[Linux-kernel-mentees] [Cocci] [RFC PATCH 00/25] cocci: Improve C parsing of attributes

[Markus Elfring]

> This patch series aims to improve parsing of attributes in C by
> Coccinelle's C parser.

How do you think about to use the wording “in C source code by”?


> These parsing errors were discovered by running a build of Coccinelle's

Would you like to omit the word “These”?


> Coccinelle currently manages attributes similar to comments,

Will this aspect trigger further software development considerations?


> so to explicity state what the attributes are to the C parser,
> a MACROANNOTATION hint was used in Coccinelle's standard.h file.

I find such information suspicious at first glance.
Additional background information from an update step like
“[RFC PATCH 12/25] parsing_c: cpp_token_c: Introduce MACROANNOTATION hint”
might make the proposed data processing approach more reasonable.
https://lore.kernel.org/cocci/20200424091801.13871-13-jaskaransingh7654321@gmail.com/
https://systeme.lip6.fr/pipermail/cocci/2020-April/007217.html


> Separate patches will be sent for the above.

I am curious how the software evolution will be continued here.

Regards,
Markus