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From: elfring@users.sourceforge.net (SF Markus Elfring)
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 15:30:51 +0200
Subject: [Cocci] Clarification for dependencies in SmPL rules
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> On the other hand, the dependency is not always necessary, for example in
> the following case:
> 
> @@
> expression r.e;
> @@

It seems that you designed the semantic patch language in the way that a
dependency will implicitly created because of a SmPL variable like "r.e".
I wonder if it would help eventually to mention such dependencies explicitly
between the "@" characters.

Regards,
Markus