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Extra Clang Tools 6.0.0 (In-Progress) Release Notes
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Written by the `LLVM Team <http://llvm.org/>`_
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.. warning::
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These are in-progress notes for the upcoming Extra Clang Tools 6 release.
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Release notes for previous releases can be found on
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`the Download Page <http://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_.
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Introduction
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============
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This document contains the release notes for the Extra Clang Tools, part of the
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Clang release 6.0.0. Here we describe the status of the Extra Clang Tools in
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some detail, including major improvements from the previous release and new
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feature work. All LLVM releases may be downloaded from the `LLVM releases web
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site <http://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
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For more information about Clang or LLVM, including information about
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the latest release, please see the `Clang Web Site <http://clang.llvm.org>`_ or
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the `LLVM Web Site <http://llvm.org>`_.
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Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the
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main Clang web page, this document applies to the *next* release, not
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the current one. To see the release notes for a specific release, please
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see the `releases page <http://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
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What's New in Extra Clang Tools 6.0.0?
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======================================
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Some of the major new features and improvements to Extra Clang Tools are listed
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here. Generic improvements to Extra Clang Tools as a whole or to its underlying
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infrastructure are described first, followed by tool-specific sections.
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Major New Features
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Improvements to clang-query
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The improvements are...
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Improvements to clang-rename
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The improvements are...
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Improvements to clang-tidy
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- Renamed checks to use correct term "implicit conversion" instead of "implicit
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cast" and modified messages and option names accordingly:
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* **performance-implicit-cast-in-loop** was renamed to
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`performance-implicit-conversion-in-loop
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<http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/performance-implicit-conversion-in-loop.html>`_
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* **readability-implicit-bool-cast** was renamed to
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`readability-implicit-bool-conversion
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<http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/readability-implicit-bool-conversion.html>`_;
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the check's options were renamed as follows:
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``AllowConditionalIntegerCasts`` -> ``AllowIntegerConditions``,
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``AllowConditionalPointerCasts`` -> ``AllowPointerConditions``.
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- New `android-cloexec-memfd_create
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<http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/android-cloexec-memfd_create.html>`_ check
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Checks if the required file flag ``MFD_CLOEXEC`` is present in the argument
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of ``memfd_create()``.
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- New `bugprone-integer-division
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<http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-integer-division.html>`_ check
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Finds cases where integer division in a floating point context is likely to
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cause unintended loss of precision.
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- New `hicpp-exception-baseclass
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<http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/hicpp-exception-baseclass.html>`_ check
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Ensures that all exception will be instances of ``std::exception`` and classes
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that are derived from it.
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- New `readability-static-accessed-through-instance
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<http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/readability-static-accessed-through-instance.html>`_ check
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Finds member expressions that access static members through instances and
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replaces them with uses of the appropriate qualified-id.
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- Added `modernize-use-emplace.IgnoreImplicitConstructors
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<http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/modernize-use-emplace.html#cmdoption-arg-IgnoreImplicitConstructors>`_
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option.
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- Added alias `hicpp-braces-around-statements <http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/hicpp-braces-around-statements.html>`_
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Improvements to include-fixer
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The improvements are...
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Improvements to modularize
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The improvements are...
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