Is it truly only ever going to work on Perl code? Mightn't it also be pluginnable to rewrite other kinds of files?
On Friday, August 30, 2013, Shlomi Fish wrote: > On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 06:11:03 +0100 > Robert Rothenberg <r...@cpan.org <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > At $work, I've been writing scripts that use PPI to munge massive amounts > > of legacy code. So far simple things like changing die/warn to > croak/carp, > > ensuring all modules specify a minimum version number, or changing print > > "foo\n" so say "foo", etc. It seems worthy enough to turn this code into > a > > CPAN module. > > > > My thoughts are that it would use a plugin system for specific tasks, > and a > > command-line script that takes plugin names as arguments, so basically > > you'd run the script to apply various tasks to a set of modules or > scripts > > in a directory, perhaps using a configuration file for each of the > plugins. > > > > The early version would have simple plugins, but there's no reason why > more > > complex plugins couldn't be written (e.g. to translate a non-Moose class > > into something Moose-like), or other things like optimize certain kinds > of > > expressions. > > > > I'm well aware of the limitations of doing this automatically. But the > idea > > is to get a script that can do the bulk of the tedious rewriting, so > that a > > human can clean up the mistakes. It's meant to be run by intelligent > people > > who use things like version control and tests. > > > > So what should it be called? I'm thinking Perl::Rewrite is the best name. > > > > > Alternatives are: > > > - Perl::Refactor - except "refactoring" has a technical meaning that I > > don't think applies > > > - Perl::Modernize - except that one might want a plugin that translates > > newer-style code into older code > > > - Perl::Munge - except that it connotes sloppiness > > > - Perl::Snorft - no, just kidding.... I have no idea what that means. > > > - ? > > Perl::Modify? Perl::Transform? Perl::Revise? I don't like Perl::Rewrite too > much because it may (but not necessarily) imply rewriting from scratch. > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > Stop Using MSIE - http://www.shlomifish.org/no-ie/ > > “My only boss is God. And Chuck Norris who is his boss.” > — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Chuck-Norris/ > > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . > -- Check out my LEGO blog at brickpile.com <http://www.brickpile.com/> Follow/friend me: Facebook <http://facebook.com/billward> • Flickr<http://flickr.com/photos/billward/>• Twitter <http://twitter.com/williamward> • LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/william-ward/63/393/985/>
