[jomar]

The scheme proposed in TFA is not particularly amenable to automation:

> Can I programatically convert from what I use now?

> Unfortunately, probably not

Moreover, even if a syntax-aware formatter could detect mistakes made in following this scheme, that presupposes that these coworkers will actually use said tools.

Some of us work in organisations where it is not politically feasible to insist that everyone work in any particular way or adhere to any particular standards. Welcome to academia…

Or just consider whether everyone contributing PRs to an open source project will get this right or use such tools.

[WalterGR]

> The scheme proposed in TFA is not particularly amenable to automation

It is. The author just assumes syntax unaware tools. Moreover, that quote is about converting to the system, not automating it while writing code or maintaining it once established. (But syntax-aware tooling could do all of that.)

Re. people actually using such tools unless forced to, yes, that's definitely a whole other issue. Some organizations solve this by modifying the commit pipeline: auto-formatting code, or detecting and rejecting commits that don't pass muster.