>> That isn't true of most IDEs today that are just working on the program text 
>> itself. With today's editors, the textual format matters. (We might rightly 
>> lament that fact, but it does seem to be the field we've got to play on 
>> right now.)
> 
> Some might argue whether this is a step forward or not (personally, I think a 
> stable source code representation is important).  However, it doesn't say 
> anything about the feasibility of tool recognizing usage patterns.  In fact, 
> isn't that exactly what refactoring tools and code quality analyzers do?

True. The Eclipse JDT keep all kinds of models and indices.

-- 
Dr. Axel Rauschmayer

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