On Thu, 15 Aug 2019, Tobias Pape wrote:
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>> On 15.08.2019, at 03:29, Levente Uzonyi <leves@caesar.elte.hu> wrote:
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>> On Wed, 14 Aug 2019, commits@source.squeak.org wrote:
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>>> A new version of ShoutCore was added to project The Inbox:
>>> http://source.squeak.org/inbox/ShoutCore-ct.69.mcz
>>>
>>> ==================== Summary ====================
>>>
>>> Name: ShoutCore-ct.69
>>> Author: ct
>>> Time: 14 August 2019, 10:43:04.7164 pm
>>> UUID: 7d165f4e-09bf-a445-a664-5e8edb9867b8
>>> Ancestors: ShoutCore-ul.68
>>>
>>> Fix bug in SHParserST80: Wrong styling after blocks with arguments without statements
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>> If you mean that Shout should accept [ :x ], then no, I'm pretty sure that's not valid smalltalk syntax, even if Parser accepts it.
>> The vertical bar, even though I consider it unnecessary in all cases, is mandatory when there are arguments.
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> I only got to know this "shortcut syntax" because eliot used it either Cog or somewhere in trunk when preparing something (Spur? full block closures? I forgot). So this is a syntax idiosyncrasy that is in active use, not only "old code".
>
> Either we forbid it in the parser and change all of the image or allow it in Shout.
Can you give me examples?
I suspect those are just typos, which the parser accidentally accepted
(and Shout as well before my fixes).
Levente
I don't remember seeing this syntax before and found it a bit surprising.
So, for the sake of curiosity, I tried in some other dialects.
[:x ] is accepted syntax in
- Visualworks (8.3),
- Pharo (v7 with OpalCompiler)
- Smalltalk-80 (apple v0.?)
[:x ] is invalid in
- Dolphin
- Smalltalk/X (jv branch)
So it seems that it's something originating from original Smalltalk-80, but not reproducted in non derivated dialects...
The bar is mandatory in blue book specification (see the last pages)
So it seems that implementation did not agree with specifications for ages...
>
> Best regards
> -Tobias
>
>>
>> Levente
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Jakob for the report!
>>>
>>> =============== Diff against ShoutCore-ul.68 ===============
>>>
>>> Item was changed:
>>> ----- Method: SHParserST80>>parseBlockArguments (in category 'parse') -----
>>> parseBlockArguments
>>>
>>> currentTokenFirst == $: ifFalse: [ ^self ].
>>> [ currentTokenFirst == $: ] whileTrue: [
>>> self
>>> scanPast: #blockArgColon;
>>> parseArgument: #blockPatternArg ].
>>> + ((self parseVerticalBarForTemporaries: #blockArgsBar) and: [
>>> + currentTokenFirst ~= $] ])
>>> + ifFalse: [
>>> + self fail ": Missing block args bar" ]!
>>> - (self parseVerticalBarForTemporaries: #blockArgsBar) ifFalse: [
>>> - self fail ": Missing block args bar" ]!
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