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-rw-r--r--clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst6
-rw-r--r--clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/misc-fold-init-type.rst8
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index b7273a3e05d..fe40386c720 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ identified. The improvements since the 3.8 release include:
Detects dangling references in value handlers like
``std::experimental::string_view``.
+- New `misc-fold-init-type
+ <http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/misc-fold-init-type.html>`_ check
+
+ The check flags type mismatches in `folds` like ``std::accumulate`` that might
+ result in loss of precision.
+
- New `misc-forward-declaration-namespace
<http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/misc-forward-declaration-namespace.html>`_ check
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/misc-fold-init-type.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/misc-fold-init-type.rst
index e41ef47dc53..6b797897b93 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/misc-fold-init-type.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/clang-tidy/checks/misc-fold-init-type.rst
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ misc-fold-init-type
The check flags type mismatches in
`folds <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold_(higher-order_function)>`_
-like `std::accumulate` that might result in loss of precision.
-`std::accumulate` folds an input range into an initial value using the type of
-the latter, with `operator+` by default. This can cause loss of precision
+like ``std::accumulate`` that might result in loss of precision.
+``std::accumulate`` folds an input range into an initial value using the type of
+the latter, with ``operator+`` by default. This can cause loss of precision
through:
- Truncation: The following code uses a floating point range and an int
- initial value, so trucation wil happen at every application of `operator+`
+ initial value, so trucation wil happen at every application of ``operator+``
and the result will be `0`, which might not be what the user expected.
.. code:: c++
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