>>> Metavariables have types.  Here X has pointer type.
>>
>> Our understanding of this software detail seems to match.
>>
>> But I assume that the asterisk can be treated in a different way by
>> the isomorphism definition language in comparison to the semantic
>> patch language.
>> How much does context-dependent interpretation matter here?
>>
>>
>>> There is no need for X to match a pointer that is dereferenced.
>>
>> I got further development imaginations around the places where
>> you would specify pointer dereferences by metavariables instead of
>> leaving asterisks in source code search fragments.
>
> This is incorrect.

Which detail do you find inappropriate from my feedback?

Regards,
Markus
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