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Detect missing spaces before control-statement parentheses at column zero or after whitespace. Preserve comments as token separators, ignore strings and conditional directives, and retain diagnostics in macro bodies. Add regressions, updated Codelite output, and a changelog entry.

Fixes #226.

Validation: Python 3.14 and 3.15 each pass 480 tests with five Windows platform skips. Python 3.14 coverage is 96.75%; pylint, mypy, and scoped hooks pass. The line-ending check ran read-only for this Windows checkout.

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cpplint now detects missing spaces before if, for, while, and switch parentheses when the keyword starts a line or follows whitespace. Tests cover matching and excluded cases. The changelog and recorded CodeLite sample output reflect the update.

Changes: Control-statement spacing detection

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Expand spacing check and test coverage `cpplint.py`, `cpplint_unittest.py`, `CHANGELOG.rst`	`GetLineWithSpaceForComments` preserves spaces where comments appeared. `CheckParenthesisSpacing` checks control keywords at line start or after whitespace and skips preprocessor directives. Tests cover positive and excluded cases. The changelog records the detection update.
Refresh recorded sample lint output `samples/codelite-sample/simple.def`	The recorded error total increases from 675 to 753. The output adds missing-space findings and updates some existing findings.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: detecting missing spacing before control-keyword parentheses at the start of a line.
Linked Issues check		[`#226`] `CheckParenthesisSpacing` now matches `if(`, `for(`, `while(`, and `switch(` at column zero or after whitespace. `GetLineWithSpaceForComments` preserves token separation when comments are remov…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changes stay within [`#226`]. `cpplint.py` implements the spacing detection and preprocessor exclusion. `cpplint_unittest.py` adds regressions and adjusts one existing input to isolate its alternate…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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[#226] CheckParenthesisSpacing now matches if(, for(, while(, and switch( at column zero or after whitespace. GetLineWithSpaceForComments preserves token separation when comments are removed. The preprocessor guard excludes #if( and #elif( forms. New parameterized tests cover column zero, whitespace prefixes, comments, strings, non-keywords, token-splitting comments, and conditional preprocessor directives.

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The changes stay within [#226]. cpplint.py implements the spacing detection and preprocessor exclusion. cpplint_unittest.py adds regressions and adjusts one existing input to isolate its alternate-token assertion. CHANGELOG.rst documents the fix. samples/codelite-sample/simple.def records the output changes caused by the new rule. No unrelated functional change is shown.

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Skytuhua added 2 commits

October 29, 2026 00:05


          Merge upstream develop

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          Ignore preprocessor if in control spacing check

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- Line 4551: Update the spacing check near the `re.search` call to inspect the
original spacing before comments are removed, while still ignoring comments and
string contents. Ensure `if /* reason */(condition)` is recognized as having a
space after `if` and does not trigger a missing-space report.

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          Preserve control-keyword spacing across comments

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AI-assisted review of 024062c3709fa5b8ff59fc759054769837b113b8, with local validation on macOS arm64 / Python 3.12.14.

The full head suite passes: 485 tests, 96.67% coverage. Pylint and Mypy also exit successfully. I checked the comment-preserving spacing input, the #if exclusion, macro-body behavior, and the updated sample diagnostics. The earlier comment-separated-token concern is addressed while the existing parenthesis checks retain their original input.

No blocking issue found in this scope. Local execution was limited to this platform/Python version.

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