.. code-block:: python
foo = {
variable: 'Hello world, have a nice day!'
for variable in bar if variable != 42
}
SPLIT_BEFORE_DOT
Split before the ``.`` if we need to split a longer expression:
.. code-block:: python
foo = ('This is a really long string: {}, {}, {}, {}'.format(a, b, c, d))
would reformat to something like:
.. code-block:: python
foo = ('This is a really long string: {}, {}, {}, {}'
.format(a, b, c, d))
SPLIT_BEFORE_EXPRESSION_AFTER_OPENING_PAREN
Split after the opening paren which surrounds an expression if it doesn't
fit on a single line.
SPLIT_BEFORE_FIRST_ARGUMENT
If an argument / parameter list is going to be split, then split before the
first argument.
SPLIT_BEFORE_LOGICAL_OPERATOR
Set to ``True`` to prefer splitting before ``and`` or ``or`` rather than
after.
SPLIT_BEFORE_NAMED_ASSIGNS
Split named assignments onto individual lines.
SPLIT_COMPLEX_COMPREHENSION
For list comprehensions and generator expressions with multiple clauses
(e.g multiple ``for`` calls, ``if`` filter expressions) and which need to
be reflowed, split each clause onto its own line. For example:
.. code-block:: python
result = [
a_var + b_var for a_var in xrange(1000) for b_var in xrange(1000)
if a_var % b_var]
would reformat to something like:
.. code-block:: python
result = [
a_var + b_var
for a_var in xrange(1000)
for b_var in xrange(1000)
if a_var % b_var]
SPLIT_PENALTY_AFTER_OPENING_BRACKET
The penalty for splitting right after the opening bracket.
SPLIT_PENALTY_AFTER_UNARY_OPERATOR
The penalty for splitting the line after a unary operator.
SPLIT_PENALTY_ARITHMETIC_OPERATOR
The penalty of splitting the line around the ``+``, ``-``, ``*``, ``/``,
``//``, ``%``, and ``@`` operators.
SPLIT_PENALTY_BEFORE_IF_EXPR
The penalty for splitting right before an ``if`` expression.
SPLIT_PENALTY_BITWISE_OPERATOR
The penalty of splitting the line around the ``&``, ``|``, and ``^``
operators.
SPLIT_PENALTY_COMPREHENSION
The penalty for splitting a list comprehension or generator expression.
SPLIT_PENALTY_EXCESS_CHARACTER
The penalty for characters over the column limit.
SPLIT_PENALTY_FOR_ADDED_LINE_SPLIT
The penalty incurred by adding a line split to the unwrapped line. The more
line splits added the higher the penalty.
SPLIT_PENALTY_IMPORT_NAMES
The penalty of splitting a list of ``import as`` names. For example:
.. code-block:: python
from a_very_long_or_indented_module_name_yada_yad import (long_argument_1,
long_argument_2,
long_argument_3)
would reformat to something like:
.. code-block:: python
from a_very_long_or_indented_module_name_yada_yad import (
long_argument_1, long_argument_2, long_argument_3)
SPLIT_PENALTY_LOGICAL_OPERATOR
The penalty of splitting the line around the ``and`` and ``or`` operators.
USE_TABS
Use the Tab character for indentation.
(Potentially) Frequently Asked Questions
Why does YAPF destroy my awesome formatting?
YAPF tries very hard to get the formatting correct. But for some code, it won't
be as good as hand-formatting. In particular, large data literals may become
horribly disfigured under YAPF.
The reasons for this are manyfold. In short, YAPF is simply a tool to help
with development. It will format things to coincide with the style guide, but
that may not equate with readability.
What can be done to alleviate this situation is to indicate regions YAPF should
ignore when reformatting something:
.. code-block:: python
# yapf: disable
FOO = {
# ... some very large, complex data literal.
}
BAR = [
# ... another large data literal.
]
# yapf: enable
You can also disable formatting for a single literal like this:
.. code-block:: python
BAZ = {
(1, 2, 3, 4),
(5, 6, 7, 8),
(9, 10, 11, 12),
} # yapf: disable
To preserve the nice dedented closing brackets, use thededent_closing_brackets in your style. Note that in this case all
brackets, including function definitions and calls, are going to use
that style. This provides consistency across the formatted codebase.
Why Not Improve Existing Tools?
We wanted to use clang-format's reformatting algorithm. It's very powerful and
designed to come up with the best formatting possible. Existing tools were
created with different goals in mind, and would require extensive modifications
to convert to using clang-format's algorithm.
Can I Use YAPF In My Program?
Please do! YAPF was designed to be used as a library as well as a command line
- This means that a tool or IDE plugin is free to use YAPF.
I still get non Pep8 compliant code! Why?
YAPF tries very hard to be fully PEP 8 compliant. However, it is paramount
to not risk altering the semantics of your code. Thus, YAPF tries to be as
safe as possible and does not change the token stream
(e.g., by adding parentheses).
All these cases however, can be easily fixed manually. For instance,
.. code-block:: python
from my_package import my_function_1, my_function_2, my_function_3, my_function_4, my_function_5
FOO = my_variable_1 + my_variable_2 + my_variable_3 + my_variable_4 + my_variable_5 + my_variable_6 + my_variable_7 + my_variable_8
won't be split, but you can easily get it right by just adding parentheses:
.. code-block:: python
from my_package import (my_function_1, my_function_2, my_function_3,
my_function_4, my_function_5)
FOO = (my_variable_1 + my_variable_2 + my_variable_3 + my_variable_4 +
my_variable_5 + my_variable_6 + my_variable_7 + my_variable_8)
Gory Details
Algorithm Design
The main data structure in YAPF is the UnwrappedLine object. It holds a list
of FormatTokens, that we would want to place on a single line if there were
no column limit. An exception being a comment in the middle of an expression
statement will force the line to be formatted on more than one line. The
formatter works on one UnwrappedLine object at a time.
An UnwrappedLine typically won't affect the formatting of lines before or
after it. There is a part of the algorithm that may join two or moreUnwrappedLines into one line. For instance, an if-then statement with a
short body can be placed on a single line:
.. code-block:: python
if a == 42: continue
YAPF's formatting algorithm creates a weighted tree that acts as the solution
space for the algorithm. Each node in the tree represents the result of a
formatting decision --- i.e., whether to split or not to split before a token.
Each formatting decision has a cost associated with it. Therefore, the cost is
realized on the edge between two nodes. (In reality, the weighted tree doesn't
have separate edge objects, so the cost resides on the nodes themselves.)
For example, take the following Python code snippet. For the sake of this
example, assume that line (1) violates the column limit restriction and needs to
be reformatted.
.. code-block:: python
def xxxxxxxxxxx(aaaaaaaaaaaa, bbbbbbbbb, cccccccc, dddddddd, eeeeee): # 1
pass # 2
For line (1), the algorithm will build a tree where each node (aFormattingDecisionState object) is the state of the line at that token given
the decision to split before the token or not. Note: the FormatDecisionState
objects are copied by value so each node in the graph is unique and a change in
one doesn't affect other nodes.
Heuristics are used to determine the costs of splitting or not splitting.
Because a node holds the state of the tree up to a token's insertion, it can
easily determine if a splitting decision will violate one of the style
- For instance, the heuristic is able to apply an extra penalty to
- edge when not splitting between the previous token and the one being added.
There are some instances where we will never want to split the line, because
doing so will always be detrimental (i.e., it will require a backslash-newline,
which is very rarely desirable). For line (1), we will never want to split the
first three tokens: def, xxxxxxxxxxx, and (. Nor will we want to
split between the ) and the : at the end. These regions are said to be
"unbreakable." This is reflected in the tree by there not being a "split"
decision (left hand branch) within the unbreakable region.
Now that we have the tree, we determine what the "best" formatting is by finding
the path through the tree with the lowest cost.
And that's it!