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#22 Literals indistinguishable from variables

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nobody
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2010-03-01
2010-03-01
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The AST provides no mechanism for distinguishing between literals (like empty_string) and variables. Thus, confronted with an assumption like:

X = empty_string

It is impossible to know which direction a replacement should be made.

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