Hi john

I'm facing the following situation and I was wondering if a simple
heuristic could not improve the situation (where edge cases will always be
a problem).

I got a hierarchy of expressions implementing evaluate and I wanted to add
a parameter (the binding). So Add Parameter worked but broke evaluate
recursive methods.
Here is a part of the book I'm writing


[[[
EConstant >> testEvaluate
self assert:(EConstant new value: 5) evaluate equals: 5
]]]

is transformed as follows:
[[[
EConstant >> testEvaluate
self assert: ((EConstant new value: 5) evaluateWith: Dictionary new)
equals: 5
]]]

Your tests should nearly all pass except the ones on variables. Why do they
fail?
Because the refactoring transformed message sends ==evaluate== but
==evaluateWith: Dictionary new== and this even in methods ==evaluate==.

[[[
EAddition >> evaluateWith: anObject
^ (right evaluateWith: Dictionary new) + (left evaluateWith: Dictionary new)
]]]

[[[
EAddition >> evaluateWith: anObject
^ (right evaluateWith: anObject) + (left evaluateWith: anObject)
]]]


And I was wondering if a good heuristic would be to change the parameter.
Now I have the impression that the refactoring is done it two passes.
So this is more tricky than it looks.

Stef

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