Easier Lint Authoring with Semantic Search and Replace in the Erlang Language Platform - Alan Zimmerman | Code BEAM Lite STO 2025

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Easier Lint Authoring with Semantic Search and (…)- Alan Zimmerman | Code BEAM Lite STO 2025

Easier Lint Authoring with Semantic Search and (...)- Alan Zimmerman | Code BEAM Lite STO 2025

This talk was recorded at Code BEAM Stockholm in June 2025. If you’re curious about our upcoming event, check https://codebeamstockholm.com

Abstract
A Lint has two parts, identifying a problem, and possibly providing a fix. The first requires scanning the code for patterns that could contain a problematic occurrence, then checking each to see if it does. A fix involves changing the code, based on what has been found. This talk will show how using Semantic Search and Replace, a regex-like string to match Erlang syntax and extract interesting parts, all three of these steps can be simplified dramatically.

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