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Unless the search/replace is super simple, you need the YAML as far as I can tell. The refactor I gave up on automating had to do with changing variadic C++ mac

• simonw 3y ago
  The YAML syntax I find most useful for this kind of thing is this: something: subkey: | I can put any characters I like in here And they "won't be messed up" by anything Because they are part of a multi-line string
• herrington_d 3y ago
  > changing variadic C++ macros into arithmetic expressions I don't know your exact use case but it sounds a little bit hard to me. I guess you want to change things like this. ```cpp add_macro(a, b, c, d); // before a + b + c + d; // after ``` It isn't that easy to do in pattern syntax. The pattern/replacement must support repetition and it isn't straightforward as far as I can tell from Rust's macro[0]. That said, if you need to support use cases like this, ast-grep has Python API to support programmatic usage[1]. [0] https://veykril.github.io/tlborm/decl-macros/macros-methodical.html#repetitions https://veykril.github.io/tlborm/decl-macros/macros-methodic... [1] https://ast-grep.github.io/guide/api-usage/py-api.html https://ast-grep.github.io/guide/api-usage/py-api.html