Richard Jones <rich@annexia.org> wrote in article <20081004190416.GA6466@annexia.org> in gmane.comp.lang.caml.inria:
> It's crying out for someone to invent a tool which actually
> understands the syntax of the code in the files (not just as plain
> text) and creates a more robust and easier to read format.

Here's some related work:
http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/#sp

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