[PATCH v2] Add .clang-format

[Simon Marchi]

On 10/1/25 9:11 AM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>> Are you ok with having this file at the top-level?  Just adding this
>>>> file shouldn't alter anybody's workflow.
> 
>>> Until I see formatting instructions; either a config like
>>> .clang-format or something a human can follow, I do not expect to
>>> continue with this patch submission.
> 
>>> So, yes please, I vote for a .clang-format file at the top level.
> 
> Simon> I would also vote for merging it.  The chances of this file breaking
> Simon> anything are very low.
> 
> I wasn't sure about putting it at the top level because I had two
> concerns:
> 
> 1. That some binutils users would think it was definitive for binutils
>    and use it, maybe causing some friction.  (And I think this current
>    thread shows that at least the first clause of that seems plausible.)

I think it needs to be clear in the header of the file that this is a
best effort approximation meant to help, but its output should not be
blindly trusted.

> 2. That at some point we'd find a case where gdb and binutils disagree
>    on some setting.

You will say that my faith in humanity is too high, but I can't imagine
having a disagreement big enough between binutils and gdb that we need
to have different automated formatting rules.

> That said, I don't really care all that much where the file ends up.
> How about we give the binutils maintainers a little more time; in the
> absence of a response I'll send a new patch to put it in the root
> directory.

Cool, thanks.

Simon