In Clang, we have the tendency to have ad-hoc worklist implementations everywhere. This patch is a first attempt to try to make two of them reusable.
In case the flow-sensitive lifetime analysis gets upstreamed, it is also likely to use the FordwardDataflowWorklist type (it is already using something very similar).
This could also be useful for future dataflow algorithms.
The UninitializedValues analysis used to do something slightly different which should be functionally equivalent with the new implementation. To tell the truth, I did not measure the performance implications yet.
The number of visited blocks decreased after the change, so I assume the performance should not regress. The tests we have did not uncover any problems with decreased number of visits.
What do you think, is this something we should pursue?
Should this class have a bit of doxygen and a unit test?