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

Markus Elfring <[email protected]> Sun, 8 Mar 2026 18:52:39 +0100
Newsgroups fr.inria.cocci
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>> How should this implementation detail be improved anyhow?
> By putting the * in the leftmost column where it belongs.

@display2@
declaration d;
statement list sl;
@@
 {
 d
*sl
 }


Another questionable test result:
Markus_Elfring@Sonne:…/Projekte/Coccinelle/Probe> /usr/bin/spatch test-item_assignments.c ../janitor/show_compound_statements2.cocci
…
[no diff output]


Will further software improvements follow?

Regards,
Markus