Index: clang-tidy/misc/DanglingHandleCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/misc/DanglingHandleCheck.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/misc/DanglingHandleCheck.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "DanglingHandleCheck.h"
+#include "../utils/OptionUtils.h"
 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
 #include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
 
@@ -19,20 +20,6 @@
 
 namespace {
 
-static const char HandleClassesDelimiter[] = ";";
-
-std::vector<std::string> parseClasses(StringRef Option) {
-  SmallVector<StringRef, 4> Classes;
-  Option.split(Classes, HandleClassesDelimiter);
-  std::vector<std::string> Result;
-  for (StringRef &Class : Classes) {
-    Class = Class.trim();
-    if (!Class.empty())
-      Result.push_back(Class);
-  }
-  return Result;
-}
-
 ast_matchers::internal::BindableMatcher<Stmt>
 handleFrom(ast_matchers::internal::Matcher<RecordDecl> IsAHandle,
            ast_matchers::internal::Matcher<Expr> Arg) {
@@ -97,7 +84,7 @@
 DanglingHandleCheck::DanglingHandleCheck(StringRef Name,
                                          ClangTidyContext *Context)
     : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context),
-      HandleClasses(parseClasses(Options.get(
+      HandleClasses(utils::option::parseNames(Options.get(
           "HandleClasses",
           "std::basic_string_view;std::experimental::basic_string_view"))),
       IsAHandle(cxxRecordDecl(hasAnyName(std::vector<StringRef>(
@@ -106,8 +93,7 @@
 
 void DanglingHandleCheck::storeOptions(ClangTidyOptions::OptionMap &Opts) {
   Options.store(Opts, "HandleClasses",
-                llvm::join(HandleClasses.begin(), HandleClasses.end(),
-                           HandleClassesDelimiter));
+                utils::option::serializeNames(HandleClasses));
 }
 
 void DanglingHandleCheck::registerMatchersForVariables(MatchFinder *Finder) {
Index: clang-tidy/misc/SuspiciousStringCompareCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/misc/SuspiciousStringCompareCheck.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/misc/SuspiciousStringCompareCheck.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "SuspiciousStringCompareCheck.h"
+#include "../utils/Matchers.h"
+#include "../utils/OptionUtils.h"
 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
 #include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
 #include "clang/Lex/Lexer.h"
-#include "../utils/Matchers.h"
 
 using namespace clang::ast_matchers;
 
@@ -64,19 +65,6 @@
                                                   "wcsnicmp;"
                                                   "wmemcmp;";
 
-static const char StringCompareLikeFunctionsDelimiter[] = ";";
-
-static void ParseFunctionNames(StringRef Option,
-                               std::vector<std::string> *Result) {
-  SmallVector<StringRef, 4> Functions;
-  Option.split(Functions, StringCompareLikeFunctionsDelimiter);
-  for (StringRef &Function : Functions) {
-    Function = Function.trim();
-    if (!Function.empty())
-      Result->push_back(Function);
-  }
-}
-
 SuspiciousStringCompareCheck::SuspiciousStringCompareCheck(
     StringRef Name, ClangTidyContext *Context)
     : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context),
@@ -102,9 +90,9 @@
 
   // Add the list of known string compare-like functions and add user-defined
   // functions.
-  std::vector<std::string> FunctionNames;
-  ParseFunctionNames(KnownStringCompareFunctions, &FunctionNames);
-  ParseFunctionNames(StringCompareLikeFunctions, &FunctionNames);
+  std::vector<std::string> FunctionNames = utils::option::parseNames(
+      (llvm::Twine(KnownStringCompareFunctions) + StringCompareLikeFunctions)
+          .str());
 
   // Match a call to a string compare functions.
   const auto FunctionCompareDecl =
Index: clang-tidy/performance/FasterStringFindCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/performance/FasterStringFindCheck.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/performance/FasterStringFindCheck.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "FasterStringFindCheck.h"
+#include "../utils/OptionUtils.h"
 #include "clang/AST/ASTContext.h"
 #include "clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchFinder.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/Optional.h"
@@ -21,20 +22,6 @@
 
 namespace {
 
-static const char StringLikeClassesDelimiter[] = ";";
-
-std::vector<std::string> ParseClasses(StringRef Option) {
-  SmallVector<StringRef, 4> Classes;
-  Option.split(Classes, StringLikeClassesDelimiter);
-  std::vector<std::string> Result;
-  for (StringRef &Class : Classes) {
-    Class = Class.trim();
-    if (!Class.empty())
-      Result.push_back(Class);
-  }
-  return Result;
-}
-
 llvm::Optional<std::string> MakeCharacterLiteral(const StringLiteral *Literal) {
   std::string Result;
   {
@@ -64,14 +51,13 @@
 FasterStringFindCheck::FasterStringFindCheck(StringRef Name,
                                              ClangTidyContext *Context)
     : ClangTidyCheck(Name, Context),
-      StringLikeClasses(
-          ParseClasses(Options.get("StringLikeClasses", "std::basic_string"))) {
+      StringLikeClasses(utils::option::parseNames(
+          Options.get("StringLikeClasses", "std::basic_string"))) {
 }
 
 void FasterStringFindCheck::storeOptions(ClangTidyOptions::OptionMap &Opts) {
   Options.store(Opts, "StringLikeClasses",
-                llvm::join(StringLikeClasses.begin(), StringLikeClasses.end(),
-                           StringLikeClassesDelimiter));
+                utils::option::serializeNames(StringLikeClasses));
 }
 
 void FasterStringFindCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
Index: clang-tidy/utils/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ clang-tidy/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 add_clang_library(clangTidyUtils
   DeclRefExprUtils.cpp
   FixItHintUtils.cpp
-  HeaderGuard.cpp
   HeaderFileExtensionsUtils.cpp
+  HeaderGuard.cpp
   IncludeInserter.cpp
   IncludeSorter.cpp
   LexerUtils.cpp
+  OptionUtils.cpp
   TypeTraits.cpp
 
   LINK_LIBS
Index: clang-tidy/utils/OptionUtils.h
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/utils/OptionUtils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+//===--- DanglingHandleCheck.h - clang-tidy----------------------*- C++ -*-===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_MISC_OPTIONUTILS_H
+#define LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_MISC_OPTIONUTILS_H
+
+#include "../ClangTidy.h"
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace utils {
+namespace option {
+
+/// \brief Parse a list of names separated by ";" character.
+std::vector<std::string> parseNames(StringRef Option);
+
+/// \brief Serialize a sequence of names that can be parse by parseNames.
+std::string serializeNames(const std::vector<std::string> &Names);
+
+} // namespace option
+} // namespace utils
+} // namespace tidy
+} // namespace clang
+
+#endif // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_MISC_OPTIONUTILS_H
Index: clang-tidy/utils/OptionUtils.cpp
===================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ clang-tidy/utils/OptionUtils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//===--- DanglingHandleCheck.cpp - clang-tidy------------------------------===//
+//
+//                     The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+//
+// This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+// License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "OptionUtils.h"
+
+namespace clang {
+namespace tidy {
+namespace utils {
+namespace option {
+
+static const char NamesDelimiter[] = ";";
+
+std::vector<std::string> parseNames(StringRef Option) {
+  SmallVector<StringRef, 4> Names;
+  Option.split(Names, NamesDelimiter);
+  std::vector<std::string> Result;
+  for (StringRef &Name : Names) {
+    Name = Name.trim();
+    if (!Name.empty())
+      Result.push_back(Name);
+  }
+  return Result;
+}
+
+std::string serializeNames(const std::vector<std::string> &Names) {
+  return llvm::join(Names.begin(), Names.end(), NamesDelimiter);
+}
+
+} // namespace option
+} // namespace utils
+} // namespace tidy
+} // namespace clang