[ANN][ENH][FIX][RB] RewriteTool and other Refactoring Browser improvements

Ned Konz ned at squeakland.org
Thu Feb 24 02:55:16 UTC 2005


I have put a Monticello diff file (against the current SqueakMap version of 
Refactory, which is Refactory-md.3.8.12) on my site at:
http://bike-nomad.com/squeak/Refactory-nk.3823.mcd
You will have to load Refactory-md.3.8.12 first.

The big news here is the addition of the RewriteTool, which is like a pressure 
washer for code janitors.

It is like the FinderTool in that it lets you search for parse tree (rather 
than text) patterns in your code. But it also lets you specify a replacement 
pattern. When you say "Replace" it puts up a FileContentsBrowser from which 
you can view the proposed changes and load selected methods, classes, or the 
entire set of changes.

I have also added the beginnings of a color formatter for the RB, but haven't 
finished all the colors yet. You can now use the RB formatter for 
pretty-printing tasks throughout the system. I have also improved its 
printing of various things, including array literals.

Changes from Refactory-md.3.8.12 to Refactory-nk.3823

- added RewriteTool (like FinderTool but you can do search/replace with it)
- added lint rule for override of superclass method without calling it.
- added lint rule for sending of 'new initialize' and friends
- added lint rule for sending a deprecated method to a known global
- improved pretty printing (especially for literal arrays, etc.)
- added preference for using RB to pretty-print globally
- added RB-based color pretty-printing for use in browsers
- deprecation fixes: fixed 'super new initialize', 'self beep', etc.
- made sure that metaclasses were searched too by lint tool!
- misc. bug fixes
- changed lint rule for missing super sends to look for 
#subclassResponsibility in superclass
- fixed opening of editor in some cases
- sorted class names in RB environment browsers

I am presenting it this way so people can get a chance to use it for a bit.

Enjoy,
-- 
Ned Konz
http://bike-nomad.com/squeak/



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