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+# default formatting options for Artistic Style
+--style=linux # Linux (kernel) style brackets
+--indent=tab=2 # Indent using tab characters, treat each tab as 2 spaces
+--indent-classes # Indent 'public:', 'protected:' and 'private:'
+--indent-switches # indent 'case X:'
+--convert-tabs # Converts non-indentation tabs into spaces
+--min-conditional-indent=2
+--max-instatement-indent=40 # Maximum spaces to indent a continuation line
+--pad-oper # Insert space padding around operators
+--unpad-paren # Remove extra space padding around parenthesis
+--pad-header # Insert space padding after paren headers (e.g. 'if', 'for')
+--add-brackets # Add brackets to unbracketed one line conditionals
+--align-pointer=name # Attach * and & to the variable name