steveire added inline comments.
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Comment at: lib/ASTMatchers/Dynamic/Registry.cpp:77
+ internal::MatcherDescriptor *matchDescriptor, StringRef MatcherName) {
+ auto K = ast_type_traits::ASTNodeKind::getFromNodeKind<
+ typename
ast_matchers::internal::VariadicAllOfMatcher<ResultT>::Type>();
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aaron.ballman wrote:
> steveire wrote:
> > aaron.ballman wrote:
> > > Mildly not keen on the use of `auto` here. It's a factory function, so it
> > > kind of names the resulting type, but it also looks like the type will be
> > > `ast_matchers::internal::VariadicAllOfMatcher<ResultT>::Type` from the
> > > template argument, which is incorrect.
> > There is no reason to assume that taking a template argument means that
> > type is result.
> >
> > The method is `getFrom` which decreases the ambiguity still further.
> >
> > Spelling out the type doesn't add anything useful. This should be ok.
> > There is no reason to assume that taking a template argument means that
> > type is result.
>
> Aside from all the other places that do exactly that (getAs<>, cast<>,
> dyn_cast<>, castAs<>, and so on). Generally, when we have a function named
> get that takes a template type argument, the result when seen in proximity to
> auto is the template type.
>
> > Spelling out the type doesn't add anything useful. This should be ok.
>
> I slept on this one and fall on the other side of it; using auto hides
> information that tripped up at least one person when reading the code, so
> don't use auto. It's not clear enough what the resulting type will be.
I put this in the category of requiring
SomeType ST = SomeType::create();
instead of
auto ST = SomeType::create();
`ast_type_traits::ASTNodeKind` is already on that line and you want to see it
again.
Repository:
rC Clang
https://reviews.llvm.org/D54405
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