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* Re: [Cocci] [PATCH v2 1/2] parsing_c: Align C AST and Coccinelle AST for pointers
@ 2020-02-09  9:39 Markus Elfring
  2020-02-09  9:41 ` Julia Lawall
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From: Markus Elfring @ 2020-02-09  9:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jaskaran Singh, cocci; +Cc: linux-kernel-mentees

> For a pointer, the C parser constructed an AST dissimilar from that

I find it helpful to mention the meaning of the term “AST” without abbreviation
for a nicer patch description.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AST

Regards,
Markus
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* Re: [Cocci] [PATCH v2 1/2] parsing_c: Align C AST and Coccinelle AST for pointers
  2020-02-09  9:39 [Cocci] [PATCH v2 1/2] parsing_c: Align C AST and Coccinelle AST for pointers Markus Elfring
@ 2020-02-09  9:41 ` Julia Lawall
  2020-02-09  9:44   ` [Cocci] [v2 " Markus Elfring
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Julia Lawall @ 2020-02-09  9:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Markus Elfring; +Cc: linux-kernel-mentees, cocci

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On Sun, 9 Feb 2020, Markus Elfring wrote:

> > For a pointer, the C parser constructed an AST dissimilar from that
>
> I find it helpful to mention the meaning of the term “AST” without abbreviation
> for a nicer patch description.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AST

Not necessary.  Anyone who is looking at the Coccinelle commits should
know what an AST is.

julia

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* Re: [Cocci] [v2 1/2] parsing_c: Align C AST and Coccinelle AST for pointers
  2020-02-09  9:41 ` Julia Lawall
@ 2020-02-09  9:44   ` Markus Elfring
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Markus Elfring @ 2020-02-09  9:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Julia Lawall, Jaskaran Singh; +Cc: linux-kernel-mentees, cocci

>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AST
>
> Not necessary.  Anyone who is looking at the Coccinelle commits should
> know what an AST is.

I would appreciate to reduce the potential for confusion around
the application of parsing technologies.

Regards,
Markus
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