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grep Clojure code using clojure.spec regexes

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#clojure#code search#grep#clojure.spec#regex

123points
8comments
#519of 3,028 in 2020
Top 18%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.

Idea: 3 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Cool, useful idea, especially for searching large code libraries

    From 2 comments
    • This is really cool. What is your motivation for making this? Refactoring? Code Indexing, if so for academic analysis, defect detection or ? I could see this being a really nifty…
      sitkack on HN
    • Whoop whoop! Borkdude delivers again. Happy to see this shipped. In 2018 I Tweeted about searching Clojure code with Spec:…
      pgt on HN

Questions

  • What is the motivation behind the tool (refactoring, indexing, analysis)?

    From 1 comment
    • This is really cool. What is your motivation for making this? Refactoring? Code Indexing, if so for academic analysis, defect detection or ? I could see this being a really nifty…
      sitkack on HN
  • How mature is tree-sitter-clojure compared to buggy implementations?

    From 1 comment
    • @Borkdude I love your project & the name! I work on a similar tool (https://github.com/returntocorp/semgrep), we've recently switched to using tree-sitter under the hood so that…
      ievans on HN

Alternatives named

  • grape, a command-line tool to grep Clojure code

    From 1 comment
    • Just saw this posted recently as well - A command-line tool to grep Clojure code. https://github.com/bfontaine/grape
      gleenn on HN

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