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codewalker
n. A program component that traverses other programs for a living. Compilers
have codewalkers in their front ends; so do cross-reference generators and
some database front ends. Other utility programs that try to do too much
with source code may turn into codewalkers. As in This new vgrind feature
would require a codewalker to implement.