I vote with the indenting you've attributed to matz in all of these. I don't see that any of these structures call for double-indenting. Cheers, Dave "Dr Balwinder S Dheeman" <bsd.SANSPAM / cto.homelinux.net> asked: > Dear Rubiest! > > I'm working on a Ruby source code formatting and, or beautification > utility (http://rindent.rubyforge.org/) for ruby programmers and, or > developers. > > Hence, I'm looking forward to your valuable ideas on how do I format the > following code structures: > > 1) *begin* > > 1.1.1) as per matz: > > begin > expr.. > [rescue [error_type,..] > expr..].. > [else > expr..] > [ensure > expr..] > end > > 1.2.1) but I prefer: > > begin > expr.. > [rescue [error_type,..] > expr..].. > [else # a hanging 'else' clause > expr..] > [ensure # a hanging 'ensure' clause > expr..] > end > > 1.2.2) but I also like: > > begin > expr.. > [rescue [error_type,..] > expr..].. > [else > expr..] > [ensure > expr..] > end > > > 2) *case* > > 2.1.1) as per matz: > > case expr > [when expr [, expr]...[then] > expr..].. > [else > expr..] > end > > 2.2.1) but I prefer: > > case expr > [when expr [, expr]...[then] > expr..].. > [else # a hanging 'else' clause > expr..] > end > > 2.2.2) but I also like: > > case expr > [when expr [, expr]...[then] > expr..].. > [else > expr..] > end