Re: Adjusting further size determinations?

[SF Markus Elfring]

> Ugly grep follows:
> 
> $ grep -rohP --include=*.[ch] "\w+\s*=\s*[kv].alloc\s*\(\s*sizeof.*," * | \
>   sed -r -e 's/(\w+)\s*=\s*[kv].alloc\s*\(\s*sizeof\s*\(\s*\*\s*\1\s*\)/foo = k.alloc(sizeof(*foo))/' \
>          -e 's/(\w+)\s*=\s*[kv].alloc\s*\(\s*sizeof\s*\(\s*struct\s+\w+\s*\)/foo = k.alloc(sizeof(struct foo))/' | \
>   sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -2
>    6123 foo = k.alloc(sizeof(*foo)),
>    3060 foo = k.alloc(sizeof(struct foo)),

Would you like to get this ratio changed in any ways?

Available development tools could help to improve the software situation
in a desired direction, couldn't they?


>> Unpleasant consequences are possible in both cases.

How much do you care to reduce the failure probability further?

Regards,
Markus