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diff --git a/compilerplugins/clang/simplifyconstruct.cxx b/compilerplugins/clang/simplifyconstruct.cxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <set>
+#include "plugin.hxx"
+#include "check.hxx"
+
+namespace
+{
+class SimplifyConstruct : public RecursiveASTVisitor<SimplifyConstruct>, public loplugin::Plugin
+{
+public:
+    explicit SimplifyConstruct(loplugin::InstantiationData const& data)
+        : Plugin(data)
+    {
+    }
+
+    virtual void run() override { TraverseDecl(compiler.getASTContext().getTranslationUnitDecl()); }
+
+    bool VisitCXXConstructExpr(CXXConstructExpr const*);
+
+    // ignore some contexts within which nullptr is fine
+    bool TraverseReturnStmt(ReturnStmt*) { return true; }
+    bool TraverseInitListExpr(InitListExpr*) { return true; }
+    bool TraverseCXXBindTemporaryExpr(CXXBindTemporaryExpr*) { return true; }
+};
+
+bool SimplifyConstruct::VisitCXXConstructExpr(CXXConstructExpr const* constructExpr)
+{
+    if (ignoreLocation(constructExpr))
+        return true;
+    auto tc = loplugin::TypeCheck(constructExpr->getType());
+    if (!tc.Class("unique_ptr").StdNamespace() && !tc.Class("shared_ptr").StdNamespace()
+        && !tc.Class("SvRef").Namespace("tools").GlobalNamespace()
+        && !tc.Class("Reference").Namespace("rtl").GlobalNamespace()
+        && !tc.Class("Reference")
+                .Namespace("uno")
+                .Namespace("star")
+                .Namespace("sun")
+                .Namespace("com")
+                .GlobalNamespace())
+        return true;
+    if (constructExpr->getNumArgs() > 0
+        && isa<CXXNullPtrLiteralExpr>(constructExpr->getArg(0)->IgnoreParenImpCasts()))
+    {
+        report(DiagnosticsEngine::Warning,
+               "no need to explicitly init this with nullptr, just use default constructor",
+               constructExpr->getSourceRange().getBegin())
+            << constructExpr->getSourceRange();
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+loplugin::Plugin::Registration<SimplifyConstruct> X("simplifyconstruct", true);
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/compilerplugins/clang/test/simplifyconstruct.cxx b/compilerplugins/clang/test/simplifyconstruct.cxx
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+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4; fill-column: 100 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <rtl/ref.hxx>
+
+struct Foo
+{
+    void acquire();
+    void release();
+};
+class Foo16
+{
+    std::unique_ptr<int> m_pbar1;
+    rtl::Reference<Foo> m_pbar2;
+    Foo16()
+        : m_pbar1(nullptr)
+        // expected-error@-1 {{no need to explicitly init this with nullptr, just use default constructor [loplugin:simplifyconstruct]}}
+        , m_pbar2(nullptr)
+    // expected-error@-1 {{no need to explicitly init this with nullptr, just use default constructor [loplugin:simplifyconstruct]}}
+    {
+    }
+};
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab cinoptions=b1,g0,N-s cinkeys+=0=break: */