My IDE is running clang-tidy (v20) on my C++ code. I have an enum where one of the identifiers is isnt_owning. And - clang tidy complains about the typo. <sarcasm>Thanks a bunch! I'll go right ahead and fix it by calling my enum value isn't_owning, I'm sure my compiler would be thrilled!</sarcasm>

So, how can I make clang tidy continue checking for typos, but not make this rather inane kind of complaint? Or - is it actually a clang-tidy bug I should report?

My IDE is running clang-tidy (v20) on my C++ code. I have an enum where one of the identifiers is isnt_owning. And - clang tidy complains about the typo. <sarcasm>Thanks a bunch! I'll go right ahead and fix it by calling my enum value isn't_owning, I'm sure my compiler would be thrilled!</sarcasm>

So, how can I make clang tidy continue checking for typos, but not make this rather inane kind of complaint? Or - is it actually a clang-tidy bug I should report?

• spell-checking
• identifier
• apostrophe
• clang-tidy

• Can you add isnt to the word list that clang-tidy is using? – Eljay Commented 19 hours ago
• @Eljay: I can, but that defeats the purpose of running a spell checker, since what if I forget an apostrophe in a comment? – einpoklum Commented 19 hours ago
• If you can wait until C++26 you can write it as isn`t_owning. All better! – Botje Commented 19 hours ago
• 2 not_working or just turn off spell checking. Who spell checks code? – Geoduck Commented 19 hours ago
• 1 @Geoduck: Sorrry, mis-typed my question here, it's owning, not working. But that's a decent idea. Doesn't answer the question though, plus, sometimes, not_working implies that the value is the same as not (is_working) - which may not be the case. – einpoklum Commented 18 hours ago

1 Answer 1

Here are various ways to suppress linting in general, not just spelling.

auto isnt_1{0}; // NOLINT - just this line

//  NOLINTNEXTLINE(???)  can't find a warning ??? to suppress for spelling
auto isnt_2{0};           // shows error

// NOLINTBEGIN              suppress lint on a block
auto isnt_3{0};
auto isnt_4{0};
// NOLINTEND

auto isnt_5{0};       // shows misspelling because line active