New Change Pattern Specification

[sedflix]

Can we make some sort of domain-specific language for specifying the changing pattern?

We can use some sort of modifiers to specify the actions. For example:

• //: Move
• +/-: Update
• -: Remove
• default or +: Add

Example specification 1

for(*) {   
	//a++; 
}

This specifies a change in which a for was added(irrespective of the conditions) and a++ was moved.

Example specification 1

+/-for(*) {
	// a++
}

This specifies a change in which a for was modified.

The main advantage of such an approach would be UX. I feel that this will make the process of specifying change pattern easier and hence improving the usability.