[clang-tools-extra] [clang-tidy] fix false positive of parentheses removal for overloaded operator (PR #192254)
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Author: Gaurav Dhingra (gxyd)
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<summary>Changes</summary>
Fixes #<!-- -->189217
don't remove necessary parentheses for an overloaded operator, when
the parenthese occurs in the context of a binary operation
E.g. (E1 & E2) != E3 // the brackets aren't redundant here
E.g. (E1 & E2) // brackets are redundant here
---
Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/192254.diff
3 Files Affected:
- (modified) clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantParenthesesCheck.cpp (+3-1)
- (modified) clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst (+5)
- (modified) clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-parentheses.cpp (+33)
``````````diff
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantParenthesesCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantParenthesesCheck.cpp
index 9b3948a1c50c0..f1056ad3712e3 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantParenthesesCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantParenthesesCheck.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ void RedundantParenthesesCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
memberExpr(), callExpr())),
unless(anyOf(isInMacro(),
// sizeof(...) is common used.
- hasParent(unaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr()))))
+ hasParent(unaryExprOrTypeTraitExpr()),
+ allOf(hasDescendant(cxxOperatorCallExpr()),
+ hasParent(binaryOperator())))))
.bind("dup"),
this);
}
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
index 6979c2cbcfff2..74e4d8c8995c7 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
@@ -513,6 +513,11 @@ Changes in existing checks
`IgnoreMacros` option to suppress warnings when the initializer involves
macros that may expand differently in other configurations.
+- Improved :doc:`readability-redundant-parentheses
+ <clang-tidy/checks/readability/redundant-parentheses>` check by fixing a
+ false positive for parentheses present around an overloaded operator in the
+ context of a binary operation.
+
- Improved :doc:`readability-redundant-preprocessor
<clang-tidy/checks/readability/redundant-preprocessor>` check by fixing a
false positive for nested ``#if`` directives using different builtin
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-parentheses.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-parentheses.cpp
index 9a8a0d4d73483..6dad9ef1086e3 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-parentheses.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-parentheses.cpp
@@ -121,3 +121,36 @@ void memberExpr() {
// CHECK-FIXES: if (foo.fooBar().z) {
}
}
+
+enum class FoldLevel {
+ None = 0x0,
+ HeaderFlag = 0x2000,
+};
+
+constexpr FoldLevel operator&(FoldLevel lhs, FoldLevel rhs) {
+ return static_cast<FoldLevel>(static_cast<int>(lhs) & static_cast<int>(rhs));
+}
+
+constexpr bool UseOperatorAmpersand1(FoldLevel level) {
+ return (level & FoldLevel::HeaderFlag) != FoldLevel::None;
+}
+
+constexpr bool UseOperatorAmpersand2(FoldLevel level) {
+ const FoldLevel l = (level & FoldLevel::HeaderFlag);
+ // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:23: warning: redundant parentheses around expression [readability-redundant-parentheses]
+ // CHECK-FIXES: const FoldLevel l = level & FoldLevel::HeaderFlag;
+ return l != FoldLevel::None;
+}
+
+constexpr bool UseOperatorAmpersand3(FoldLevel level) {
+ const FoldLevel l = level & FoldLevel::HeaderFlag;
+ return (l != FoldLevel::None);
+}
+
+constexpr bool UseOperatorAmpersand4(FoldLevel level) {
+ return ((level & FoldLevel::HeaderFlag) != FoldLevel::None);
+}
+
+const int bracket_int_plus_num = (4) + 5;
+// CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:34: warning: redundant parentheses around expression [readability-redundant-parentheses]
+// CHECK-FIXES: const int bracket_int_plus_num = 4 + 5;
``````````
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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/192254
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