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by darwingr 1695 days ago
The is actually already a specific word for code changes to behaviour that contrasts well with the structural change of refactoring: Transformations.

The word fits well in to TDD's red-green-refactor with the "Transformation Priority Premise". The premise goes as follows: as the tests get more specific, the code becomes more generic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformation_Priority_Premis...