diff --git a/src/attr.rs b/src/attr.rs
index 555c0eb96e7c..2ec47d305728 100644
--- a/src/attr.rs
+++ b/src/attr.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use comment::{contains_comment, rewrite_doc_comment};
 use config::lists::*;
 use config::IndentStyle;
 use expr::rewrite_literal;
-use lists::{itemize_list, write_list, ListFormatting};
+use lists::{definitive_tactic, itemize_list, write_list, ListFormatting, Separator};
 use rewrite::{Rewrite, RewriteContext};
 use shape::Shape;
 use types::{rewrite_path, PathContext};
@@ -294,19 +294,10 @@ where
         ListTactic::HorizontalVertical
     };
 
-    let tactic =
-        ::lists::definitive_tactic(&item_vec, tactic, ::lists::Separator::Comma, shape.width);
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic,
-        separator: ",",
-        trailing_separator: SeparatorTactic::Never,
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape,
-        ends_with_newline: false,
-        preserve_newline: false,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
-    };
+    let tactic = definitive_tactic(&item_vec, tactic, Separator::Comma, shape.width);
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(shape, context.config)
+        .tactic(tactic)
+        .ends_with_newline(false);
     let item_str = write_list(&item_vec, &fmt)?;
 
     let one_line_budget = one_line_shape.width;
diff --git a/src/closures.rs b/src/closures.rs
index c03c8e6b6065..1a4a6e44fdfb 100644
--- a/src/closures.rs
+++ b/src/closures.rs
@@ -270,17 +270,9 @@ fn rewrite_closure_fn_decl(
         _ => arg_shape,
     };
 
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic,
-        separator: ",",
-        trailing_separator: SeparatorTactic::Never,
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape: arg_shape,
-        ends_with_newline: false,
-        preserve_newline: true,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
-    };
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(arg_shape, context.config)
+        .tactic(tactic)
+        .preserve_newline(true);
     let list_str = write_list(&item_vec, &fmt)?;
     let mut prefix = format!("{}{}{}|{}|", is_async, immovable, mover, list_str);
 
diff --git a/src/expr.rs b/src/expr.rs
index 72cf618dca54..0f4474d7c0f1 100644
--- a/src/expr.rs
+++ b/src/expr.rs
@@ -1197,17 +1197,11 @@ pub fn rewrite_multiple_patterns(
             shape.width,
         )
     };
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic,
-        separator: " |",
-        trailing_separator: SeparatorTactic::Never,
-        separator_place: context.config.binop_separator(),
-        shape,
-        ends_with_newline: false,
-        preserve_newline: false,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
-    };
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(shape, context.config)
+        .tactic(tactic)
+        .separator(" |")
+        .separator_place(context.config.binop_separator())
+        .ends_with_newline(false);
     write_list(&items, &fmt)
 }
 
@@ -1760,17 +1754,9 @@ where
         Separator::Comma,
         nested_shape.width,
     );
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic,
-        separator: ",",
-        trailing_separator: SeparatorTactic::Never,
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape,
-        ends_with_newline: false,
-        preserve_newline: false,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
-    };
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(shape, context.config)
+        .tactic(tactic)
+        .ends_with_newline(false);
     let list_str = write_list(&item_vec, &fmt)?;
 
     Some(format!("({})", list_str))
diff --git a/src/imports.rs b/src/imports.rs
index cfb4ecc648b4..2007d05bc548 100644
--- a/src/imports.rs
+++ b/src/imports.rs
@@ -714,21 +714,17 @@ fn rewrite_nested_use_tree(
 
     let ends_with_newline = context.config.imports_indent() == IndentStyle::Block
         && tactic != DefinitiveListTactic::Horizontal;
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic,
-        separator: ",",
-        trailing_separator: if ends_with_newline {
-            context.config.trailing_comma()
-        } else {
-            SeparatorTactic::Never
-        },
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape: nested_shape,
-        ends_with_newline,
-        preserve_newline: true,
-        nested: has_nested_list,
-        config: context.config,
+    let trailing_separator = if ends_with_newline {
+        context.config.trailing_comma()
+    } else {
+        SeparatorTactic::Never
     };
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(nested_shape, context.config)
+        .tactic(tactic)
+        .trailing_separator(trailing_separator)
+        .ends_with_newline(ends_with_newline)
+        .preserve_newline(true)
+        .nested(has_nested_list);
 
     let list_str = write_list(&list_items, &fmt)?;
 
diff --git a/src/items.rs b/src/items.rs
index b352294d3f3c..0152fb8794c3 100644
--- a/src/items.rs
+++ b/src/items.rs
@@ -529,17 +529,9 @@ impl<'a> FmtVisitor<'a> {
         }
 
         let shape = self.shape().sub_width(2)?;
-        let fmt = ListFormatting {
-            tactic: DefinitiveListTactic::Vertical,
-            separator: ",",
-            trailing_separator: self.config.trailing_comma(),
-            separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-            shape,
-            ends_with_newline: true,
-            preserve_newline: true,
-            nested: false,
-            config: self.config,
-        };
+        let fmt = ListFormatting::new(shape, self.config)
+            .trailing_separator(self.config.trailing_comma())
+            .preserve_newline(true);
 
         let list = write_list(&items, &fmt)?;
         result.push_str(&list);
@@ -2360,22 +2352,16 @@ fn rewrite_args(
 
     debug!("rewrite_args: budget: {}, tactic: {:?}", budget, tactic);
 
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic,
-        separator: ",",
-        trailing_separator: if variadic {
-            SeparatorTactic::Never
-        } else {
-            trailing_comma
-        },
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape: Shape::legacy(budget, indent),
-        ends_with_newline: tactic.ends_with_newline(context.config.indent_style()),
-        preserve_newline: true,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
+    let trailing_separator = if variadic {
+        SeparatorTactic::Never
+    } else {
+        trailing_comma
     };
-
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(Shape::legacy(budget, indent), context.config)
+        .tactic(tactic)
+        .trailing_separator(trailing_separator)
+        .ends_with_newline(tactic.ends_with_newline(context.config.indent_style()))
+        .preserve_newline(true);
     write_list(&arg_items, &fmt)
 }
 
@@ -2551,17 +2537,10 @@ fn rewrite_where_clause_rfc_style(
         DefinitiveListTactic::Vertical
     };
 
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic: shape_tactic,
-        separator: ",",
-        trailing_separator: comma_tactic,
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape: clause_shape,
-        ends_with_newline: true,
-        preserve_newline: true,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
-    };
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(clause_shape, context.config)
+        .tactic(shape_tactic)
+        .trailing_separator(comma_tactic)
+        .preserve_newline(true);
     let preds_str = write_list(&items.collect::<Vec<_>>(), &fmt)?;
 
     let comment_separator = |comment: &str, shape: Shape| {
@@ -2666,17 +2645,11 @@ fn rewrite_where_clause(
         comma_tactic = SeparatorTactic::Never;
     }
 
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic,
-        separator: ",",
-        trailing_separator: comma_tactic,
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape: Shape::legacy(budget, offset),
-        ends_with_newline: tactic.ends_with_newline(context.config.indent_style()),
-        preserve_newline: true,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
-    };
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(Shape::legacy(budget, offset), context.config)
+        .tactic(tactic)
+        .trailing_separator(comma_tactic)
+        .ends_with_newline(tactic.ends_with_newline(context.config.indent_style()))
+        .preserve_newline(true);
     let preds_str = write_list(&item_vec, &fmt)?;
 
     let end_length = if terminator == "{" {
diff --git a/src/lists.rs b/src/lists.rs
index 0e3baa7c1e15..f7a6f9944cd9 100644
--- a/src/lists.rs
+++ b/src/lists.rs
@@ -24,22 +24,71 @@ use utils::{count_newlines, first_line_width, last_line_width, mk_sp, starts_wit
 use visitor::SnippetProvider;
 
 pub struct ListFormatting<'a> {
-    pub tactic: DefinitiveListTactic,
-    pub separator: &'a str,
-    pub trailing_separator: SeparatorTactic,
-    pub separator_place: SeparatorPlace,
-    pub shape: Shape,
+    tactic: DefinitiveListTactic,
+    separator: &'a str,
+    trailing_separator: SeparatorTactic,
+    separator_place: SeparatorPlace,
+    shape: Shape,
     // Non-expressions, e.g. items, will have a new line at the end of the list.
     // Important for comment styles.
-    pub ends_with_newline: bool,
+    ends_with_newline: bool,
     // Remove newlines between list elements for expressions.
-    pub preserve_newline: bool,
+    preserve_newline: bool,
     // Nested import lists get some special handling for the "Mixed" list type
-    pub nested: bool,
-    pub config: &'a Config,
+    nested: bool,
+    config: &'a Config,
 }
 
 impl<'a> ListFormatting<'a> {
+    pub fn new(shape: Shape, config: &'a Config) -> Self {
+        ListFormatting {
+            tactic: DefinitiveListTactic::Vertical,
+            separator: ",",
+            trailing_separator: SeparatorTactic::Never,
+            separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
+            shape,
+            ends_with_newline: true,
+            preserve_newline: false,
+            nested: false,
+            config: config,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn tactic(mut self, tactic: DefinitiveListTactic) -> Self {
+        self.tactic = tactic;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn separator(mut self, separator: &'a str) -> Self {
+        self.separator = separator;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn trailing_separator(mut self, trailing_separator: SeparatorTactic) -> Self {
+        self.trailing_separator = trailing_separator;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn separator_place(mut self, separator_place: SeparatorPlace) -> Self {
+        self.separator_place = separator_place;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn ends_with_newline(mut self, ends_with_newline: bool) -> Self {
+        self.ends_with_newline = ends_with_newline;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn preserve_newline(mut self, preserve_newline: bool) -> Self {
+        self.preserve_newline = preserve_newline;
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn nested(mut self, nested: bool) -> Self {
+        self.nested = nested;
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn needs_trailing_separator(&self) -> bool {
         match self.trailing_separator {
             // We always put separator in front.
diff --git a/src/macros.rs b/src/macros.rs
index f00bb339cb09..b32de753fdad 100644
--- a/src/macros.rs
+++ b/src/macros.rs
@@ -412,17 +412,10 @@ pub fn rewrite_macro_def(
         false,
     ).collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic: DefinitiveListTactic::Vertical,
-        separator: if def.legacy { ";" } else { "" },
-        trailing_separator: SeparatorTactic::Always,
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape: arm_shape,
-        ends_with_newline: true,
-        preserve_newline: true,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
-    };
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(arm_shape, context.config)
+        .separator(if def.legacy { ";" } else { "" })
+        .trailing_separator(SeparatorTactic::Always)
+        .preserve_newline(true);
 
     if multi_branch_style {
         result += " {";
diff --git a/src/matches.rs b/src/matches.rs
index 791f34cefe8d..29e9f19ad7dc 100644
--- a/src/matches.rs
+++ b/src/matches.rs
@@ -215,18 +215,10 @@ fn rewrite_match_arms(
         false,
     );
     let arms_vec: Vec<_> = items.collect();
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic: DefinitiveListTactic::Vertical,
-        // We will add/remove commas inside `arm.rewrite()`, and hence no separator here.
-        separator: "",
-        trailing_separator: SeparatorTactic::Never,
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape: arm_shape,
-        ends_with_newline: true,
-        preserve_newline: true,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
-    };
+    // We will add/remove commas inside `arm.rewrite()`, and hence no separator here.
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(arm_shape, context.config)
+        .separator("")
+        .preserve_newline(true);
 
     write_list(&arms_vec, &fmt)
 }
diff --git a/src/overflow.rs b/src/overflow.rs
index 54e594d814f8..e18fe140c8de 100644
--- a/src/overflow.rs
+++ b/src/overflow.rs
@@ -363,32 +363,27 @@ impl<'a, T: 'a + Rewrite + ToExpr + Spanned> Context<'a, T> {
         // indentation. If its first line fits on one line with the other arguments,
         // we format the function arguments horizontally.
         let tactic = self.try_overflow_last_item(&mut list_items);
-
-        let fmt = ListFormatting {
-            tactic,
-            separator: ",",
-            trailing_separator: if let Some(tactic) = self.force_separator_tactic {
-                tactic
-            } else if !self.context.use_block_indent() {
-                SeparatorTactic::Never
-            } else if tactic == DefinitiveListTactic::Mixed {
-                // We are using mixed layout because everything did not fit within a single line.
-                SeparatorTactic::Always
-            } else {
-                self.context.config.trailing_comma()
-            },
-            separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-            shape: self.nested_shape,
-            ends_with_newline: match tactic {
-                DefinitiveListTactic::Vertical | DefinitiveListTactic::Mixed => {
-                    self.context.use_block_indent()
-                }
-                _ => false,
-            },
-            preserve_newline: false,
-            nested: false,
-            config: self.context.config,
+        let trailing_separator = if let Some(tactic) = self.force_separator_tactic {
+            tactic
+        } else if !self.context.use_block_indent() {
+            SeparatorTactic::Never
+        } else if tactic == DefinitiveListTactic::Mixed {
+            // We are using mixed layout because everything did not fit within a single line.
+            SeparatorTactic::Always
+        } else {
+            self.context.config.trailing_comma()
         };
+        let ends_with_newline = match tactic {
+            DefinitiveListTactic::Vertical | DefinitiveListTactic::Mixed => {
+                self.context.use_block_indent()
+            }
+            _ => false,
+        };
+
+        let fmt = ListFormatting::new(self.nested_shape, self.context.config)
+            .tactic(tactic)
+            .trailing_separator(trailing_separator)
+            .ends_with_newline(ends_with_newline);
 
         write_list(&list_items, &fmt)
             .map(|items_str| (tactic == DefinitiveListTactic::Horizontal, items_str))
diff --git a/src/patterns.rs b/src/patterns.rs
index dbe0c8a6f662..7ab43def8c77 100644
--- a/src/patterns.rs
+++ b/src/patterns.rs
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ fn rewrite_struct_pat(
     if ellipsis {
         if fields_str.contains('\n') || fields_str.len() > one_line_width {
             // Add a missing trailing comma.
-            if fmt.trailing_separator == SeparatorTactic::Never {
+            if context.config.trailing_comma() == SeparatorTactic::Never {
                 fields_str.push_str(",");
             }
             fields_str.push_str("\n");
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ fn rewrite_struct_pat(
         } else {
             if !fields_str.is_empty() {
                 // there are preceding struct fields being matched on
-                if fmt.tactic == DefinitiveListTactic::Vertical {
+                if tactic == DefinitiveListTactic::Vertical {
                     // if the tactic is Vertical, write_list already added a trailing ,
                     fields_str.push_str(" ");
                 } else {
diff --git a/src/reorder.rs b/src/reorder.rs
index 48ddd1163379..bc429a10ab6a 100644
--- a/src/reorder.rs
+++ b/src/reorder.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 // FIXME(#2455): Reorder trait items.
 
-use config::{lists::*, Config};
+use config::Config;
 use syntax::{ast, attr, codemap::Span};
 
 use attr::filter_inline_attrs;
@@ -69,18 +69,7 @@ fn wrap_reorderable_items(
     list_items: &[ListItem],
     shape: Shape,
 ) -> Option<String> {
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic: DefinitiveListTactic::Vertical,
-        separator: "",
-        trailing_separator: SeparatorTactic::Never,
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape,
-        ends_with_newline: true,
-        preserve_newline: false,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
-    };
-
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(shape, context.config).separator("");
     write_list(list_items, &fmt)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/types.rs b/src/types.rs
index 5d57b99d32d8..360c7304988b 100644
--- a/src/types.rs
+++ b/src/types.rs
@@ -360,23 +360,17 @@ where
         Separator::Comma,
         budget,
     );
-
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic,
-        separator: ",",
-        trailing_separator: if !context.use_block_indent() || variadic {
-            SeparatorTactic::Never
-        } else {
-            context.config.trailing_comma()
-        },
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape: list_shape,
-        ends_with_newline: tactic.ends_with_newline(context.config.indent_style()),
-        preserve_newline: true,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
+    let trailing_separator = if !context.use_block_indent() || variadic {
+        SeparatorTactic::Never
+    } else {
+        context.config.trailing_comma()
     };
 
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(list_shape, context.config)
+        .tactic(tactic)
+        .trailing_separator(trailing_separator)
+        .ends_with_newline(tactic.ends_with_newline(context.config.indent_style()))
+        .preserve_newline(true);
     let list_str = write_list(&item_vec, &fmt)?;
 
     let ty_shape = match context.config.indent_style() {
diff --git a/src/vertical.rs b/src/vertical.rs
index ead5719f61f8..c6721bc5010e 100644
--- a/src/vertical.rs
+++ b/src/vertical.rs
@@ -245,17 +245,10 @@ fn rewrite_aligned_items_inner<T: AlignedItem>(
         one_line_width,
     );
 
-    let fmt = ListFormatting {
-        tactic,
-        separator: ",",
-        trailing_separator: context.config.trailing_comma(),
-        separator_place: SeparatorPlace::Back,
-        shape: item_shape,
-        ends_with_newline: true,
-        preserve_newline: true,
-        nested: false,
-        config: context.config,
-    };
+    let fmt = ListFormatting::new(item_shape, context.config)
+        .tactic(tactic)
+        .trailing_separator(context.config.trailing_comma())
+        .preserve_newline(true);
     write_list(&items, &fmt)
 }