Add feature to evaluate list around point #2881
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This adds a new function cider-eval-list-at-point, that evaluates a list around point [as in: code delimited by the nearest pair of parens surrounding point]. This comes handy to evaluate a function call while the point is anywhere within the function call.
It's modelled after the eval-sexp-at-point solution, and as such, deals with the "deref @" and other quirks intelligently.
In terms of the implementation, it's built on a thingatpoint built-in feature, so no magic text manipulation is happening. Although the thingatpoint code targets Emacs Lisp, it should work fine with Clojure code too.
Sorry, no tests (yet) - I'd appreciate some help or guidance on what to cover for this.
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make test)make lint) which is based onelisp-lintand includescheckdoc, check-declare, packaging metadata, indentation, and trailing whitespace checks.Thanks!
If you're just starting out to hack on CIDER you might find this section of its
manual extremely useful.