[clang-tools-extra] [clang-tidy] Fix invalid fix-it for macro expansions (PR #227984)
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Author: Peiqi Li (voyager-jhk)
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<summary>Changes</summary>
Do not offer a fix-it for one-character strings from macro expansions.
Fixes #<!-- -->222970
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Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/227984.diff
3 Files Affected:
- (modified) clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/performance/PreferSingleCharOverloadsCheck.cpp (+8-5)
- (modified) clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.md (+5)
- (modified) clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/performance/prefer-single-char-overloads.cpp (+10)
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diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/performance/PreferSingleCharOverloadsCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/performance/PreferSingleCharOverloadsCheck.cpp
index d5d1784c0a0b7..a62ef1254e806 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/performance/PreferSingleCharOverloadsCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/performance/PreferSingleCharOverloadsCheck.cpp
@@ -101,11 +101,14 @@ void PreferSingleCharOverloadsCheck::check(
if (!Replacement)
return;
- diag(Literal->getBeginLoc(), "%0 called with a string literal consisting of "
- "a single character; consider using the more "
- "efficient overload accepting a character")
- << FindFunc
- << FixItHint::CreateReplacement(Literal->getSourceRange(), *Replacement);
+ const auto Diag = diag(Literal->getBeginLoc(),
+ "%0 called with a string literal consisting of "
+ "a single character; consider using the more "
+ "efficient overload accepting a character")
+ << FindFunc;
+ if (!Literal->getBeginLoc().isMacroID() && !Literal->getEndLoc().isMacroID())
+ Diag << FixItHint::CreateReplacement(Literal->getSourceRange(),
+ *Replacement);
}
} // namespace clang::tidy::performance
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.md b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
index 5ad0b2d3718b9..84cffb9fe4222 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@ infrastructure are described first, followed by tool-specific sections.
offered when an argument covers only part of a macro expansion, as it then
has no source text of its own.
+- Improved {doc}`performance-prefer-single-char-overloads
+ <clang-tidy/checks/performance/prefer-single-char-overloads>` check to
+ avoid offering fix-its for string literals originating from macro
+ expansions.
+
- Improved {doc}`readability-convert-member-functions-to-static
<clang-tidy/checks/readability/convert-member-functions-to-static>` check by
fixing a crash when checking a const-qualified method declared with the
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/performance/prefer-single-char-overloads.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/performance/prefer-single-char-overloads.cpp
index 46bbf3c20f8fd..14af39aded0b6 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/performance/prefer-single-char-overloads.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/performance/prefer-single-char-overloads.cpp
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ int Macros() {
// CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-2]]:37: warning: 'find' called with a string literal
}
+#define TOKEN_SEPARATING_CHARACTER "_"
+// CHECK-FIXES: #define TOKEN_SEPARATING_CHARACTER "_"
+
+void foo() {
+ std::string a;
+ a += TOKEN_SEPARATING_CHARACTER;
+ // CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:8: warning: 'operator+=' called with a
+ // CHECK-FIXES: a += TOKEN_SEPARATING_CHARACTER;
+}
+
void SubstitutedTemplateType() {
Wrapper<std::string>().value.find("a");
// CHECK-MESSAGES: [[@LINE-1]]:37: warning: 'find' called with a string literal
``````````
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https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/227984
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