clang-tidy - modernize-use-override — Extra Clang Tools 20.1.8 documentation

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## clang-tidy - modernize-use-override

# modernize-use-override

Adds `override` (introduced in C++11) to overridden virtual functions and removes `virtual` from those functions as it is not required.

`virtual` on non base class implementations was used to help indicate to the user that a function was virtual. C++ compilers did not use the presence of this to signify an overridden function.

In C++11 `override` and `final` keywords were introduced to allow overridden functions to be marked appropriately. Their presence allows compilers to verify that an overridden function correctly overrides a base class implementation.

This can be useful as compilers can generate a compile time error when:

> - The base class implementation function signature changes.

> - The user has not created the override with the correct signature.

## Options

IgnoreDestructors

  If set to true, this check will not diagnose destructors. Default is false.

IgnoreTemplateInstantiations

  If set to true, instructs this check to ignore virtual function overrides that are part of template instantiations. Default is false.

AllowOverrideAndFinal

  If set to true, this check will not diagnose `override` as redundant with `final`. This is useful when code will be compiled by a compiler with warning/error checking flags requiring `override` explicitly on overridden members, such as `gcc -Wsuggest-override`/`gcc -Werror=suggest-override`. Default is false.

OverrideSpelling

  Specifies a macro to use instead of `override`. This is useful when maintaining source code that also needs to compile with a pre-C++11 compiler.

FinalSpelling

  Specifies a macro to use instead of `final`. This is useful when maintaining source code that also needs to compile with a pre-C++11 compiler.

Note

For more information on the use of `override` see https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/override