Updated CI to Clang 19

.clang-tidy

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Checks: >
         -bugprone-signed-char-misuse,
         -bugprone-switch-missing-default-case,
         -bugprone-unchecked-optional-access,
+        -bugprone-unused-return-value,
         -clang-analyzer-*,
         -concurrency-mt-unsafe,
         -misc-const-correctness,
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ Checks: >
         -modernize-return-braced-init-list,
         -modernize-type-traits,
         -modernize-use-auto,
+        -modernize-use-designated-initializers,
         -modernize-use-nodiscard,
         -modernize-use-trailing-return-type,
         -performance-avoid-endl,
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ Checks: >
         -readability-avoid-nested-conditional-operator,
         -readability-braces-around-statements,
         -readability-container-data-pointer,
+        -readability-enum-initial-value,
         -readability-function-cognitive-complexity,
         -readability-function-size,
         -readability-identifier-length,

.github/workflows/asan.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove llvm python3-lldb-14 llvm-14
           wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh
           chmod +x llvm.sh
-          sudo ./llvm.sh 18
+          sudo ./llvm.sh 19
 
       - name: Install Qt ${{ env.QT_VERSION }}
         if: false
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cmake -S . -B cmake.output -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=Off -DWITH_QCHART=Off -DUSE_MATCHCOMPILER=Verify -DANALYZE_ADDRESS=On -DENABLE_CHECK_INTERNAL=On -DUSE_BOOST=On -DCPPCHK_GLIBCXX_DEBUG=Off -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET=Off -DDISABLE_DMAKE=On -DFILESDIR= -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
         env:
-          CC: clang-18
-          CXX: clang++-18
+          CC: clang-19
+          CXX: clang++-19
 
       - name: Build cppcheck
         run: |

.github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml

@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove llvm python3-lldb-14 llvm-14
           wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh
           chmod +x llvm.sh
-          sudo ./llvm.sh 18
-          sudo apt-get install -y clang-tidy-18
+          sudo ./llvm.sh 19
+          sudo apt-get install -y clang-tidy-19
 
       - name: Install Qt ${{ env.QT_VERSION }}
         uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v3
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Verify clang-tidy configuration
         run: |
-          clang-tidy-18 --verify-config
+          clang-tidy-19 --verify-config
 
       - name: Prepare CMake
         run: |
           cmake -S . -B cmake.output -G "Unix Makefiles" -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=On -DWITH_QCHART=On -DENABLE_CHECK_INTERNAL=On -DCMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET=On -DCPPCHK_GLIBCXX_DEBUG=Off
         env:
-          CC: clang-18
-          CXX: clang++-18
+          CC: clang-19
+          CXX: clang++-19
 
       - name: Prepare CMake dependencies
         run: |

.github/workflows/iwyu.yml

@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove llvm python3-lldb-14 llvm-14
           wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh
           chmod +x llvm.sh
-          sudo ./llvm.sh 18
-          sudo apt-get install -y clang-tools-18
+          sudo ./llvm.sh 19
+          sudo apt-get install -y clang-tools-19
 
       - name: Install Qt ${{ env.QT_VERSION }}
         uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v3
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cmake -S . -B cmake.output -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=On -DUSE_QT6=On -DWITH_QCHART=On -DENABLE_CHECK_INTERNAL=On -DCMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET=On -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCPPCHK_GLIBCXX_DEBUG=Off -DUSE_MATCHCOMPILER=Off -DEXTERNALS_AS_SYSTEM=On
         env:
-          CC: clang-18
-          CXX: clang++-18
+          CC: clang-19
+          CXX: clang++-19
 
       - name: Prepare CMake dependencies
         run: |
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: clang-include-cleaner
         run: |
           # TODO: run multi-threaded
-          find $PWD/cli $PWD/lib $PWD/test $PWD/gui -maxdepth 1 -name "*.cpp" | xargs -t -n 1 clang-include-cleaner-18 --print=changes --extra-arg=-w -p cmake.output > clang-include-cleaner.log 2>&1
+          find $PWD/cli $PWD/lib $PWD/test $PWD/gui -maxdepth 1 -name "*.cpp" | xargs -t -n 1 clang-include-cleaner-19 --print=changes --extra-arg=-w -p cmake.output > clang-include-cleaner.log 2>&1
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:

.github/workflows/tsan.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove llvm python3-lldb-14 llvm-14
           wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh
           chmod +x llvm.sh
-          sudo ./llvm.sh 18
+          sudo ./llvm.sh 19
 
       - name: Install Qt ${{ env.QT_VERSION }}
         if: false
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cmake -S . -B cmake.output -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=Off -DWITH_QCHART=Off -DUSE_MATCHCOMPILER=Verify -DANALYZE_THREAD=On -DENABLE_CHECK_INTERNAL=On -DUSE_BOOST=On -DCPPCHK_GLIBCXX_DEBUG=Off -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET=Off -DDISABLE_DMAKE=On -DFILESDIR= -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
         env:
-          CC: clang-18
-          CXX: clang++-18
+          CC: clang-19
+          CXX: clang++-19
 
       - name: Build cppcheck
         run: |

.github/workflows/ubsan.yml

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove llvm python3-lldb-14 llvm-14
           wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh
           chmod +x llvm.sh
-          sudo ./llvm.sh 18
+          sudo ./llvm.sh 19
 
       - name: Install Qt ${{ env.QT_VERSION }}
         uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v3
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cmake -S . -B cmake.output -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DHAVE_RULES=On -DBUILD_TESTS=On -DBUILD_GUI=ON -DWITH_QCHART=ON -DUSE_MATCHCOMPILER=Verify -DANALYZE_UNDEFINED=On -DENABLE_CHECK_INTERNAL=On -DUSE_BOOST=On -DCPPCHK_GLIBCXX_DEBUG=Off -DCMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS=On -DCMAKE_GLOBAL_AUTOGEN_TARGET=On -DDISABLE_DMAKE=On -DFILESDIR= -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
         env:
-          CC: clang-18
-          CXX: clang++-18
+          CC: clang-19
+          CXX: clang++-19
 
       - name: Build cppcheck
         run: |

clang-tidy.md

@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ We run this separately via `clang-include-cleaner` in the `iwyu.yml` workflow as
 `performance-noexcept-swap`<br/>
 `bugprone-switch-missing-default-case`<br/>
 `bugprone-empty-catch`<br/>
-`readability-avoid-nested-conditional-operator`</br>
+`readability-avoid-nested-conditional-operator`<br/>
+`modernize-use-designated-initializers`<br/>
+`readability-enum-initial-value`<br/>
 
 To be evaluated (need to remove exclusion).
 
@@ -140,11 +142,12 @@ To be evaluated (need to remove exclusion).
 `cert-err33-c`<br/>
 `google-readability-namespace-comments`<br/>
 `cppcoreguidelines-special-member-functions`<br/>
+`bugprone-unused-return-value`<br/>
 
 To be evaluated (need to enable explicitly).
 
-`modernize-type-traits`</br>
-`modernize-use-nodiscard`</br>
+`modernize-type-traits`<br/>
+`modernize-use-nodiscard`<br/>
 
 These apply to codebases which use later standards then C++11 (C++17 is used when building with Qt6) so we cannot simply apply them.
 

cli/signalhandler.cpp

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 // TODO: __USE_DYNAMIC_STACK_SIZE is dependent on the features.h include and not a built-in compiler define, so it might be problematic to depend on it
 #ifdef __USE_DYNAMIC_STACK_SIZE
-static constexpr size_t MYSTACKSIZE = 16*1024+32768; // wild guess about a reasonable buffer
+static constexpr size_t MYSTACKSIZE = (16*1024)+32768; // wild guess about a reasonable buffer
 #else
 static constexpr size_t MYSTACKSIZE = 16*1024+SIGSTKSZ; // wild guess about a reasonable buffer
 #endif

cmake/clang_tidy.cmake

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS)
         message(STATUS "Cannot use non-Clang compiler with clang-tidy when precompiled headers are enabled - skipping 'run-clang-tidy' target generation")
     endif()
 else()
-    set(RUN_CLANG_TIDY_NAMES run-clang-tidy run-clang-tidy-18 run-clang-tidy-17 run-clang-tidy-16 run-clang-tidy-15 run-clang-tidy-14 run-clang-tidy-13 run-clang-tidy-12 run-clang-tidy-11 run-clang-tidy-10 run-clang-tidy-9 run-clang-tidy-8)
+    set(RUN_CLANG_TIDY_NAMES run-clang-tidy run-clang-tidy-19 run-clang-tidy-18 run-clang-tidy-17 run-clang-tidy-16 run-clang-tidy-15 run-clang-tidy-14 run-clang-tidy-13 run-clang-tidy-12 run-clang-tidy-11 run-clang-tidy-10 run-clang-tidy-9 run-clang-tidy-8)
 endif()
 
 if(RUN_CLANG_TIDY_NAMES)

gui/codeeditor.cpp

@@ -368,9 +368,9 @@ int CodeEditor::lineNumberAreaWidth()
     }
 
 #if (QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 11, 0))
-    const int space = 3 + fontMetrics().horizontalAdvance(QLatin1Char('9')) * digits;
+    const int space = 3 + (fontMetrics().horizontalAdvance(QLatin1Char('9')) * digits);
 #else
-    const int space = 3 + fontMetrics().width(QLatin1Char('9')) * digits;
+    const int space = 3 + (fontMetrics().width(QLatin1Char('9')) * digits);
 #endif
     return space;
 }

gui/mainwindow.cpp

@@ -1200,9 +1200,7 @@ QPair<bool,Settings> MainWindow::getCppcheckSettings()
     result.standards.setC(mSettings->value(SETTINGS_STD_C, QString()).toString().toStdString());
     result.enforcedLang = (Standards::Language)mSettings->value(SETTINGS_ENFORCED_LANGUAGE, 0).toInt();
 
-    if (result.jobs <= 1) {
-        result.jobs = 1;
-    }
+    result.jobs = std::max(result.jobs, 1u);
 
     Settings::terminate(false);
 
@@ -2169,7 +2167,7 @@ static int getVersion(const QString& nameWithVersion) {
             break;
         if (c == ' ') {
             if (ret > 0 && dot == 1 && nameWithVersion.endsWith(" dev"))
-                return ret * 1000000 + v * 1000 + 500;
+                return (ret * 1000000) + (v * 1000) + 500;
             dot = ret = v = 0;
         }
         else if (c == '.') {

gui/projectfiledialog.cpp

@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ void ProjectFileDialog::loadFromProjectFile(const ProjectFile *projectFile)
     mUI->mBtnSafeClasses->setChecked(projectFile->safeChecks.classes);
     setExcludedPaths(projectFile->getExcludedPaths());
     setLibraries(projectFile->getLibraries());
-    const QString platform = projectFile->getPlatform();
+    const QString& platform = projectFile->getPlatform();
     if (platform.endsWith(".xml")) {
         int i;
         for (i = numberOfBuiltinPlatforms; i < mUI->mComboBoxPlatform->count(); ++i) {

gui/resultstree.cpp

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "threadhandler.h"
 #include "xmlreportv2.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -849,8 +850,7 @@ void ResultsTree::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent * e)
         if (mContextItem && mApplications->getApplicationCount() > 0 && mContextItem->parent()) {
             //Create an action for the application
             int defaultApplicationIndex = mApplications->getDefaultApplication();
-            if (defaultApplicationIndex < 0)
-                defaultApplicationIndex = 0;
+            defaultApplicationIndex = std::max(defaultApplicationIndex, 0);
             const Application& app = mApplications->getApplication(defaultApplicationIndex);
             auto *start = new QAction(app.getName(), &menu);
             if (multipleSelection)

gui/statsdialog.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "projectfile.h"
 #include "showtypes.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
+
 #include "ui_statsdialog.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
@@ -409,8 +411,8 @@ QChartView *createChart(const QString &statsFile, const QString &tool)
         s->attachAxis(axisY);
         if (const auto *ls = dynamic_cast<const QLineSeries*>(s)) {
             for (QPointF p : ls->points()) {
-                if (p.y() > maxY)
-                    maxY = p.y();
+                // cppcheck-suppress useStlAlgorithm - this would reduce the readability of the code
+                maxY = std::max(p.y(), maxY);
             }
         }
     }

gui/threadhandler.cpp

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "resultsview.h"
 #include "settings.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <utility>
@@ -92,10 +93,7 @@ void ThreadHandler::check(const Settings &settings)
     setThreadCount(settings.jobs);
 
     mRunningThreadCount = mThreads.size();
-
-    if (mResults.getFileCount() < mRunningThreadCount) {
-        mRunningThreadCount = mResults.getFileCount();
-    }
+    mRunningThreadCount = std::min(mResults.getFileCount(), mRunningThreadCount);
 
     QStringList addonsAndTools = mAddonsAndTools;
     for (const std::string& addon: settings.addons) {

lib/astutils.cpp

@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ bool isTemporary(const Token* tok, const Library* library, bool unknown)
         if (ftok->type())
             return true;
         if (library) {
-            std::string returnType = library->returnValueType(ftok);
+            const std::string& returnType = library->returnValueType(ftok);
             return !returnType.empty() && returnType.back() != '&';
         }
         return unknown;

lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp

@@ -158,13 +158,11 @@ static int getMinFormatStringOutputLength(const std::vector<const Token*> &param
                 if (formatString[i] == 's') {
                     // For strings, the length after the dot "%.2s" will limit
                     // the length of the string.
-                    if (parameterLength > maxLen)
-                        parameterLength = maxLen;
+                    parameterLength = std::min(parameterLength, maxLen);
                 } else {
                     // For integers, the length after the dot "%.2d" can
                     // increase required length
-                    if (tempDigits < maxLen)
-                        tempDigits = maxLen;
+                    tempDigits = std::max(tempDigits, maxLen);
                 }
             }
 

lib/checkersreport.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "errortypes.h"
 #include "settings.h"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <map>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <unordered_set>
@@ -151,11 +152,10 @@ std::string CheckersReport::getReport(const std::string& criticalErrors) const
     fout << "Open source checkers" << std::endl;
     fout << "--------------------" << std::endl;
 
-    int maxCheckerSize = 0;
+    std::size_t maxCheckerSize = 0;
     for (const auto& checkReq: checkers::allCheckers) {
         const std::string& checker = checkReq.first;
-        if (checker.size() > maxCheckerSize)
-            maxCheckerSize = checker.size();
+        maxCheckerSize = std::max(checker.size(), maxCheckerSize);
     }
     for (const auto& checkReq: checkers::allCheckers) {
         const std::string& checker = checkReq.first;

lib/checkother.cpp

@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ void CheckOther::constVariableError(const Variable *var, const Function *functio
     }
 
     const std::string vartype(var->isArgument() ? "Parameter" : "Variable");
-    const std::string varname(var->name());
+    const std::string& varname(var->name());
     const std::string ptrRefArray = var->isArray() ? "const array" : (var->isPointer() ? "pointer to const" : "reference to const");
 
     ErrorPath errorPath;

lib/library.cpp

@@ -1438,8 +1438,7 @@ bool Library::matchArguments(const Token *ftok, const std::string &functionName)
     int args = 0;
     int firstOptionalArg = -1;
     for (const std::pair<const int, Library::ArgumentChecks> & argCheck : it->second.argumentChecks) {
-        if (argCheck.first > args)
-            args = argCheck.first;
+        args = std::max(argCheck.first, args);
         if (argCheck.second.optional && (firstOptionalArg == -1 || firstOptionalArg > argCheck.first))
             firstOptionalArg = argCheck.first;
 

lib/symboldatabase.cpp

@@ -1657,8 +1657,7 @@ void SymbolDatabase::createSymbolDatabaseExprIds()
     // Find highest varId
     nonneg int maximumVarId = 0;
     for (const Token* tok = mTokenizer.list.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
-        if (tok->varId() > maximumVarId)
-            maximumVarId = tok->varId();
+        maximumVarId = std::max(tok->varId(), maximumVarId);
     }
     nonneg int id = maximumVarId + 1;
     // Find incomplete vars that are used in constant context
@@ -6123,7 +6122,7 @@ const Scope *SymbolDatabase::findScopeByName(const std::string& name) const
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 template<class S, class T, REQUIRES("S must be a Scope class", std::is_convertible<S*, const Scope*> ), REQUIRES("T must be a Type class", std::is_convertible<T*, const Type*> )>
-S* findRecordInNestedListImpl(S& thisScope, const std::string& name, bool isC, std::set<const Scope*>& visited)
+static S* findRecordInNestedListImpl(S& thisScope, const std::string& name, bool isC, std::set<const Scope*>& visited)
 {
     for (S* scope: thisScope.nestedList) {
         if (scope->className == name && scope->type != Scope::eFunction)
@@ -6172,7 +6171,7 @@ Scope* Scope::findRecordInNestedList(const std::string & name, bool isC)
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 template<class S, class T, REQUIRES("S must be a Scope class", std::is_convertible<S*, const Scope*> ), REQUIRES("T must be a Type class", std::is_convertible<T*, const Type*> )>
-T* findTypeImpl(S& thisScope, const std::string & name)
+static T* findTypeImpl(S& thisScope, const std::string & name)
 {
     auto it = thisScope.definedTypesMap.find(name);
 

lib/token.cpp

@@ -2030,6 +2030,7 @@ static bool removeContradiction(std::list<ValueFlow::Value>& values)
 using ValueIterator = std::list<ValueFlow::Value>::iterator;
 
 template<class Iterator>
+// NOLINTNEXTLINE(performance-unnecessary-value-param) - false positive
 static ValueIterator removeAdjacentValues(std::list<ValueFlow::Value>& values, ValueIterator x, Iterator start, Iterator last)
 {
     if (!isAdjacent(*x, **start))