Variable assignment with if else construct should stay in same line

[Aculeo]

I often end up writing something like this, because PowerShell does not have a null coalescing operator (??):

$bar = if ($foo -eq $null) { 'none' } else { $Foo }

However, the code formatter ends up reformatting this (with powershell.codeFormatting.newLineAfterOpenBrace set to false):

 $bar = if ($foo -eq $null) { 'none' 
} else { $foo 
}

IMO this should stay in the same line, could also be an option.

System Details

• VS Code version: 1.8.1
• PowerShell extension version: 0.9.0

[daviwil]

Thanks for the feedback! We're definitely considering having such a rule. Should there be a setting to say that below a specified line length, the single-line assignment should be prserved? Or should we just preserve all single-line assignments?

[Aculeo]

Yes, I think that would be great if it honored my prefered line length. I usually stick with a 100. If I remember correctly Visual Studio does a great job with reformatting code, often putting just the assignment into the next line if it exceeds the specified length, like this:

$someRatherLongVariableName = 
    if ($foo -eq $null) { 'none' } else { $Foo }