(:inside) - Operators

select a value that appears inside another

(:inside scope val)

Where:

1. scope: the enclosing value to confine the search to *
2. val: what to find inside the scope *

Expanding into:

(:#across _ \1 \2)

Guides

• Confinement

Examples

Find translate() calls only inside render functions, not in boot/init code.

(:inside (fun render) (call translate))

Selects in lines { 2 }:

def boot():
  translate()

def render():
  translate()

translate()

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Locate identifiers inside specific functions to understand variable usage.

(:inside (fun y) (id x))

Selects in lines { 1 }:

x
def x():
  x
def y():
  x
x

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Find calls inside nested scopes by chaining :inside operators.

(:inside
  (fun outer)
  (:inside
    (fun inner)
    (call process)))

Selects in lines { 2 }:

def outer():
  process()
  def inner():
    process()

def inner():
  process()

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Audit which functions call a deprecated API, excluding test utilities.

(:inside
  (:and
    (fun)
    (:not (fun /^test_/)))
  (call deprecatedAPI))

Selects in lines { 2 }:

def test_setup():
  deprecatedAPI()

def render():
  deprecatedAPI()

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Arguments

scope

1. (:into)
2. (:replace)
3. (:capture)
4. (:after)
5. (:at)
6. (:before)
7. (:inside)
8. (:nearest)
9. (:outside)
10. (:kind)
11. (:ref)
12. (:text)
13. (:and)
14. (:not)
15. (:or)
16. ...language selectors
    

val

1. (:into)
2. (:nearest)
3. (:and)
4. (:or)
5. (:not)
6. (:text)
7. (:kind)
8. (:replace)
9. (:replace-in)
10. (:capture)
11. (:after)
12. (:at)
13. (:before)
14. (:inside)
15. (:outside)
16. (:ref)
17. ...language selectors
    
18. ...language expressions