[clang-tools-extra] [clang-tidy] add check to suggest replacement of nested std::min or std::max with initializer lists (PR #85572)

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+//===--- MinMaxUseInitializerListCheck.cpp - clang-tidy -------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "MinMaxUseInitializerListCheck.h"
+#include "../utils/ASTUtils.h"
+#include "../utils/LexerUtils.h"
+#include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
+#include "clang/Frontend/CompilerInstance.h"
+#include "clang/Lex/Lexer.h"
+
+using namespace clang;
+
+namespace {
+
+struct FindArgsResult {
+  const Expr *First;
+  const Expr *Last;
+  const Expr *Compare;
+  SmallVector<const clang::Expr *, 2> Args;
+};
+
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
+
+namespace clang::tidy::modernize {
+
+static FindArgsResult findArgs(const CallExpr *Call) {
+  FindArgsResult Result;
+  Result.First = nullptr;
+  Result.Last = nullptr;
+  Result.Compare = nullptr;
+
+  //   check if the function has initializer list argument
+  if (Call->getNumArgs() < 3) {
+    auto ArgIterator = Call->arguments().begin();
+
+    const auto *InitListExpr =
+        dyn_cast<CXXStdInitializerListExpr>(*ArgIterator);
+    const auto *InitList =
+        InitListExpr != nullptr
+            ? dyn_cast<clang::InitListExpr>(
+                  InitListExpr->getSubExpr()->IgnoreImplicit())
+            : nullptr;
+
+    if (InitList) {
+      Result.Args.append(InitList->inits().begin(), InitList->inits().end());
+      Result.First = *ArgIterator;
+      Result.Last = *ArgIterator;
+
+      // check if there is a comparison argument
+      std::advance(ArgIterator, 1);
+      if (ArgIterator != Call->arguments().end())
+        Result.Compare = *ArgIterator;
+
+      return Result;
+    }
+  } else {
+    // if it has 3 arguments then the last will be the comparison
+    Result.Compare = *(std::next(Call->arguments().begin(), 2));
+  }
+
+  if (Result.Compare)
+    Result.Args = SmallVector<const Expr *>(llvm::drop_end(Call->arguments()));
+  else
+    Result.Args = SmallVector<const Expr *>(Call->arguments());
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sopyb wrote:

If I would move it into the if/else. I would have to add another line at the very least `Result.Args = SmallVector<const Expr *>(Call->arguments())` in the other branch so I will not move this into the if/else statement.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/85572