Swift switch/case indentation is incorrect

Originator:danielctull
Number:rdar://24105850 Date Originated:08-Jan-2016 11:51 AM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Xcode 7.2
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
When writing a switch statement in Swift, Xcode defaults to indenting the cases as such:

let vegetable = "kale"
switch vegetable {

case "chocolate":
	return "Not a vegetable at all."

case "banana":
	return "That's a fruit…"

default:
	return "Yes \(vegetable) is clearly a vegetable!"
}



While it seems like this style does have some past usage, Xcode has classically indented C code such that the cases are indented one level. This should be applied to Swift as well, which would give the following style:

switch vegetable {

    case "chocolate":
        return "Not a vegetable at all."

    case "banana":
        return "That's a fruit…"

    default:
        return "Yes \(vegetable) is clearly a vegetable!"
}



I have also attached an image of The C Programming Language by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie, which shows their preference for the latter method of indenting the case statements.

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