Actually, a code upgrade system would have to work on the textual representation of code, because old code won't necessarily parse.
2009/5/26 Alex Chapman <chapman.a...@gmail.com> > I guess at some point a language reaches a tipping point where changes for > the better (or simpler) actually cost more than they're worth. Maybe there's > another way around this problem though. Things that break old code are: > 1. Vocab renaming, > 2. Moving a word from one vocab to another, > 3. Removing a word, > 4. Changing how a word works (including its stack effect), > 5. Coming up with a better or simpler way of doing something. > > When these things are done we could add a code description of the change > that was made, and run a script over the old code to update it to the new > way of Factoring. This should work for all but #5. > > This sort of feature could be done in Factor if it can read a .factor file, > modify the words in the vocab, then write over the original .factor file > without losing the original formatting, commenting, etc. Is this possible > yet? > > With most Factor features implemented as libraries, this kind of code > upgrade system could mean that Factor never has to freeze its API, and we > can keep refactoring forever :) > > Alex > > PS. Doug, those changes to Jamshred look good to me, and I won't personally > miss range-max, range-min et al. > > 2009/5/26 Chris Double <chris.dou...@double.co.nz> > > On 5/26/09, Doug Coleman <doug.cole...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Nothing else uses these words. How does that look? >> > >> >> You mean nothing in the Factor repository uses these words. There's a >> whole bunch of Factor code not in the repository that is affected by >> word renamings, etc. Please take this into account when you consider >> changes. >> >> Chris. >> -- >> http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT >> is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. >> Meet >> the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & >> iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian >> Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Factor-talk mailing list >> Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk >> > >
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