Talk:Amelioration patterns

Amelioration Patterns versus Refactoring

From my (limited) understanding, I think that there is a slight difference between these two concepts. Refactoring is used to improve the design of a program while maintaining exactly the same functionality. On the other hand, an amelioration pattern is describes how to change existing code to add some additional functionality. Is this how other people understand it too? -- Janina Voigt