Gofix, "a tool to mechanically update code to accommodate language and library changes."

Mr. Pike talks more about it starting at 8:26 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj9T2c2Xk_s&feature=player_embedded


I wish D had such a tool.  Any chance?

On Tuesday, 16 April 2013 at 20:39:51 UTC, Arlen wrote:
> Gofix, "a tool to mechanically update code to accommodate language and
> library changes."
>
> Mr. Pike talks more about it starting at 8:26
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj9T2c2Xk_s&feature=player_embedded
>
>
> I wish D had such a tool.  Any chance?

Static analysis and other dev tools have a chain of dependencies, the beginning of which is a complete and correct grammar definition. I've been working on one for the past several days.

There is a chance that such a tool could be created for D, but there's a lot of work to be done to get there.