[clang-tools-extra] [clang-tidy]add new check bugprone-unintended-char-ostream-output (PR #127720)

Carlos Galvez via cfe-commits cfe-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Feb 18 23:17:46 PST 2025


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+.. title:: clang-tidy - bugprone-unintended-char-ostream-output
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+bugprone-unintended-char-ostream-output
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+
+Finds unintended character output from ``unsigned char`` and ``signed char`` to an
+``ostream``.
+
+Normally, when ``unsigned char (uint8_t)`` or ``signed char (int8_t)`` is used, it
+is more likely a number than a character. However, when it is passed directly to
+``std::ostream``'s ``operator<<``, resulting in character-based output instead
+of numeric value. This often contradicts the developer's intent to print
+integer values.
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+    uint8_t v = 9;
+    std::cout << v; // output '\t' instead of '9'
+
+It could be fixed as
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+    std::cout << (uint32_t)v;
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carlosgalvezp wrote:

Nit: since we are in C++, it would be good to use C++ casts, i.e. `static_cast<std::uint32_t>(v)`

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/127720


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