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

On Sun, 8 Mar 2026, Markus Elfring wrote:

> >> How should this implementation detail be improved anyhow?
> > By putting the * in the leftmost column where it belongs.
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> @display2@
> declaration d;
> statement list sl;
> @@
>  {
>  d
> *sl
>  }
>
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> Another questionable test result:
> Markus_Elfring@Sonne:…/Projekte/Coccinelle/Probe> /usr/bin/spatch test-item_assignments.c ../janitor/show_compound_statements2.cocci

And I should know what test-item_assignments.c is?

julia

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> Will further software improvements follow?
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> Regards,
> Markus
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