Re: [cocci] Can we match a known macro by macro name instead of expanded function name?

> I observed this while looking for standard.h modifications that …

Further information can eventually become helpful from known development history.
https://gitlab.inria.fr/coccinelle/coccinelle/-/commits/4c9d00ae071800cb447efaffd753f3bb2be28800/standard.h
https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/commits/master/standard.h

Program parameters can influence the usage of header files.
https://gitlab.inria.fr/coccinelle/coccinelle/-/blob/4c9d00ae071800cb447efaffd753f3bb2be28800/docs/manual/spatch_options.tex#L407-450
https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/blob/4c9d00ae071800cb447efaffd753f3bb2be28800/docs/manual/spatch_options.tex#L407-L450

Comments contain hints for the handling of “bad macros”.
https://gitlab.inria.fr/coccinelle/coccinelle/-/blob/4c9d00ae071800cb447efaffd753f3bb2be28800/standard.h#L2-56
https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/blob/4c9d00ae071800cb447efaffd753f3bb2be28800/standard.h#L2-L56


> So far I think Coccinelle is an amazing tool.

Yes, of course.

This software is still improvable in various ways as can be seen by some known information systems.


>> There are promising software tools available.
> 
> Probably :) Do you have other suggestions?

I came along related development ideas.
The discussion can eventually be continued accordingly.

Regards,
Markus