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From: julia.lawall@lip6.fr (Julia Lawall)
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 21:36:50 +0100 (CET)
Subject: [Cocci] Checking for questionable error messages after failed
 memory allocations
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On Sat, 17 Feb 2018, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> >> Which confidence categorisation would fit here?
> >
> > Low.
>
> May scripts with this view be integrated?

It's possible.  It depends on the benefit of the transformation provided.

> > The script has no idea whether the printed string is useful or not.
>
> This is a general data processing challenge. How will it influence
> the software situation further?

I have no idea what "it" refers to, nor "software situation".

Maybe you can identify some cases that are particularly likely to be
useless and only report on those.

julia