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Nov 20, 2015 at 08:25
Elm's compiler has some incredibly good error messages: https://elm-lang.org/blog/compilers-as-assistants (contextual, relevant and written for mere mortals!)
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Oct 15, 2022 at 01:53
I've released difftastic 0.37! * Improved performance, both runtime and memory usage (thanks to QuarticCat) * Added --context=N to adjust how many contextual lines are shown * Better Swift support * The manual is now available in Chinese
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Release 0.37.0 · Wilfred/difftastic
Release 0.37.0 · Wilfred/difftastic
Difftastic is a structural diff tool that understands syntax. See the manual to get started, and the changelog for historical changes. Manual Added a Chinese translation: https://difftastic.wilfred...
Apr 18, 2022 at 00:19
tree-sitter is adding a notion of reserved keywords, as it previously treated keywords as contextual: https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter/pull/1635 Includes a fun example of using `if` as a name in JS!
Mar 15, 2020 at 06:16
The novel feature of a "ribbon" toolbar is that it's contextual. It only offers the functionality that you need. Could we do the same with programming languages? You could enable/disable features based on e.g. codebase size.