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Comment at: clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/MallocChecker.cpp:378-379
+
+  using CheckFn = void (MallocChecker::*)(CheckerContext &C, const CallExpr 
*CE,
+                                          ProgramStateRef State) const;
+
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NoQ wrote:
> baloghadamsoftware wrote:
> > Szelethus wrote:
> > > Szelethus wrote:
> > > > NoQ wrote:
> > > > > Whenever i see a (`CE`, `State`) pair, it screams `CallEvent` to me. 
> > > > > That said, i'm worried that `State` in these callbacks isn't 
> > > > > necessarily equal to `C.getState()` (the latter, by the way, is 
> > > > > always equal to the `CallEvent`'s `.getState()` - that's a relief, 
> > > > > right?), so if you'll ever be in the mood to check that, that'd be 
> > > > > great :)
> > > > It should be always equal to it. I'll change it.
> > > Hmmm, I tried making this take a (`CallEvent`, `CheckerContext`), but it 
> > > bloated the code for little gain, since every handler function would 
> > > start with the retrieval of the state and the call expression. That said, 
> > > I could cascade these down to `FreeMemAux`, `MallocMemAux`, etc, to also 
> > > take this pair instead, but I'll be honest, I don't see point until 
> > > something actually breaks.
> > This is the standard way in the checkers: almost every handler function 
> > starts with the retrieval of the state from the `CheckerContext`. The only 
> > reason for an extra `State` parameter is that sometimes we create more 
> > states in the lower level functions but only add the final one to the 
> > `CheckerContext` as a new transition. Does something like this happen here?
> I agree with @baloghadamsoftware here. If you pass `State` explicitly, it 
> looks like an indication for the reader that this `State` may be different 
> from `C.getState()`. If in practice they're the same, i'd rather do 
> `C.getState()` in every method than confuse the reader.
> 
> Also do you remember what makes us query `CallExpr` so often? Given that 
> `CallEvent` includes `CallExpr`, we should be able to expose everything we 
> need as `CallEvent` methods. Say, we should be able to replace 
> `MallocMemAux(C, CE, CE->getArg(0), ...)` with `MallocMemAux(C, Call, 
> Call.getArgExpr(0), ...)` and only do `Call.getOriginExpr()` once when we 
> report a bug.
I'll upload followups where I'm addressing these issues -- to keep things 
simple, I decided against increasing this patch's scope. I won't commit until 
those are also accepted.


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