Gleam gets “rename variable”

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Gleam is a type-safe and scalable language for the Erlang virtual machine and JavaScript runtimes. Today Gleam v1.8.0 has been published. Let's take a look!

Rename variables and arguments

The most desired feature for a long time has probably been "rename" in the language server. I'm happy to announce that the first iteration of this has been implemented! Local variables and function arguments can be renamed. For example, given this code:

pub fn main() {
  let wibble = 10
  wibble + 1
}

Triggering the "rename" command in your editor with your cursor on wibble and then entering my_number will cause the language server to edit your code like so:

pub fn main() {
  let my_number = 10
  my_number + 1
}

It's not limited to variables that are used a single time, all the uses will be converted as required. This is just the first iteration of this feature, renaming for other things in Gleam code will come in future releases.

Thank you Surya Rose for this long awaited feature!

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