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From: elfring@users.sourceforge.net (SF Markus Elfring)
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 08:25:35 +0100
Subject: [Cocci] Branch layout for if statements with SmPL disjunctions
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>> ( if (input) is
>> | if (likely(input)) is
>> )
>>   else es
> 
> This is not allowed.  Inside a disjunction you need to have complete terms.

I imagine that it would be nice if parts from an if statement could be written
in the shown way. Would such an extension be useful for the semantic patch language?

I can easily adjust my simple pattern here because each if branch will be
matched by a metavariable. I hope that the corresponding repetition of bigger
subpatterns can be avoided in the future.

Regards,
Markus