Format if condition multiline

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Is there a way to format an if statement that the or and keyword go to the beginning of the line instead of the end?
So instead of

if (something_long or
    something_other_long or
    next_long)

do this:

if (something_long
    or something_other_long
    or next_long)

The autoformatter always chooses the first but I really like the second.

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I donā€™t believe so, at least not without altering the formatter code yourself which is probably not what you had in mind with this question.

If I have learned one thing with programming languages, it simply causes friction to not embrace the conventional style, regardless of personal opinions. I have definitely adopted the ā€œdo as the Romans doā€ mentality when it comes to language conventions and formatters.

(I prefer the second style too)

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I agree that accepting the ways of the formatter is probably best, but thereā€™s always the possibility to temporarily disable zig fmt from inside your code:

switch (cond) {
// zig fmt: off
    .one_thing               => foo(),
    .another_thing           => bar(),
    .something_else_entirely => baz(),
// zig fmt: on
}
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FWIW I also started to prefer putting the boolean operators at the front of the line, it is more readable than the ā€˜traditionalā€™ way (IMHO). I wouldnā€™t mind this becoming the standard formatting in zig fmt.

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