>> * The repetition of such a constraint in subsequent SmPL rules could be avoided >> if inheritance will be used for this metavariable. > > This is quite incorrect. I suggest to consider additional software design options. > Inheritance is only possible when a match of the previous rule has succeeded. I agree with this information. > If a rule never applies in a given file, the rules that inherit from it > won't apply either. I would like to point the possibility out to specify a source code search which will find interesting function calls at least by an inital SmPL rule. > Furthermore, what is inherited is the value, not the constraint. This technical detail can be fine. > If the original binding of alloc only ever matches kmalloc, > then the inherited references will only match kmalloc too. Can the desired search pattern be extended in significant ways? Regards, Markus
