On 04/05/13 01:52, Nicolas Trangez wrote:
On Fri, 2013-05-03 at 10:40 -0700, Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
Given the apparent simplicity of the changes needed to keep one's Haskell code up to snuff and the strong typing inherent in Haskell code, would it not be possible to create something similar? If there is a tool that moves (most of) one's code from Haskell version n to n+1 then making breaking changes would be even less of an issue.
Just an idea, I have no clue about its feasibility...
I mentioned the same on #haskell today. Something like Coccinelle (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr) "semantic patches" could be really useful to automate (some) API & language changes. Somewhat like (but better than) the Python '2to3' tool.
I think some message about a GSoC project regarding an AST-based refactoring tool was posted to this list. That might be a useful building block for such tool?
Yes, I proposed that. It seems to be already in the making by some, but seems to need more concentrated community effort/support/contribution. It would also *hugely* reduce the time spent on what my next email is about.