[Cocci] Replacement of function calls and corresponding parameters

[Julia Lawall]

On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> The semantic patch language supports the search for variables and functions in
> the source code. I have got the impression that is a challenge to find all
> relevant parameters only after a specific function call was found.
> 
> I am interested in the automatic adjustment for a change of an application
> programming interface.
> Example use case:
> POSIX 2008 categorises the function "gettimeofday" as "obsolescent".
> http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/gettimeofday.html
> 
> Can such an update for an alternative implementation be expressed in SmPL?

Could you explain more about what transformation is desired?  Perhaps give 
an example?

thanks,
julia