On Sat, 15 Oct 2016, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> >> I do not see the way so far how desired data could be extracted from a 
> >> function
> >> (or expression?) parameter. Would you like to make the introspection 
> >> options a bit
> >> clearer for the SmPL interface?
> >
> > You can inherit and test properties of anything you like in python or ocaml 
> > code.
>
> I have got an SmPL approach working.
>
>
> > If you inherit some kind of metavariable other than a position variable,
> > the term will be represented as a string.
>
> This software design aspect might look sufficient for a basic variant of the 
> discussed
> source code search pattern.
>
>
> > But that should be fine for detecting eg if a string has only one character.
>
> I have got a few concerns for further software development considerations.
> How do you think about to support also an advanced interface by which it 
> could be
> determined if a preprocessor symbol would correspond to such a desired 
> character
> (instead of fiddling with regular expressions within a rule for the embedded 
> programming
> language script)?

What C code are you concerned about exactly?

julia
_______________________________________________
Cocci mailing list
Cocci@systeme.lip6.fr
https://systeme.lip6.fr/mailman/listinfo/cocci

Reply via email to