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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.PLATEAU.2019.3
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-119579
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2020/11957/
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Lubin, Justin ; Chugh, Ravi

Type-Directed Program Transformations for the Working Functional Programmer

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Abstract

We present preliminary research on Deuce+, a set of tools integrating plain text editing with structural manipulation that brings the power of expressive and extensible type-directed program transformations to everyday, working programmers without a background in computer science or mathematical theory. Deuce+ comprises three components: (i) a novel set of type-directed program transformations, (ii) support for syntax constraints for specifying "code style sheets" as a means of flexibly ensuring the consistency of both the concrete and abstract syntax of the output of program transformations, and (iii) a domain-specific language for specifying program transformations that can operate at a high level on the abstract (and/or concrete) syntax tree of a program and interface with syntax constraints to expose end-user options and alleviate tedious and potentially mutually inconsistent style choices. Currently, Deuce+ is in the design phase of development, and discovering the right usability choices for the system is of the highest priority.

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@InProceedings{lubin_et_al:OASIcs:2020:11957,
  author =	{Justin Lubin and Ravi Chugh},
  title =	{{Type-Directed Program Transformations for the Working Functional Programmer}},
  booktitle =	{10th Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU 2019)},
  pages =	{3:1--3:12},
  series =	{OpenAccess Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-135-1},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2020},
  volume =	{76},
  editor =	{Sarah Chasins and Elena L. Glassman and Joshua Sunshine},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2020/11957},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-119579},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.PLATEAU.2019.3},
  annote =	{Keywords: program transformations, structured editing, refactoring, code formatting}
}

Keywords: program transformations, structured editing, refactoring, code formatting
Collection: 10th Workshop on Evaluation and Usability of Programming Languages and Tools (PLATEAU 2019)
Issue Date: 2020
Date of publication: 30.03.2020

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