delete-range

name	delete-range
description	Editor primitive for deleting an exact line range after explicit confirmation. Use inside write-code-by-hand mode when the user asks to delete, remove, or cut specific lines or a selected range.

Delete Range

Delete only the exact line range requested.

Operational framing: remove bytes while preserving authorship boundaries.

Required Inputs

• Target file.
• Start line.
• End line.
• Confirmation for destructive deletion unless the request is already exact and explicit.

Rules

• Delete only the specified contiguous range.
• Do not clean up surrounding blank lines unless separately instructed.
• Do not infer that imports, tests, or references should also be removed.
• If the range is ambiguous, show the nearby lines and ask for a precise range.

Output

Confirm:

Deleted <path>:<start>-<end>.

Report the new cursor location.