Re: [PATCH] coccinelle: assign signed result to unsigned variable

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Thu Sep 24 2015 - 11:51:37 EST


> +@rs@
> +position p;
> +typedef bool, u8, u16, u32, u64, s8, s16, s32, s64;
> +{char, short int, int, long, long long, s8, s16, s32, s64} vs;

Can it matter to specify also the type modifier "signed" in this SmPL approach?
http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/docs/main_grammar005.html#ctype_qualif


> +{unsigned char, unsigned short, unsigned int, unsigned long, unsigned long long, size_t, bool, u8, u16, u32, u64} vu;

How do you think about to reformat such a data type enumeration?


> +@@
> +
> +vu@p = vs
> +
> +@r@
> +position rs.p;
> +identifier v, f;
> +statement S1, S2;
> +expression e;
> +@@
> +
> +*v@p = f(...);

Do you try to check here if the value receiver is at the same source code
position from the SmPL rule "rs"?

Regards,
Markus
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