[PATCH] D75538: [clang-tidy] Updated language supported restrictions on some checks

[Dmitri Gribenko via Phabricator via cfe-commits]

gribozavr2 added inline comments.


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Comment at: clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/modernize-use-nullptr-basic.cpp:1
-// RUN: %check_clang_tidy -std=c++98 %s modernize-use-nullptr %t -- -- -Wno-non-literal-null-conversion
-//
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njames93 wrote:
> alexfh wrote:
> > IIRC, some of the modernize- checks were meant to be useful to make the pre-C++11 code compile in C++11. This check is an example of this (maybe the only one?). Limiting the check to C++11 and deleting this test is a bit too radical.
> I'm lost, this check is all about replacing assignment of pointer to 0 with `nullptr` a keyword which doesn't exist pre c++11, so this test case will just result in invalid code. Or am I missing the point?
The idea, if I understand correctly, is that you start with C++98 code, apply modernize-* checks, and get C++11 code.


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