Re: [cocci] Python script interacting with non-matching files?

Markus Elfring <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:50:59 +0100
Newsgroups fr.inria.cocci
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> Similarly, can a python script tell that parsing failed for a particular file?

The available programming interfaces are probably improvable.
https://gitlab.inria.fr/coccinelle/coccinelle/-/blob/233b5ceb1d5a701fb270ebdf0a9bd6be0a6ce53b/docs/manual/spatch_options.tex#L72-73

An other parsing technology can eventually be also more helpful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_parser_generators

Regards,
Markus