[checks] Add check for missing whitespace in `if(`, `for(`, `while(`

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#8,098 opened on Jul 19, 2025 0 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty: 2/5
Estimated time: 1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness: 62/100

Issue type: Feature
Clarity: Clearly specified
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: shell, tex
Domain: documentation, tooling

Research direction

Start with check-source.sh and review its existing source checks. Add checks that flag for(, while(, and if( in the draft source; the work is done when these missing-whitespace forms are detected consistently.

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Description

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Following https://github.com/cplusplus/draft/commit/4b07eceb78339dd9a7206f92d2fc9c31a7a94528, we now consistently use:

for (
while (
if (

always with a separating space in the whole document. While we usually give the editors some freedom when it comes to whitespace, it's worth being at least a bit consistent.

Anyhow, we ought to write some checks in check-source.sh which detect

for(
while(, or
if(

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