sle2024/paper04

SLE 2024 paper:
Concrete Syntax Metapatterns

Luka Miljak, Casper Bach Poulsen, Rosilde Corvino

• DOI: 10.1145/3687997.3695637
• T4B: Horizontal Transformation
  • It advances code transformation by extending AST pattern matching with more expressive metapatterns for refactorings.
• T3B: Transformation Languages
  • Metapatterns act as a transformation/pattern language for matching and rewriting program structures.
• T2B: Evolution
  • The motivating use case is large-scale refactoring to support maintenance of evolving code bases.
• T4A: Workbenches
  • The contribution targets transformation tooling that developers use to build and apply restructurings.

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