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authorHans Wennborg <hans@chromium.org>2020-01-10 09:19:58 +0100
committerHans Wennborg <hans@chromium.org>2020-01-10 09:19:58 +0100
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Restore order in clang-tidy section of release notes
Major changes are introduction of subsubsections to prevent people putting new entries in wrong places. I also polished line length and highlighting. Patch by Eugene Zelenko!
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diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 86cdbf5e8b1..65938a357ee 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ The improvements are...
Improvements to clang-tidy
--------------------------
+New checks
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
- New :doc:`bugprone-bad-signal-to-kill-thread
<clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-bad-signal-to-kill-thread>` check.
@@ -89,16 +92,13 @@ Improvements to clang-tidy
<clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-not-null-terminated-result>` check
Finds function calls where it is possible to cause a not null-terminated
- result. Usually the proper length of a string is ``strlen(str) + 1`` or equal
- length of this expression, because the null terminator needs an extra space.
- Without the null terminator it can result in undefined behaviour when the
- string is read.
+ result.
- New :doc:`bugprone-signed-char-misuse
<clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-signed-char-misuse>` check.
- Finds ``signed char`` -> integer conversions which might indicate a programming
- error.
+ Finds ``signed char`` to integer conversions which might indicate a
+ programming error.
- New :doc:`cert-mem57-cpp
<clang-tidy/checks/cert-mem57-cpp>` check.
@@ -106,11 +106,6 @@ Improvements to clang-tidy
Checks if an object of type with extended alignment is allocated by using
the default ``operator new``.
-- New alias :doc:`cert-pos44-c
- <clang-tidy/checks/cert-pos44-c>` to
- :doc:`bugprone-bad-signal-to-kill-thread
- <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-bad-signal-to-kill-thread>` was added.
-
- New :doc:`cert-oop58-cpp
<clang-tidy/checks/cert-oop58-cpp>` check.
@@ -120,6 +115,9 @@ Improvements to clang-tidy
- New :doc:`cppcoreguidelines-init-variables
<clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines-init-variables>` check.
+ Checks whether there are local variables that are declared without an initial
+ value.
+
- New :doc:`darwin-dispatch-once-nonstatic
<clang-tidy/checks/darwin-dispatch-once-nonstatic>` check.
@@ -132,11 +130,6 @@ Improvements to clang-tidy
Finds uses of deprecated Googletest APIs with names containing ``case`` and
replaces them with equivalent APIs with ``suite``.
-- Improved :doc:`hicpp-signed-bitwise
- <clang-tidy/checks/hicpp-signed-bitwise>` check.
-
- The check now supports the ``IgnorePositiveIntegerLiterals`` option.
-
- New :doc:`linuxkernel-must-use-errs
<clang-tidy/checks/linuxkernel-must-use-errs>` check.
@@ -166,69 +159,88 @@ Improvements to clang-tidy
Finds types that could be made trivially-destructible by removing out-of-line
defaulted destructor declarations.
-- The :doc:`modernize-use-using
- <clang-tidy/checks/modernize-use-using>` check now converts typedefs containing
- struct definitions and multiple comma-separated types.
+- New :doc:`readability-make-member-function-const
+ <clang-tidy/checks/readability-make-member-function-const>` check.
+
+ Finds non-static member functions that can be made ``const``
+ because the functions don't use ``this`` in a non-const way.
+
+- New :doc:`readability-redundant-access-specifiers
+ <clang-tidy/checks/readability-redundant-access-specifiers>` check.
+
+ Finds classes, structs, and unions that contain redundant member
+ access specifiers.
+
+New aliases
+^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- New alias :doc:`cert-pos44-c
+ <clang-tidy/checks/cert-pos44-c>` to
+ :doc:`bugprone-bad-signal-to-kill-thread
+ <clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-bad-signal-to-kill-thread>` was added.
+
+Changes in existing checks
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Improved :doc:`bugprone-posix-return
<clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-posix-return>` check.
- Now also checks if any calls to ``pthread_*`` functions expect negative return
- values.
+ Now also checks if any calls to ``pthread_*`` functions expect negative
+ return values.
-- The 'objc-avoid-spinlock' check was renamed to :doc:`darwin-avoid-spinlock
- <clang-tidy/checks/darwin-avoid-spinlock>`
+- Improved :doc:`hicpp-signed-bitwise
+ <clang-tidy/checks/hicpp-signed-bitwise>` check.
+
+ The check now supports the `IgnorePositiveIntegerLiterals` option.
+
+- Improved :doc:`modernize-avoid-bind
+ <clang-tidy/checks/modernize-avoid-bind>` check.
+
+ The check now supports supports diagnosing and fixing arbitrary callables
+ instead of only simple free functions. The `PermissiveParameterList` option
+ has also been added to address situations where the existing fix-it logic
+ would sometimes generate code that no longer compiles.
- The :doc:`modernize-use-equals-default
<clang-tidy/checks/modernize-use-equals-default>` fix no longer adds
semicolons where they would be redundant.
-- New :doc:`readability-redundant-access-specifiers
- <clang-tidy/checks/readability-redundant-access-specifiers>` check.
+- Improved :doc:`modernize-use-override
+ <clang-tidy/checks/modernize-use-override>` check.
- Finds classes, structs, and unions that contain redundant member
- access specifiers.
+ The check now supports the `AllowOverrideAndFinal` option to eliminate
+ conflicts with `gcc -Wsuggest-override` or `gcc -Werror=suggest-override`.
+
+- The :doc:`modernize-use-using
+ <clang-tidy/checks/modernize-use-using>` check now converts typedefs
+ containing struct definitions and multiple comma-separated types.
- Improved :doc:`readability-magic-numbers
<clang-tidy/checks/readability-magic-numbers>` check.
- The check now supports the ``IgnoreBitFieldsWidths`` option to suppress
+ The check now supports the `IgnoreBitFieldsWidths` option to suppress
the warning for numbers used to specify bit field widths.
The check was updated to eliminate some false positives (such as using
class enumeration as non-type template parameters, or the synthetically
- computed lengh of a static user string literal.)
-
-- New :doc:`readability-make-member-function-const
- <clang-tidy/checks/readability-make-member-function-const>` check.
-
- Finds non-static member functions that can be made ``const``
- because the functions don't use ``this`` in a non-const way.
-
-- Improved :doc:`modernize-use-override
- <clang-tidy/checks/modernize-use-override>` check.
-
- The check now supports the ``AllowOverrideAndFinal`` option to eliminate
- conflicts with ``gcc -Wsuggest-override`` or ``gcc -Werror=suggest-override``.
+ computed length of a static user string literal.)
- Improved :doc:`readability-redundant-member-init
<clang-tidy/checks/readability-redundant-member-init>` check.
- The check now supports the ``IgnoreBaseInCopyConstructors`` option to avoid
+ The check now supports the `IgnoreBaseInCopyConstructors` option to avoid
`"base class 'Foo' should be explicitly initialized in the copy constructor"`
- warnings or errors with ``gcc -Wextra`` or ``gcc -Werror=extra``.
+ warnings or errors with `gcc -Wextra` or `gcc -Werror=extra`.
- The :doc:`readability-redundant-string-init
<clang-tidy/checks/readability-redundant-string-init>` check now supports a
`StringNames` option enabling its application to custom string classes.
-- Improved :doc:`modernize-avoid-bind
- <clang-tidy/checks/modernize-avoid-bind>` check.
+Renamed checks
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- The check now supports supports diagnosing and fixing arbitrary callables instead of
- only simple free functions. The `PermissiveParameterList` option has also been
- added to address situations where the existing fix-it logic would sometimes generate
- code that no longer compiles.
+- The 'objc-avoid-spinlock' check was renamed to :doc:`darwin-avoid-spinlock
+ <clang-tidy/checks/darwin-avoid-spinlock>`
Improvements to include-fixer
-----------------------------
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