[PATCH] D54943: WIP [clang-tidy] implement const-transformation for cppcoreguidelines-const-correctness

[Jonas Toth via Phabricator via cfe-commits]

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Comment at: clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/cppcoreguidelines/ConstCorrectnessCheck.cpp:46
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+void ConstCorrectnessCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
+  const auto ConstType = hasType(isConstQualified());
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aaron.ballman wrote:
> JonasToth wrote:
> > aaron.ballman wrote:
> > > Should this check only fire in C++? I'm sort of on the fence. It's a C++ core guideline, so it stands to reason it should be disabled for C code. But const-correctness is a thing in C too. WDYT?
> > I do not know all the subtle differences between C and C++ here. Judging from this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5248571/is-there-const-in-c the current form would not be correct for C for pointers.
> > The assumptions of this check and especially the transformations are done for C++. I dont see a reason why the value-semantic would not apply for both.
> > 
> > Maybe there is a way to make the code compatible for both languages. The easiest solution would probably to not do the 'pointer-as-value' transformation. This is not that relevant as a feature anyway. I expect not nearly as much usage of this option as for the others.
> > 
> > In the end of the day i would like to support both C and C++. Right now it is untested and especially the transformation might break the code. It should run on both languages though, as there is no language checking.
> > I will add some real world C code-bases for the transformation testing and see what happens :)
> > Judging from this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5248571/is-there-const-in-c the current form would not be correct for C for pointers.
> 
> Sure, there may be additional changes needed to support the other oddities of C. I was asking more at the high level.
> 
> > In the end of the day i would like to support both C and C++. Right now it is untested and especially the transformation might break the code. 
> 
> Another option is for us to restrict the check in its current form to just C++ and then expose a C check from it in a follow-up (likely under a different module than cppcodeguidelines). For instance, CERT has a recommendation (not a rule) about this for C (https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/DCL00-C.+Const-qualify+immutable+objects) and I would not be surprised to find it in other coding standards as well.
Another const check is probably better. The clang-tidy part should be minimal effort. I think there isn't alot of duplication either.
We could still think of proper configurability of this check and alias it into other modules with proper defaults for C.


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