prefix-in renaming fails when replacement token is empty [bug, feature request]
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Description
Here is the result of renaming the prefix "abc:" to "", the empty string:
#lang racket
(require (prefix-in || "foo.rkt"))
(+ ||xyz (||xyz 10))
I expect to get this:
#lang racket
(require "foo.rkt")
(+ xyz (xyz 10))
When you run search-and-replace in drracket with "abc:" to "" it does that (minus the prefix-in removal).
So it's possible that this is not a bug report but a feature request for "remove prefix-in".
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in DrRacket using the prefix-in example with an empty replacement token, then trace the renaming operation that produces the shown output. Done means renaming abc: to an empty string removes the prefix-in form and leaves the expected xyz references.
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