Re: [cocci] Searching for repeated source code with SmPL?

[Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>]

>>> Probably you should start with ... when != my_action(...) to be sure to
>>> get the first one.
>>
>> I would expect that only the first function call should be matched by
>> the initial SmPL search pattern (without an extra when constraint).
>
> Why would you expect that?

I expect here that specific source code starts a known statement list.


> Coccinelle looks through your function and matches the pattern anywhere it can.

Can this software distinguish also better statement sequences accordingly?


> The matches are independent of each other.

* They can occasionally occur in different scopes.

* Statement sequences (which include discussed repetitions) should be “interrupted”
  by other source code.

Regards,
Markus