Re: [cocci] Checking SmPL support for two special expressions

On Wed, 12 Nov 2025, Markus Elfring wrote:

> >>> Coccinelle doesn't know these types.  You have to declare them with typedef.
> >>
> >> Are type definitions really required for the handling of casts?
> >
> > Yes.  There is a potential parsing ambiguity otherwise, I believe.
>
> How interesting is it that I can recognise casts also without extra type definitions?

Not interesting.  Sometimes it can infer them.

julia


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> Regards,
> Markus
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