Incorrect clang-format PointerAlignment for brace-enclosed initialization within if-statement

[swalkner]

I can confirm this behaviour and would like to gently bump this report.

if (MyClass * obj{GetMyClass()})

But - for some reason - auto and primitive-types seem to work as expected:

if (auto* obj{GetMyClass()})

if (int* obj{GetInt()})

I have reproduced that in clang-format:

• 17.0.3 (packaged with VS)
• 18.1.3 (and other versions via clang-format-configurator.site)

The only config option I changed:

PointerAlignment: Left

(This issue has been split from #60146 )

[owenca]

98281da was reverted by ee64684 due to regressions.

[owenca]

foo * bar{baz} can be either a declaration or an expression depending on whether or not foo is a TypeName. Please use the TypeNames option to disambiguate it.