From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: elfring@users.sourceforge.net (SF Markus Elfring)
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:11:47 +0100
Subject: [Cocci] Software evolution after Coccinelle 1.0.0-rc24?
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> Initialize is often used to create variables that are intended to be used
> in multiple script occurrences and finalize may accumulate their results.

I like this functionality.

 
> So the safe thing is to simply disallow initialize and finalize.

I guess that another safe design option is to achieve process parallelism
by passing command-line parameters like "index" and "max" as before the
current software release.

Regards,
Markus