On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 09:07:43PM +0300, Mikhail Maltsev wrote: > Hi all. > The attached patch replaces the following typical sequence of > assignments, matching the pattern: > > [type] <temp_var> = <value1>; > <value1> = <value2>; > <value2> = <temp_var>; > > with > > std::swap (<value1>, <value2>);
I believe that transformation is considered obvious, so you can just go ahead and commit all the parts that are just that. That should make reviewers lives much simpler ;-) > The goal is to improve code readability (at least a little). > > Pattern was searched in GCC tree using a script, but all modifications > have been done manually to make sure that removing assignment to > <temp_var> does not modify the behavior of the code. Where possible, > temporary variables were removed or moved to blocks with narrower scope. > I also removed a couple of pre-C++ implementations of swap function and > one implementation of std::reverse. I haven't looked at the cases where you removed functions, but I suspect you can call those obvious too, and save yourself any rebasing pain. thanks! Trev