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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>, cocci@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [cocci] Searching for repeated source code with SmPL?
Date: Sun, 12 May 2024 15:22:21 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6fef3af5-1e3f-48a0-b026-aa5219a27057@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.22.394.2405121513320.6747@hadrien>

>> @adjustment@
>> @@
>>  ... when != my_action(...)
>>  my_action(
>> -          ...
>> +          0
>>           );
>>  <+... when any
>> -my_action(...);
>>  ...+>
>>
>>
>> But I find the shown duplication of SmPL code questionable and therefore improvable.
>
> The language is as it is.  You can express various things by adding more
> or less information.

I got the impression that undesirable software limitations are indicated here.

See also the software development principle “Do not repeat yourself”:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself

Regards,
Markus

  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-12 13:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-06 10:08 [cocci] Searching for repeated source code with SmPL? Markus Elfring
2024-05-06 10:09 ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-06 11:03   ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-06 12:10   ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-06 12:16     ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-06 12:40       ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-11 15:36   ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-11 16:04     ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-11 16:35       ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-11 16:37         ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-11 17:02           ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-11 17:12             ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-11 17:21               ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-11 17:33                 ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-12  6:48       ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-12  7:34         ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-12  8:01           ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-12  8:10             ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-12  8:33               ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-12  9:17                 ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-12  9:30                   ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-13  9:34                   ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-12 11:24           ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-12 12:53             ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-12 13:07               ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-12 13:13                 ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-12 13:22                   ` Markus Elfring [this message]
2024-05-12 14:51                   ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-12 14:57                     ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-11  7:15 ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-22  8:20 ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-22  8:24   ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-22  8:44     ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-22 13:12     ` Markus Elfring
2024-05-22 15:34       ` Julia Lawall
2024-05-22 16:06         ` Markus Elfring

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