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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 months agoThe solution to this problem (and many others) is to use an IDE / editor which supports refactoring like that. Which is pretty much every IDE / editor unless you’re using some very obscure language I think.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 months agoanything that supports your language’s language server protocol
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 months agoYup, that’s what I meant. I really don’t see why anyone wouldn’t use it nowadays.
minus-square@sudolink0•2 months agoI dont think external tooling should be a factor in deciding your language’s definition.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 months agoa lot of languages these days ship with tooling.
minus-square@sudolink1•2 months agoThat doesnt change my point. The tooling is completely downstream of the language.
The solution to this problem (and many others) is to use an IDE / editor which supports refactoring like that. Which is pretty much every IDE / editor unless you’re using some very obscure language I think.
anything that supports your language’s language server protocol
Yup, that’s what I meant. I really don’t see why anyone wouldn’t use it nowadays.
I dont think external tooling should be a factor in deciding your language’s definition.
a lot of languages these days ship with tooling.
That doesnt change my point. The tooling is completely downstream of the language.