[clang-tools-extra] [clang-tidy] Add new check `modernize-use-structured-binding` (PR #158462)
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+.. title:: clang-tidy - modernize-use-structured-binding
+
+modernize-use-structured-binding
+================================
+
+Finds places where structured bindings could be used to decompose pairs and
+suggests replacing them.
+
+This check finds three code patterns and recommends using structured bindings
+for clearer, more idiomatic C++17 code.
+
+1. Decompose a pair variable by assigning its members to separate variables
+right after its definition:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ auto p = getPair<int, int>();
+ int x = p.first;
+ int y = p.second;
+
+ into:
+
+ auto [x, y] = getPair<int, int>();
+
+2. Use ``std::tie`` to decompose a pair into two predefined variables:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ int a;
+ int b;
+ std::tie(a, b) = getPair<int, int>();
+
+ into:
+
+ auto [a, b] = getPair<int, int>();
+
+3. Manually decompose a pair by assigning to its members to local variables
+in a range-based for loop:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ for (autop : vecOfPairs) {
+ int x = p.first;
+ int y = p.second;
+ // ...
+ }
+
+ into:
+
+ for (auto [x, y] : vecOfPairs) {
+ // use x and y
+ }
+
+The check also supports custom pair-like types via the :option:`PairTypes`
+option.
+
+Limitations
+-----------
+
+The check currently ignores variables defined with attributes or qualifiers
+except const and & since it's not very common:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ static auto pair = getPair();
+ static int b = pair.first;
+ static int c = pair.second;
+
+The check doesn't check for some situations which could possibly transfered
+to structured bnindings, for example:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ const auto& results = mapping.try_emplace("hello!");
+ const iterator& it = results.first;
+ bool succeed = results.second;
+ // succeed is not changed in the following code
+
+and:
+
+.. code-block:: c++
+
+ const auto results = mapping.try_emplace("hello!");
+ if (results.second) {
+ handle_inserted(results.first);
+ }
+
+Options
+-------
+
+.. option:: PairTypes
+
+ A Semicolon-separated list of type names to be treated as pair-like for
----------------
EugeneZelenko wrote:
```suggestion
A semicolon-separated list of type names to be treated as pair-like for
```
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/158462
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