From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,4368e7c7118de06c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!easynet-quince!easynet.net!teaser.fr!enst.fr!melchior!cuivre.fr.eu.org!melchior.frmug.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ICFP2004 results are in Date: 23 Sep 2004 19:54:51 -0400 Organization: Cuivre, Argent, Or Message-ID: References: <4150C42D.9070009@acm.org> <4151957C.3030800@acm.org> <87acvifbyk.fsf@beeblebrox.rfc1149.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lovelace.ada-france.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org 1095983716 16380 212.85.156.195 (23 Sep 2004 23:55:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:55:16 +0000 (UTC) To: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org Return-Path: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at ada-france.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Gateway to the comp.lang.ada Usenet newsgroup" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4060 Date: 2004-09-23T19:54:51-04:00 "Ed Falis" writes: > On 22 Sep 2004 19:13:34 -0400, Stephen Leake wrote: > > > What are the features of a "refactoring editor" that Emacs + GNAT > > lack? > > > > Is there a good summary/intro to a "refactoring editor" somewhere? > > > > > The idea behind a refactoring editor is that it automates ways you > might want to reorganize code to make it cleaner, or more flexible. > This would include moving declarations, combining common code > fragments, and similar transformations on your code base. It's > really a great kind of tool in that it assists developers in common > tasks while helping to avoid missing changes that need to be made for > such an operation to be safe. > > A good reference on refactoring is Martin Fowler's "Refactoring" ;-) Ok. I'm familiar with the concept of refactoring, but I had not considered how a tool could help do it. > It goes into the philosophy behind it, enumerates common kinds of > refactorings, and discusses tool support, as well as providing a > number of good references. > > Like a like of the components of "agile methods", the subject material > is about something all of us do after some experience developing > software, but the book reframes its importance and provides a lot of > guidance about how to do it effectively. Right. I'll put it on my list of things to read. -- -- Stephe