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by robertlagrant 1887 days ago
Python you can probably do that just from the standard library. ast.parse and all that.
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smithza 1887 days ago
Perhaps, but this tool has a syntax and common interface for multiple languages. This is a huge resource for IT/security. I could imagine this being a helpful refactoring tool as well for CLI.
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robertlagrant 1887 days ago
No need to overstate. It's fine, but the rules seem to need to be very bespoke, and any language's parser will do a better job of figuring out syntax.
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