Thompson, Simon, Horpacsi, Daniel (2023) Refactoring = Substitution + Rewriting: Towards Generic, Language-Independent Refactorings. In: Eelco Visser Commemorative Symposium. Eelco Visser Commemorative Symposium (EVCS 2023). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs) , 109. 26:1-26:9. Schloss Dagstuhl — Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, Dagstuhl, Germany ISBN 978-3-95977-267-9. (doi:10.4230/OASIcs.EVCS.2023.26) (KAR id:100564)
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Abstract
Eelco Visser’s work has always encouraged stepping back from the particular to look at the underlying, conceptual problems.
In that spirit we present an approach to describing refactorings that abstracts away from particular refactorings to classes of similar transformations, and presents an implementation of these that works by substitution and subsequent rewriting.
Substitution is language-independent under this approach, while the rewrites embody language-specific aspects. Intriguingly, it also goes back to work on API migration by Huiqing Li and the first author, and sets refactoring in that general context.
| Item Type: | Conference or workshop item (Paper) |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.4230/OASIcs.EVCS.2023.26 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | refactoring, generic, language independent, rewriting, substitution, API upgrade |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming, |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing |
| Funders: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (https://ror.org/0439y7842) |
| Depositing User: | S. Thompson |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Mar 2023 08:47 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2023 10:03 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/100564 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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Thompson, Simon.
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