On Sat, 22 Apr 2017, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am very new to spatch and I don't even know how to formulate my question,
> let me try to explain it by example.
>
> Suppose that I want to track the usage of "+" or "-" operators, this simple
> script
>
> @e@
> expression l, r;
> binary operator o = { -, + };
> position p;
> @@
>
> l o@p r
>
> @script:python@
> l << e.l;
> r << e.r;
> p << e.p;
> @@
>
> print(p[0].line,p[0].column, ':', '(%s) %s (%s)' % (l, 'OP', r))
>
> works as expected. For example, with the following C code
>
> void func(void)
> {
> 1 + 2 - 3;
> 4 - 5 + 6;
> }
>
> I get
>
> 3 3 : (1) OP (2)
> 3 7 : (1 + 2) OP (3)
> 4 3 : (4) OP (5)
> 4 7 : (4 - 5) OP (6)
>
> Now. If I change the rule "e" above
>
> @e@
> expression l, r;
> position p;
> @@
>
> (
> l -@p r // PAT1
> |
> l +@p r // PAT2
> )
>
> I only get
>
> 3 7 : (1 + 2) OP (3)
> 4 3 : (4) OP (5)
>
> I could probably understand why the output for line 3 doesn't report "(1) OP
> (2)",
> PAT1 matches and "eats" the "1 + 2" part, so PAT2 doesn't match. Not sure.
>
> But. Could someone explain why I don't get
>
> 4 3 : (4) OP (5)
> 4 7 : (4 - 5) OP (6)
>
> for "4 - 5 + 6" statement at line 4? IOW, why PAT2 can not match _after_ PAT1?
>
> It looks as if only one pattern from disjunction can match in the same
> statement.
> IOW, (PAT1 | PAT2) actually means (PAT1* | PAT2*), not (PAT1 | PAT2)*. Say,
>
> 1 + 2 - 3 + 4 - 5 + 6 - 7;
>
> results in
>
> 3 7 : (1 + 2) OP (3)
> 3 15 : (1 + 2 - 3 + 4) OP (5)
> 3 23 : (1 + 2 - 3 + 4 - 5 + 6) OP (7)
>
> , only PAT1 matches. While in the case of
>
> 1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5 - 6 + 7;
>
> PAT2 "wins" and blocks PAT2 till the end of the statement:
>
> 3 3 : (1) OP (2)
> 3 11 : (1 - 2 + 3) OP (4)
> 3 19 : (1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5) OP (6)
>
> Is this all correct?
The idea with a disjunction is that if the first rule matches, then that
one wins. Actually, ( A | B ) is encoded as A v (not A & B).
julia
>
> Thanks,
>
> Oleg.
>
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