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Treat *x as an unary operator to improve error messages for common C-programmer mistakes

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gingerBill
2024-03-23 16:51:04 +00:00
parent 61aa4558dc
commit 1d46adb598
3 changed files with 34 additions and 2 deletions
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src/check_type.cpp
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@@ -3375,7 +3375,9 @@ gb_internal Type *check_type_expr(CheckerContext *ctx, Ast *e, Type *named_type)
type = t_invalid;
// NOTE(bill): Check for common mistakes from C programmers e.g. T[] and T[N]
// NOTE(bill): Check for common mistakes from C programmers
// e.g. T[] and T[N]
// e.g. *T
Ast *node = unparen_expr(e);
if (node && node->kind == Ast_IndexExpr) {
gbString index_str = nullptr;
@@ -3395,6 +3397,18 @@ gb_internal Type *check_type_expr(CheckerContext *ctx, Ast *e, Type *named_type)
Ast *pseudo_array_expr = ast_array_type(e->file(), ast_token(node->IndexExpr.expr), node->IndexExpr.index, node->IndexExpr.expr);
check_array_type_internal(ctx, pseudo_array_expr, &type, nullptr);
}
} else if (node && node->kind == Ast_UnaryExpr && node->UnaryExpr.op.kind == Token_Mul) {
gbString type_str = expr_to_string(node->UnaryExpr.expr);
defer (gb_string_free(type_str));
error_line("\tSuggestion: Did you mean '^%s'?\n", type_str);
end_error_block();
// NOTE(bill): Minimize error propagation of bad array syntax by treating this like a type
if (node->UnaryExpr.expr != nullptr) {
Ast *pseudo_pointer_expr = ast_pointer_type(e->file(), ast_token(node->UnaryExpr.expr), node->UnaryExpr.expr);
return check_type_expr(ctx, pseudo_pointer_expr, named_type);
}
} else {
end_error_block();
}