[PATCH] D30158: [clang-tidy] modernize: Find usage of random_shuffle and replace it with shuffle.

Mads Ravn via Phabricator via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Mar 1 11:57:46 PST 2017


madsravn added inline comments.


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Comment at: clang-tidy/modernize/ReplaceRandomShuffleCheck.cpp:77
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+  auto Diag = [=]() {
+    std::string Message = ReplaceMessage;
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aaron.ballman wrote:
> madsravn wrote:
> > aaron.ballman wrote:
> > > madsravn wrote:
> > > > aaron.ballman wrote:
> > > > > madsravn wrote:
> > > > > > aaron.ballman wrote:
> > > > > > > Is there a reason this needs to capture everything by copy? Also, no need for the empty parens. Actually, is the lambda even necessary at all?
> > > > > > Is it OK to capture by reference then? Or how do we want it in llvm? 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > We need the lambda, because first I need to create the diag with a message based on the count of arguments and then I need to find fixits based on the same count. Example: 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > > string message = "Message for 2 arguments";
> > > > > > if(argumentCount == 3) {
> > > > > >   message = "Message for 3 arguments";
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > auto Diag = diag(startLoc(), message);
> > > > > > if(argumentCount == 3) {
> > > > > >   Diag << FixitHint::FixForThreeArguments();
> > > > > > } else {
> > > > > >   Diag << FixitHint::FixForTwoArguments();
> > > > > > }
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > So the idea with the lambda is to avoid doing the same if-statement twice. 
> > > > > But you call the lambda immediately rather than store it and reuse it? It seems like you should be able to hoist a `DiagnosticBuilder` variable outside of the if statement and skip the lambda entirely.
> > > > I am not sure what you mean by this. Can you elaborate? Can you give a short example how I would hoist a `DiagnosticBuilder` out?
> > > > 
> > > > I think I tried something like that, but it was not an option. 
> > > It's entirely possible I'm missing something (I'm distracted with meetings this week), but I was envisioning:
> > > ```
> > > DiagnosticBuilder Diag;
> > > if (MatchedCallExpr->getNumArgs() == 3) {
> > >   Diag =
> > >       diag(MatchedCallExpr->getLocStart(),
> > >            "'std::random_shuffle' has been removed in C++17; use "
> > >            "'std::shuffle' and an alternative random mechanism instead");
> > >   Diag << FixItHint::CreateReplacement(
> > >       MatchedArgumentThree->getSourceRange(),
> > >       "std::mt19937(std::random_device()())");
> > > } else {
> > >   Diag = diag(MatchedCallExpr->getLocStart(),
> > >                     "'std::random_shuffle' has been removed in C++17; use "
> > >                     "'std::shuffle' instead");
> > >   Diag << FixItHint::CreateInsertion(
> > >       MatchedCallExpr->getRParenLoc(),
> > >       ", std::mt19937(std::random_device()())");
> > > }
> > > ```
> > The constructor for `DiagnosticBuilder` is private. So I cannot do that. The idea had crossed my mind, but I think the lambda expression is nicer to look at. 
> > 
> > Should I investigate if there is another way to hoist the `DiagnosticBuilder` out, like using `diag()` to make a dummy `DiagnosticBuilder` outside and then use the copy constructor to assign inside the if-statement? Or can we live with the lambda expression? 
> Ah, okay, that was the bit I was missing. Thank you for being patient. I think the lambda (with the reference capture) is fine as-is.
> Thank you for being patient.

Right back at you. We are working towards the same goal after all :) 

For future reference: Should I try to avoid lambda expressions like this? 




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