Re: [cocci] Reconsidering source code search challenges for nested compound statements

[Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>]

On Sun, 8 Mar 2026, Markus Elfring wrote:

> >> Under which circumstances would you dare to acknowledge remaining open issues here?
> >
> > If you can tell me what result you want maybe I can do something.
>
> Can you see concrete change opportunities from my recent test results?
>
> 1. Inappropriate difference output
>    https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/349a12a9-f70d-4c8f-a730-9f8ec90b593f@web.de/
>    https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/cocci/2026-03/msg00004.html

There is a problem here.

> 2. Questionable hierarchy level
>    https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/20a815aa-5fa9-4b34-ab81-d6985ed193c0@web.de/
>    https://sympa.inria.fr/sympa/arc/cocci/2026-03/msg00015.html

This is the message I was referring to.  I have no idea what you expect as
the output.  I don't know why it is so hard to provide that information.

julia

>
>
> > It's not a matter of daring to do something or not.
>
> Will development interests grow anyhow?
>
> Regards,
> Markus
>