Re: [cocci] Missing file filters for data processing with SmPL scripts?

Julia Lawall <[email protected]>
Newsgroups fr.inria.cocci
Message-ID <[email protected]> 

On Sat, 15 Nov 2025, Markus Elfring wrote:

> Hello,
>
> The Coccinelle software checks if file filters can be applied by a tool
> (like “grep”) for the evaluation of scripts in the semantic patch language.
> https://gitlab.inria.fr/coccinelle/coccinelle/-/blob/e6f8731b851f5d76d2731a9d546dc4f0b181526e/docs/manual/spatch_options.tex#L24-25
>
> Under which circumstances do you observe the information “No grep query”?
> https://gitlab.inria.fr/coccinelle/coccinelle/-/blob/e6f8731b851f5d76d2731a9d546dc4f0b181526e/testing.ml#L660-679

When it seems like the query is too complex, or when there is nothing
useful to grep for.

julia


>
> Regards,
> Markus
>
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