[Cocci] attributes

[Cocci] attributes

[Julia Lawall]

People ask from time to time about the possibility of matching attributes,
such as __read_mostly.  It is now (github) possible to match and transform
a single such attribute when it comes after the name of a variable in a
variable declaration.  A possible rule is thus:

@@
identifier i,j;
attribute name __ro_after_init;
@@

*struct i j __ro_after_init =
 { ... };

julia

[Cocci] Addition of support for variable attributes

[SF Markus Elfring]

> It is now (github) possible to match and transform a single such attribute
> when it comes after the name of a variable in a variable declaration.

This is a nice extension for your software.

How does this information fit to the wording in the manual?
https://github.com/coccinelle/coccinelle/blob/2776ede39f6f4197eaa0fc8344152e5ed07e0ad3/docs/manual/cocci_syntax.tex#L308
??
It is not possible to match or remove an attribute, only to add one.
??


> attribute name __ro_after_init;

Do you imagine any further software evolution if you start the specification
of this metavariable type with two words?

Regards,
Markus