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

Markus Elfring <[email protected]> Sun, 8 Mar 2026 20:54:20 +0100
Newsgroups fr.inria.cocci
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> A statement list metavariable only matches the code starting right after a {.
> It can't start in random places.  Nothing is going to chenge here.

Will ever any other metavariable type become supported with which a mixture
of items (including statements and variable declarations) could be handled
in a succinct way?

Regards,
Markus