[Cocci] Replacement of function calls and corresponding parameters

[Julia Lawall]

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

> > - foo(E)
> > + bar(E->x,0)
> 
> I read this pattern in a way that variable definitions and assignments are not
> taken into account before the function call when it matches.
> 
> 
> > But there is no general rule for all problems.  If the arguments are 
> > computed in completely random ways, and the context uses the return value 
> > in completely random ways, then Coccinelle is probably not very useful.
> 
> The desired update might require data flow analysis.

Unfortunately, there is not a general answer to the question.  If you want 
to do something about a variable declaration and use, you can make a 
pattern that has those and ... in between.  You can put some constraints 
on the control-flow path matched by the ... using when.

julia