On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 4:07 AM, stepharo <[email protected]> wrote:

> mariano did you try the tool developed by mark rizun?
> because I always fail to get the expression correct.
>

I wasn't aware of this tool.
I am checking it right now. Unfortunately, the smalltalk hub page has no
documentation. So I must search a bit first.



> We spent some times trying to document the pattern language but to us it
> is not really coherent.
> Jean-Christophe was expert in parse tree rewriting and he got lost.
>
> There is a chapter in PharoInProgress.
>
>
I could not find it. Could you please send me the link?

Thanks!


> We are prototyping alternatives because we need better tools.
>
> Stef
>
> Le 9/11/15 06:38, Thierry Goubier a écrit :
>
> Hi Mariano,
>>
>> Le 09/11/2015 01:13, Mariano Martinez Peck a écrit :
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Mariano Martinez Peck
>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>> ...
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Thierry,
>>>
>>> I am trying to achieve a similar case like the one I commented in this
>>> post but I am unable to find the way.
>>> Previously I wanted to replace say the literal #oldSelector to
>>> #newSelector. Now,  I need to use regular expressions. I mean, I would
>>> need to find matches of '*oldSelector*' and do the replace with
>>> 'newSelector'. For example,  the search may find
>>> '*pre*oldSelector*post*' and I want it to be replaced by
>>> '*pre*newSelector*post'. *And of course, I don't know in advance what
>>> pre and post strings there could be.
>>>
>>
>> What you need to do there is to use a match block after the @selector
>>
>> `{:node | node selector matches: '.*oldSelector.*'}
>>
>> Which would mean that your patterns become:
>>
>> rewriter
>>     replace: '``@object `oldSelector {:node | node selector matches:
>> '.*oldSelector.*'}'
>>     with: '``@object `newSelector {:node | node selector }'.
>>
>> Wait, not entirely sure. I think you need to add a dictionary in the
>> block to give the with: argument the pre and post string. And I'm not sure
>> about the regular expression above as well.
>>
>> I need to have access to the SmaCC code source, so I'll answer to you a
>> bit later.
>>
>>
>>> Also..do you know where can I find some more info about RB? For example,
>>> if I read this:
>>>
>>> rewriter
>>> replace: '``@object ' , oldSeletor
>>> with: '``@object ' , newSelector.
>>>
>>> Where can I read that  ``@object   means XXX ..  ?
>>>
>>
>> There is a first level of explanation in the Pharo for the Enterprise
>> book; but, yes the pattern language is fairly complex.
>>
>> Are you going to Smalltalks? John Brant is there and will give a talk on
>> RB and SmaCC (two talks, I believe).
>>
>> Thierry
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         Or a cascade: a RBParseTreeSearcher which matches blocks; on
>>>         each block node you activate a rewriter.
>>>
>>>         However, there is an issue in rewriting blocks contents, because
>>>         it supposes that the method defining the block is recompiled;
>>>         it's significantly harder to make changes to the code of live
>>>         blocks (change the bytescode itself? What if the block has
>>>         multiples instances?).
>>>
>>>         Thierry
>>>
>>>
>>>             If not, I think my easiest path is to automatically compile
>>>             dummy/temporal  classes/methods from the rules, perform the
>>>             refactor, then move source from methods to block closures,
>>>             and finally remove created classes.
>>>
>>>             Any pointer is appreciated.
>>>
>>>             best,
>>>
>>>             --
>>>             Mariano
>>>             http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>     --
>>>     Mariano
>>>     http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mariano
>>> http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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