class SyntaxSuggest::CaptureCodeContext

Turns a “invalid block(s)” into useful context

There are three main phases in the algorithm:

Sanitize/format input source
Search for invalid blocks
Format invalid blocks into something meaningful

This class handles the third part.

The algorithm is very good at capturing all of a syntax error in a single block in number 2, however the results can contain ambiguities. Humans are good at pattern matching and filtering and can mentally remove extraneous data, but they can’t add extra data that’s not present.

In the case of known ambiguious cases, this class adds context back to the ambiguity so the programmer has full information.

Beyond handling these ambiguities, it also captures surrounding code context information:

puts block.to_s # => "def bark"

context = CaptureCodeContext.new(
  blocks: block,
  code_lines: code_lines
)

lines = context.call.map(&:original)
puts lines.join
# =>
  class Dog
    def bark
  end

Attributes

code_lines [R]

Public Class Methods

new (blocks:, code_lines:)

Source

# File lib/syntax_suggest/capture_code_context.rb, line 51
def initialize(blocks:, code_lines:)
  @blocks = Array(blocks)
  @code_lines = code_lines
  @visible_lines = @blocks.map(&:visible_lines).flatten
  @lines_to_output = @visible_lines.dup
end

Public Instance Methods

call ()

Source

# File lib/syntax_suggest/capture_code_context.rb, line 58
def call
  @blocks.each do |block|
    capture_first_kw_end_same_indent(block)
    capture_last_end_same_indent(block)
    capture_before_after_kws(block)
    capture_falling_indent(block)
  end

  sorted_lines
end

capture_before_after_kws (block)

Source

# File lib/syntax_suggest/capture_code_context.rb, line 127
def capture_before_after_kws(block)
  return unless block.visible_lines.count == 1

  around_lines = Capture::BeforeAfterKeywordEnds.new(
    code_lines: @code_lines,
    block: block
  ).call

  around_lines -= block.lines

  @lines_to_output.concat(around_lines)
end

Shows surrounding kw/end pairs

The purpose of showing these extra pairs is due to cases of ambiguity when only one visible line is matched.

For example:

1  class Dog
2    def bark
4    def eat
5    end
6  end

In this case either line 2 could be missing an ‘end` or line 4 was an extra line added by mistake (it happens).

When we detect the above problem it shows the issue as only being on line 2

2    def bark

Showing “neighbor” keyword pairs gives extra context:

2    def bark
4    def eat
5    end

capture_falling_indent (block)

Source

# File lib/syntax_suggest/capture_code_context.rb, line 91
def capture_falling_indent(block)
  Capture::FallingIndentLines.new(
    block: block,
    code_lines: @code_lines
  ).call do |line|
    @lines_to_output << line
  end
end

Shows the context around code provided by “falling” indentation

Converts:

it "foo" do

into:

class OH
  def hello
    it "foo" do
  end
end

capture_first_kw_end_same_indent (block)

Source

# File lib/syntax_suggest/capture_code_context.rb, line 221
def capture_first_kw_end_same_indent(block)
  return if block.visible_lines.length != 1
  return unless block.visible_lines.first.is_end?

  visible_line = block.visible_lines.first
  lines = @code_lines[block.lines.first.index..visible_line.index]
  matching_kw = lines.reverse.detect { |line| line.indent == block.current_indent && line.is_kw? }
  return unless matching_kw

  @lines_to_output << matching_kw

  kw_count = 0
  end_count = 0
  orphan_end = @code_lines[matching_kw.index..visible_line.index].detect do |line|
    kw_count += 1 if line.is_kw?
    end_count += 1 if line.is_end?

    end_count >= kw_count
  end

  return unless orphan_end
  @lines_to_output << orphan_end
end

The logical inverse of ‘capture_last_end_same_indent`

When there is an invalid block with an ‘end` missing a keyword right after another `end`, it is unclear where which end is missing the keyword.

Take this example:

class Dog       # 1
    puts "woof" # 2
  end           # 3
end             # 4

the problem line will be identified as:

> end            # 4

This happens because lines 1, 2, and 3 are technically valid code and are expanded first, deemed valid, and hidden. We need to un-hide the matching keyword on line 1. Also work backwards and if there’s a mis-matched end, show it too

capture_last_end_same_indent (block)

Source

# File lib/syntax_suggest/capture_code_context.rb, line 161
def capture_last_end_same_indent(block)
  return if block.visible_lines.length != 1
  return unless block.visible_lines.first.is_kw?

  visible_line = block.visible_lines.first
  lines = @code_lines[visible_line.index..block.lines.last.index]

  # Find first end with same indent
  # (this would return line 4)
  #
  #   end             # 4
  matching_end = lines.detect { |line| line.indent == block.current_indent && line.is_end? }
  return unless matching_end

  @lines_to_output << matching_end

  # Work backwards from the end to
  # see if there are mis-matched
  # keyword/end pairs
  #
  # Return the first mis-matched keyword
  # this would find line 2
  #
  #     def bark      # 2
  #       puts "woof" # 3
  #   end             # 4
  end_count = 0
  kw_count = 0
  kw_line = @code_lines[visible_line.index..matching_end.index].reverse.detect do |line|
    end_count += 1 if line.is_end?
    kw_count += 1 if line.is_kw?

    !kw_count.zero? && kw_count >= end_count
  end
  return unless kw_line
  @lines_to_output << kw_line
end

When there is an invalid block with a keyword missing an end right before another end, it is unclear where which keyword is missing the end

Take this example:

class Dog       # 1
  def bark      # 2
    puts "woof" # 3
end             # 4

However due to github.com/ruby/syntax_suggest/issues/32 the problem line will be identified as:

> class Dog       # 1

Because lines 2, 3, and 4 are technically valid code and are expanded first, deemed valid, and hidden. We need to un-hide the matching end line 4. Also work backwards and if there’s a mis-matched keyword, show it too

sorted_lines ()

Source

# File lib/syntax_suggest/capture_code_context.rb, line 69
def sorted_lines
  @lines_to_output.select!(&:not_empty?)
  @lines_to_output.uniq!
  @lines_to_output.sort!

  @lines_to_output
end