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From: SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
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>> Do you prefer to delegate the proposed software refactoring
>> only to a corresponding optimiser?
> 
> yes.

Will any applications around the semantic patch language
(Coccinelle software) fit also in the preferred tool category?

Regards,
Markus