Re: [cocci] Reconsidering source code search challenges for nested compound statements

Markus Elfring <[email protected]> Sun, 8 Mar 2026 15:05:16 +0100
Newsgroups fr.inria.cocci
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>> Additional context information can become relevant then.
>> How would you prefer to handle control flow recursion in safer ways here?
> I have no idea what result you would like to see.

I would appreciate further data processing refinements.

A) I would find it nice when selected source code transformation patterns
   can trigger usable patches from minimal SmPL script variations.

B) Ambiguity should occasionally be avoided in more succinct ways.


>                                                    The whole point of
> Coccinelle is that if some context information should be taken into
> account, then you can provide it.

I hope that known software limitations can be adjusted accordingly.

Regards,
Markus