Parsing error

[robertoaloi]

Parsing the following module:

-module(my_module).
-export([main/1]).
-record(my_record, {}).
main(Record) -> Record#my_record{
    %% TODO
}.

Triggers an error:

[warning] Please report error parsing form error:{case_clause,comment}:[{els_parser,record_field_name,3,[{file,".../erlang_ls-0.31.0/apps/els_lsp/src/els_parser.erl"},{line,698}]},{els_parser,'-record_expr_pois/3-lc$^0/1-0-',2,[{file,".../erlang_ls-0.31.0/apps/els_lsp/src/els_parser.erl"},{line,670}]},{els_parser,record_expr_pois,3,[{file,".../erlang_ls-0.31.0/apps/els_lsp/src/els_parser.erl"},{line,671}]},{els_parser,do_points_of_interest,1,[{file,".../erlang_ls-0.31.0/apps/els_lsp/src/els_parser.erl"},{line,198}]},{els_parser,'-points_of_interest/1-fun-0-',2,[{file,".../erlang_ls-0.31.0/apps/els_lsp/src/els_parser.erl"},{line,184}]},{els_parser,fold2,3,[{file,".../erlang_ls-0.31.0/apps/els_lsp/src/els_parser.erl"},{line,880}]},{els_parser,fold1,3,[{file,".../erlang_ls-0.31.0/apps/els_lsp/src/els_parser.erl"},{line,873}]},{els_parser,fold,3,[{file,".../erlang_ls-0.31.0/apps/els_lsp/src/els_parser.erl"},{line,867}]}], {function,#{end_location => {6,3},location => {4,1}},[{clause,#{end_location => {6,2},location => {4,1}},{call,#{end_location => {4,13},location => {4,1}},{atom,#{end_location => {4,5},location => {4,1},text => "main"},main},[{var,#{end_location => {4,12},location => {4,6},text => "Record"},'Record'}]},empty,[{record,#{end_location => {6,2},location => {4,17}},{var,#{end_location => {4,23},location => {4,17},text => "Record"},'Record'},{atom,#{end_location => {4,33},location => {4,24},text => "my_record"},my_record},[{comment,#{end_location => {5,12},location => {5,5}},["%% TODO"]}]}]}]} [els_parser:parse_forms/1 L78] <0.10014.1>

FYI @gomoripeti

[gomoripeti]

thanks Roberto I don't think els_parser handles standalone comments anywhere (https://github.com/WhatsApp/erlfmt/blob/main/src/erlfmt_recomment.erl#L98) at least I did not expect them :)

as an alternative of fixing els_parser: @michalmuskala would it be possible to allow erlfmt:read_node_string/3 (with an additional option) to ignore comments and skip recommenting? Apart from making els_parser's life easier it could also spare some cpu cycles for erlang_ls (this is not useful for erlfmt itself ofc) Would comments be useful for erlang_ls in the future? (I dont think it uses them right now)

[robertoaloi]

If possible, I would prefer fixing els_parser on our side. We don't use comments yet, but they could turn out useful in the future (e.g. if we deal with refactoring).

[gomoripeti]

makes sense. Will need to test the parser on more "final comments in containers", there might be other problematic places then records. (the record part is not a big change, but I cannot commit when I will have time to address this unfortunately)

(there are two erlang refactoring tools > erlang langauge server for unification > there are three erlang refactoring tools :P)