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+/// the address of a variable or field is non-zero is likely always to bo
+/// non-zero
+///
+// Confidence: High
+// Copyright: (C) 2012 Julia Lawall, INRIA/LIP6.  GPLv2.
+// Copyright: (C) 2012 Gilles Muller, INRIA/LiP6.  GPLv2.
+// URL: http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
+// Comments:
+// Options: -no_includes -include_headers
+
+virtual org
+virtual report
+virtual context
+
+@r@
+expression x;
+statement S1,S2;
+position p;
+@@
+
+*if@p (&x)
+ S1 else S2
+
+@script:python depends on org@
+p << r.p;
+@@
+
+cocci.print_main("test of a variable/field address",p)
+
+@script:python depends on report@
+p << r.p;
+@@
+
+msg = "ERROR: test of a variable/field address"
+coccilib.report.print_report(p[0],msg)