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名詞

rewriter (複数形 rewriters)

1. One who, or that which, rewrites.
   • 2009 April 16, Charles Mcgrath, “Sex and Crime, the Updates: Gay Talese Is Back on the Beat”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Part of why both books dragged on so long is that Mr. Talese, who once worked for The New York Times, is a perfectionist, an obsessive tinkerer and rewriter, and also a famously meticulous reporter and researcher who spurns devices like composite characters and faked identities.

2. (computing) Part of a compiler that makes a second pass to fix the generated object code by implementing postconditions, patching in calls or pointers to point to the correct locations, etc.