>>> I didn't want to use a name with the pid, so that one could easily find
>>> this information while Coccinelle is running.
>>
>> Do you mark these data as “hidden” in the file system?
> 
> I don't know what this means.

Do you fiddle with file attributes or use a dot as the first character
in the file name?


>> I imagine that the storage algorithm could become better configurable
>> besides the parameters “--temp-files” and “--tmp-dir”.
> 
> The problem is that running multiple coccinelles each with parallelism is
> fairly pointless,

The situation might be different if the execution environment provides
enough computation resources for processing with special data distributions.


> especially on the same semantic patch.

There can be restrictions usually.


> So the only people who do it will be those who don't understand
> how Coccinelle works.

This might be. - Or do they compare different software versions (in parallel)?


> Those people won't realize that they should use such extra options either.

Some time is needed to become more aware about advanced parameters.

Regards,
Markus
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