Python: Separate -> PhaseDependentFlow

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python/ql/lib/semmle/python/dataflow/new/internal/DataFlowPrivate.qll

@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ module StepRelationTransformations {
  /**
  * A module to separate import-time from run-time.
  *
- * We really have two local flow relations, on for module initialisation time (or _import time_) and one for runtime.
+ * We really have two local flow relations, one for module initialisation time (or _import time_) and one for runtime.
  * Consider a read from a global variable `x = foo`. At import time there should be a local flow step from `foo` to `x`,
  * while at runtime there should be a jump step from the module variable corresponding to `foo` to `x`.
  *
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ module StepRelationTransformations {
  * with the heuristic that global variables act according to import time rules at top-level program points and according
  * to runtime rules everywhere else. This will forego some import time local flow but otherwise be consistent.
  */
- module Separate<stepSig/2 rawStep> {
+ module PhaseDependentFlow<stepSig/2 rawStep> {
  /**
  * Holds if `node` is found at the top level of a module.
  */
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ predicate simpleLocalFlowStep(Node nodeFrom, Node nodeTo) {
  * or at runtime when callables in the module are called.
  */
 predicate simpleLocalFlowStepForTypetracking(Node nodeFrom, Node nodeTo) {
- IncludePostUpdateFlow<Separate<EssaFlow::essaFlowStep/2>::step/2>::step(nodeFrom, nodeTo)
+ IncludePostUpdateFlow<PhaseDependentFlow<EssaFlow::essaFlowStep/2>::step/2>::step(nodeFrom, nodeTo)
 }
 
 private predicate summaryLocalStep(Node nodeFrom, Node nodeTo) {
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ private predicate summaryLocalStep(Node nodeFrom, Node nodeTo) {
 }
 
 predicate summaryFlowSteps(Node nodeFrom, Node nodeTo) {
- IncludePostUpdateFlow<Separate<summaryLocalStep/2>::step/2>::step(nodeFrom, nodeTo)
+ IncludePostUpdateFlow<PhaseDependentFlow<summaryLocalStep/2>::step/2>::step(nodeFrom, nodeTo)
 }
 
 /** `ModuleVariable`s are accessed via jump steps at runtime. */

python/ql/test/experimental/dataflow/module-initialization/localFlow.ql

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ module ImportTimeLocalFlowTest implements FlowTestSig {
  // results are displayed next to `nodeTo`, so we need a line to write on
  nodeTo.getLocation().getStartLine() > 0 and
  nodeTo.asVar() instanceof GlobalSsaVariable and
- DP::Separate<DP::EssaFlow::essaFlowStep/2>::importTimeStep(nodeFrom, nodeTo)
+ DP::PhaseDependentFlow<DP::EssaFlow::essaFlowStep/2>::importTimeStep(nodeFrom, nodeTo)
  }
 }