[PATCH] D23279: clang-reorder-fields

[Kirill Bobyrev via cfe-commits]

omtcyfz added a comment.

In https://reviews.llvm.org/D23279#509896, @compnerd wrote:

> If the argument really is that we want to minimize the tools then Id argue that `clang-rename` also belongs in `clang-tidy` as it would be used to rename fields to match the naming convention (tidying up your code base).


It does not belong to `clang-tidy`. `clang-tidy` is a linter, it is meant for diagnosing and fixing typical programming errors.

> `clang-tidy` could work, but it does seem to be introducing a completely new concept into `clang-tidy` AFAICT.  It has so far only done equivalent changes.  This operation doesn't guarantee equivalence: if you are doing a `reinterpret_cast` or a C-style cast, that will no longer work as the object layout has changed.

> 

> We could merge both tools into `clang-tidy`, or perhaps we can hold off on that for the wider discussion, and allow this to make progress in the mean time.



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https://reviews.llvm.org/D23279