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.TH COCCILIB 3COCCI "May 18, 2011"

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.SH NAME
Coccilib \- Library of functions for use with Coccinelle OCaml script code
.SH MODULE
Module   Coccilib
.SH DOCUMENTATION
.sp
Module
.BI "Coccilib"
 : 
.B sig  end

.B === 
.B Positions
.B ===
.PP
.I type pos
= {
 current_element :
.B string
;
 file :
.B string
;
 line :
.B int
;
 col :
.B int
;
 line_end :
.B int
;
 col_end :
.B int
;
 }

.sp
A value of type
.B pos
describes a position in a source file\&.
.B current_element
is the name of the function containing the matched position;
.B file
is the name of the file containing the matched position;
.B line
is the number of the line containing the first character of the matched
position;
.B col
is the column containing the first character of the matched position;
.B line_end
is the number of the line containing the last character of the matched
position;
.B col_end
is the column containing the last character of the matched position\&.
.sp

.B === 
.B Abstract Syntax Tree
.B ===
.PP
.I type param_type
 =
 | Pos
.B of
.B pos list
 | Str
.B of
.B string
 | Type
.B of
.B Ast_c.fullType
 | Init
.B of
.B Ast_c.initialiser
 | InitList
.B of
.B Ast_c.initialiser Ast_c.wrap2 list
 | Int
.B of
.B int
 | Param
.B of
.B Ast_c.parameterType
 | ParamList
.B of
.B Ast_c.parameterType Ast_c.wrap2 list
 | Expr
.B of
.B Ast_c.expression
 | ExprList
.B of
.B Ast_c.argument Ast_c.wrap2 list
 | Decl
.B of
.B Ast_c.declaration
 | Field
.B of
.B Ast_c.field
 | FieldList
.B of
.B Ast_c.field list
 | Stmt
.B of
.B Ast_c.statement
.sp

.B === 
.B Match management functions
.B ===

.I val include_match
: 
.B bool -> unit
.sp
If the argument is true, retain the environment with respect to which the
ocaml script code is being executed for use in subsequent rules.  If
the argument is false, discard this environment.  By default, the
environment is retained.
.sp

.I val inc_match 
: 
.B bool ref
.sp
True if the environment with respect to which the
ocaml script code is being executed is to be retained for use in
subsequent rules, and false otherwise.
.sp

.I val dir
: 
.B unit -> string
.sp
Returns the directory on which spatch was launched.
.sp

.SH REFERENCES
Y. Padioleau, J.L. Lawall, R.R Hansen, G. Muller
"Documenting and Automating Collateral Evolutions in Linux Device Driver"
.I EuroSys 2008, 
Glasgow, Scotland (April 2008) pp. 247-260.
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>.
.SH REPORTING BUGS
Send a mail to <cocci@diku.dk>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2011, DIKU, University of Copenhagen and INRIA.