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Extra Clang Tools 10.0.0 (In-Progress) Release Notes
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Written by the `LLVM Team <https://llvm.org/>`_
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These are in-progress notes for the upcoming Extra Clang Tools 10 release.
Release notes for previous releases can be found on
`the Download Page <https://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_.
Introduction
============
This document contains the release notes for the Extra Clang Tools, part of the
Clang release 10.0.0. Here we describe the status of the Extra Clang Tools in
some detail, including major improvements from the previous release and new
feature work. All LLVM releases may be downloaded from the `LLVM releases web
site <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
For more information about Clang or LLVM, including information about
the latest release, please see the `Clang Web Site <https://clang.llvm.org>`_ or
the `LLVM Web Site <https://llvm.org>`_.
Note that if you are reading this file from a Subversion checkout or the
main Clang web page, this document applies to the *next* release, not
the current one. To see the release notes for a specific release, please
see the `releases page <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
What's New in Extra Clang Tools 10.0.0?
=======================================
Some of the major new features and improvements to Extra Clang Tools are listed
here. Generic improvements to Extra Clang Tools as a whole or to its underlying
infrastructure are described first, followed by tool-specific sections.
Major New Features
------------------
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Improvements to clangd
----------------------
The improvements are...
Improvements to clang-doc
-------------------------
- :doc:`clang-doc <clang-doc>` now generates documentation in HTML format.
Improvements to clang-query
---------------------------
The improvements are...
Improvements to clang-rename
----------------------------
The improvements are...
Improvements to clang-tidy
--------------------------
- New :doc:`bugprone-bad-signal-to-kill-thread
<clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-bad-signal-to-kill-thread>` check.
Finds ``pthread_kill`` function calls when a thread is terminated by
raising ``SIGTERM`` signal.
- New :doc:`bugprone-dynamic-static-initializers
<clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-dynamic-static-initializers>` check.
Finds instances where variables with static storage are initialized
dynamically in header files.
- New :doc:`bugprone-infinite-loop
<clang-tidy/checks/bugprone-infinite-loop>` check.
Finds obvious infinite loops (loops where the condition variable is not
changed at all).
- New :doc:`bugprone-not-null-terminated-result
<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.
- 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.
- New :doc:`cert-mem57-cpp
<clang-tidy/checks/cert-mem57-cpp>` check.
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.
Finds assignments to the copied object and its direct or indirect members
in copy constructors and copy assignment operators.
- New :doc:`cppcoreguidelines-init-variables
<clang-tidy/checks/cppcoreguidelines-init-variables>` check.
- New :doc:`darwin-dispatch-once-nonstatic
<clang-tidy/checks/darwin-dispatch-once-nonstatic>` check.
Finds declarations of ``dispatch_once_t`` variables without static or global
storage.
- New :doc:`google-upgrade-googletest-case
<clang-tidy/checks/google-upgrade-googletest-case>` check.
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.
Checks Linux kernel code to see if it uses the results from the functions in
``linux/err.h``.
- New :doc:`llvm-prefer-register-over-unsigned
<clang-tidy/checks/llvm-prefer-register-over-unsigned>` check.
Finds historical use of ``unsigned`` to hold vregs and physregs and rewrites
them to use ``Register``
- New :doc:`objc-missing-hash
<clang-tidy/checks/objc-missing-hash>` check.
Finds Objective-C implementations that implement ``-isEqual:`` without also
appropriately implementing ``-hash``.
- New :doc:`performance-no-automatic-move
<clang-tidy/checks/performance-no-automatic-move>` check.
Finds local variables that cannot be automatically moved due to constness.
- New :doc:`performance-trivially-destructible
<clang-tidy/checks/performance-trivially-destructible>` check.
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.
- 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.
- The 'objc-avoid-spinlock' check was renamed to :doc:`darwin-avoid-spinlock
<clang-tidy/checks/darwin-avoid-spinlock>`
- 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.
Finds classes, structs, and unions that contain redundant member
access specifiers.
- Improved :doc:`readability-magic-numbers
<clang-tidy/checks/readability-magic-numbers>` check.
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``.
- Improved :doc:`readability-redundant-member-init
<clang-tidy/checks/readability-redundant-member-init>` check.
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``.
- 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.
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.
Improvements to include-fixer
-----------------------------
The improvements are...
Improvements to clang-include-fixer
-----------------------------------
The improvements are...
Improvements to modularize
--------------------------
The improvements are...
Improvements to pp-trace
------------------------
The improvements are...
Clang-tidy visual studio plugin
-------------------------------
The clang-tidy-vs plugin has been removed from clang, as
it's no longer maintained. Users should migrate to
`Clang Power Tools <https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=caphyon.ClangPowerTools>`_
instead.