Lack of flexibility in the format PLSQL functionality

Hi,
Is there any plans to increase the functionality of the format PLSQL function? Compared to TOAD, it is extremely limited. The TOAD formatter alone is enough to keep our organization from switching to SQL Developer.
Darryl

You got that in bold: it's announced on this forum and on sqldev's homepage... http://htmldb.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=42626:37:260789750723810::NO:::

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