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1*67e74705SXin Li==========
2*67e74705SXin LiClangCheck
3*67e74705SXin Li==========
4*67e74705SXin Li
5*67e74705SXin Li`ClangCheck` is a small wrapper around :doc:`LibTooling` which can be used to
6*67e74705SXin Lido basic error checking and AST dumping.
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8*67e74705SXin Li.. code-block:: console
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10*67e74705SXin Li  $ cat <<EOF > snippet.cc
11*67e74705SXin Li  > void f() {
12*67e74705SXin Li  >   int a = 0
13*67e74705SXin Li  > }
14*67e74705SXin Li  > EOF
15*67e74705SXin Li  $ ~/clang/build/bin/clang-check snippet.cc -ast-dump --
16*67e74705SXin Li  Processing: /Users/danieljasper/clang/llvm/tools/clang/docs/snippet.cc.
17*67e74705SXin Li  /Users/danieljasper/clang/llvm/tools/clang/docs/snippet.cc:2:12: error: expected ';' at end of
18*67e74705SXin Li        declaration
19*67e74705SXin Li    int a = 0
20*67e74705SXin Li             ^
21*67e74705SXin Li             ;
22*67e74705SXin Li  (TranslationUnitDecl 0x7ff3a3029ed0 <<invalid sloc>>
23*67e74705SXin Li    (TypedefDecl 0x7ff3a302a410 <<invalid sloc>> __int128_t '__int128')
24*67e74705SXin Li    (TypedefDecl 0x7ff3a302a470 <<invalid sloc>> __uint128_t 'unsigned __int128')
25*67e74705SXin Li    (TypedefDecl 0x7ff3a302a830 <<invalid sloc>> __builtin_va_list '__va_list_tag [1]')
26*67e74705SXin Li    (FunctionDecl 0x7ff3a302a8d0 </Users/danieljasper/clang/llvm/tools/clang/docs/snippet.cc:1:1, line:3:1> f 'void (void)'
27*67e74705SXin Li      (CompoundStmt 0x7ff3a302aa10 <line:1:10, line:3:1>
28*67e74705SXin Li        (DeclStmt 0x7ff3a302a9f8 <line:2:3, line:3:1>
29*67e74705SXin Li          (VarDecl 0x7ff3a302a980 <line:2:3, col:11> a 'int'
30*67e74705SXin Li            (IntegerLiteral 0x7ff3a302a9d8 <col:11> 'int' 0))))))
31*67e74705SXin Li  1 error generated.
32*67e74705SXin Li  Error while processing snippet.cc.
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34*67e74705SXin LiThe '--' at the end is important as it prevents `clang-check` from search for a
35*67e74705SXin Licompilation database. For more information on how to setup and use `clang-check`
36*67e74705SXin Liin a project, see :doc:`HowToSetupToolingForLLVM`.
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