[PATCH] D56415: NFC: Port QueryParser to StringRef

[Stephen Kelly via Phabricator via cfe-commits]

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Comment at: clang-query/QueryParser.cpp:33
+  if (Line.empty())
+    return StringRef(Line.begin(), 0);
 
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aaron.ballman wrote:
> steveire wrote:
> > aaron.ballman wrote:
> > > Why not just return `Line`?
> > It is the pre-existing behavior to return a zero-length StringRef with a valid Begin pointer in this case. I think the reason is something to do with code completion. I can check later.
> I believe returning `Line` is identical -- you should wind up with the same "begin" pointer for the returned string and a length of zero (because `Line` must be empty by this point).
Actually, I can see it by reading the code - `P->CompletionPos <= Word.data()` in the `LexOrCompleteWord` ctor woudln't work anymore without this hack. (Working on removing the hack is out of scope of this change).


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