[clang-tools-extra] r270197 - [clang-tidy] Add more descriptive comments and examples in misc-definitions-in-headers check.

[Haojian Wu via cfe-commits]

Author: hokein
Date: Fri May 20 04:38:25 2016
New Revision: 270197

URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=270197&view=rev
Log:
[clang-tidy] Add more descriptive comments and examples in misc-definitions-in-headers check.

Reviewers: alexfh

Subscribers: cfe-commits

Differential Revision: http://reviews.llvm.org/D20463

Modified:
    clang-tools-extra/trunk/docs/clang-tidy/checks/misc-definitions-in-headers.rst

Modified: clang-tools-extra/trunk/docs/clang-tidy/checks/misc-definitions-in-headers.rst
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/clang-tools-extra/trunk/docs/clang-tidy/checks/misc-definitions-in-headers.rst?rev=270197&r1=270196&r2=270197&view=diff
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--- clang-tools-extra/trunk/docs/clang-tidy/checks/misc-definitions-in-headers.rst (original)
+++ clang-tools-extra/trunk/docs/clang-tidy/checks/misc-definitions-in-headers.rst Fri May 20 04:38:25 2016
@@ -4,38 +4,71 @@ misc-definitions-in-headers
 ===========================
 
 Finds non-extern non-inline function and variable definitions in header files,
-which can lead to potential ODR violations.
+which can lead to potential ODR violations in case these headers are included
+from multiple translation units.
 
 .. code:: c++
 
    // Foo.h
-   int a = 1; // Warning.
+   int a = 1; // Warning: variable definition.
    extern int d; // OK: extern variable.
 
    namespace N {
-     int e = 2; // Warning.
+     int e = 2; // Warning: variable definition.
    }
 
-   // Internal linkage variable definitions are ignored for now.
+   // Warning: variable definition.
+   const char* str = "foo";
+
+   // OK: internal linkage variable definitions are ignored for now.
    // Although these might also cause ODR violations, we can be less certain and
    // should try to keep the false-positive rate down.
    static int b = 1;
    const int c = 1;
+   const char* const str2 = "foo";
 
-   // Warning.
+   // Warning: function definition.
    int g() {
      return 1;
    }
 
-   // OK: inline function definition.
+   // OK: inline function definition is allowed to be defined multiple times.
    inline int e() {
      return 1;
    }
 
    class A {
     public:
-     int f1() { return 1; } // OK: inline member function definition.
+     int f1() { return 1; } // OK: implicitly inline member function definition is allowed.
      int f2();
+     static int d;
+   };
+
+   // Warning: not an inline member function definition.
+   int A::f2() { return 1; }
+
+   // OK: class static data member declaration is allowed.
+   int A::d = 1;
+
+   // OK: function template is allowed.
+   template<typename T>
+   T f3() {
+     T a = 1;
+     return a;
+   }
+
+   // Warning: full specialization of a function template is not allowed.
+   template <>
+   int f3() {
+     int a = 1;
+     return a;
+   }
+
+   template <typename T>
+   struct B {
+     void f1();
    };
 
-   int A::f2() { return 1; } // Warning.
+   // OK: member function definition of a class template is allowed.
+   template <typename T>
+   void B<T>::f1() {}