linux-kernel - Re: Coccinelle: zalloc-simple: Checking consequences from the usage of at signs in Python strings

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:41:39 +0100
From:   SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:     Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@...il.com>
Cc:     cocci@...teme.lip6.fr, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>
Subject: Re: Coccinelle: zalloc-simple: Checking consequences from the usage
 of at signs in Python strings

> So it works, but you are complaining anyway?

How serious do you interpret such information in the SmPL manual?


>> https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/blob/bf1c6a5869dd324f5faeeaa3a12d57270e478b21/docs/manual/cocci_syntax.tex#L50
>>
>> “…
>> Furthermore, @ should not be used in this code.
…
>> …”
> 
> I guess the conclusion is that it woks in strings (which are pretty
> universal) and not in comments (which are language specific).

Would you like to achieve any safer data processing for potentially “reserved” characters?

Regards,
Markus