What should semantic diffs highlight: The change or its effect? - eviltoast
Language aware diffs can detect changes in the semantics of the code that are invisible to traditional diffs. How should they be highlighted?
  • Kissaki@programming.devEnglish
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    8 days ago

    would make it clearer

    Would make what clearer?

    If I change a string to a raw string or an interpolated string, it is a semantic change on the entire string, even if it leads to consequential changes only on subsections of it. The next time or additional changes I make must take different semantics into account.