(:inside)

selects values that appear inside a specific scope (lexically contained)

(:inside scope val)

Where:

1. scope: the containing construct to search within *
2. val: what to find inside the scope *

Expanding into:

(:#across _ \1 \2)

Behavior

• The scope argument defines the container (e.g., functions, classes), and val defines what to find within.
• Respects nesting - can be composed to find values inside nested scopes.
• Using (:into) on the scope argument includes the scope itself in results.

Examples

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

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

Selects in lines { 2 } but not in { }:

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 } but not in { }:

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 } but not in { }:

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 } but not in { }:

def test_setup():
  deprecatedAPI()

def render():
  deprecatedAPI()

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Arguments

scope

• (:#across) • (:after) • (:at) • (:before) • (:inside) • (:outside) • (:kind) • (:ref) • (:text) • (:and) • (:not) • (:or) • (:into) • (:replace) • (:capture)

val

• (:#across) • (:after) • (:at) • (:before) • (:inside) • (:outside) • (:kind) • (:ref) • (:text) • (:into) • (:and) • (:or) • (:not) • (:replace) • (:capture)