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		rattray on Feb 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tree-sitter: an incremental parsing system for pro... I interpreted it to mean, "Remove the s from code like this:" `/ This comment * Should just be alphanumeric. */`

gravypod on Feb 23, 2021 [–]

Yep, this is exactly what I meant. Turning

    /* Something */

or

    { Something }

into:

    " Something "

Or, even better, into:

    "Something"

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