language SmPL (Semantic Patch Language) for specifying desired matches and
transformations in C code. Coccinelle was initially targeted towards performing
collateral evolutions in Linux. Such evolutions comprise the changes that are
needed in client code in response to evolutions in library APIs, and may
include modifications such as renaming a function, adding a function argument
whose value is somehow context-dependent, and reorganizing a data
structure. Beyond collateral evolutions, Coccinelle is successfully used (by us
and others) for finding and fixing bugs in systems code.
WWW: http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
PR: ports/150472
Submitted by: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
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