Add a way to ignore line length

[rob1gat]

First of all, thank you for this formatter !

We are currently studying the possibility of adding it to our project.

After a few tries with different parameters on the codebase, we came to the conclusion that it was better to disable line size forcing, because it would produce less readable code for some cases (for example, some function headers that would be spread over 5 lines instead of one because it was just a bit longer than the max line length).

In order to turn off the line length forcing, we set max_line_length to an absurd amount (1000). But it produced other unintended scenarios, for example a dictionary that was declared on several lines (one line per entry) was now inlined by the formatter.

Is there a way to tell to the formatter to not take care of the line length ? If not, would it be possible to add this as an option (as an additional parameter or by unsetting max_line_length or setting it to 0, for example)?

[NathanLovato]

Could you tell me more about what you're looking for? automatically format some cases but not others? Or something like controlling vertical wrapping manually across your codebase but get some basic inline formatting, like spaces around operators for example? The more concrete you can be, ideally with code examples, the better, I'd need that to assess the amount of work your request would require.

I can't promise anything as this is a free project I'm building in my spare time but I'll at least consider it.

To answer your questions, there's not a way to deactivate working with line length currently; the formatting logic itself is based on respecting the user's desired maximum line length. you can always make a program work in different modes, so everything's technically possible but it depends on how much work it takes and how many people need it (or if someone's willing to contribute and help with maintenance).