  A simple recipe for revealing classical-like contributions in optical
potential cross sections is proposed. The recipe is based on the fact that the
classical-like properties are not expected to depend on the actual value of
$\hbar$. This allows us to identify the classical-like characteristics of an
optical potential cross section by simply repeating the calculation with
different values of $\hbar$, and observing which properties of the cross
section are invariant. This method is applied to the cross sections of a few
optical potentials used to describe the recent data of light heavy-ion elastic
scattering.
