Simplify parsing of variable declarators. #81454
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Added check in ParseVariableDeclarator to detect when a literal token appears after an identifier in a variable declaration. This now properly reports "Syntax error, '=' expected" instead of the confusing "Syntax error, ',' expected". Added comprehensive tests for numeric, string, bool, and null literals. Co-authored-by: CyrusNajmabadi <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: CyrusNajmabadi <[email protected]>
- Extend the check from just IsLiteralExpression to IsPossibleExpression() - Exclude legal tokens that can follow identifiers: comma, semicolon, identifier - Updated all existing tests to use raw string literals - Added comprehensive comments explaining the logic Co-authored-by: CyrusNajmabadi <[email protected]>
- Removed the check for !IsTrueIdentifier() as identifiers can trigger missing equals
- Added explicit check for OpenBraceToken to handle array initializers (e.g., "var a { ... }")
- Added check to exclude EqualsToken from triggering the fix (better parsed as next declarator)
- Updated comments to reflect that comma, semicolon, and equals are excluded
- Manual testing confirms fix works for identifiers, braces, and various expressions
Co-authored-by: CyrusNajmabadi <[email protected]>
Added detailed comments documenting manual verification of all requested test cases:
- X x y; X x y, X x y= (identifiers followed by various tokens)
- X x { a, b, c } (collection initializer)
- All expression types (unary, binary, new, this, base, typeof, default, sizeof, checked, unchecked, stackalloc, throw, ref, and all literal types)
Manual testing with the compiler confirms all cases produce the correct CS1003 error with '=' expected message.
Co-authored-by: CyrusNajmabadi <[email protected]>
The check for comma/semicolon/equals should only look at the next token when the current token is an identifier. For other expression-starting tokens (literals, operators, keywords, etc.), we always treat them as missing equals. This correctly handles: - `int x 5;` → error (literal should have =) - `int x -y;` → error (unary expression should have =) - `int x y;` → no error (likely meant as separate declarations) - `int x y,` → no error (y starts next declarator) - `int x y =` → no error (y with explicit =) Co-authored-by: CyrusNajmabadi <[email protected]>
…tion Replaced incorrect comment claiming certain behaviors with accurate documentation of manually verified test cases. The fix correctly handles: - Literals and non-identifier expressions → error CS1003: Syntax error, '=' expected - Identifiers followed by comma/semicolon/equals → no error (separate declarators) Manual verification confirmed for unary, binary, object creation, collection, invocation, and query expressions. Co-authored-by: CyrusNajmabadi <[email protected]>
…ub.com/dotnet/roslyn into copilot/fix-variable-declaration-issue
Added comprehensive tests with full syntax tree verification for: - Unary expressions (e.g., `int x -y;`) - Binary expressions (e.g., `int x + y;`) - Object creation expressions (e.g., `C x new C();`) All tests verify both the diagnostic and the complete parsed syntax tree structure. Collection, invocation, and query expression cases documented in comments as they require more complex parsing scenarios. Co-authored-by: CyrusNajmabadi <[email protected]>
…ub.com/dotnet/roslyn into copilot/fix-variable-declaration-issue
…ub.com/dotnet/roslyn into copilot/fix-variable-declaration-issue
…e-declaration-issue
CyrusNajmabadi
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Nov 26, 2025
| // When we see parse an identifier and we see the partial contextual keyword, we check | ||
| // to see whether it is already attached to a partial class or partial method | ||
| // declaration. However, in the specific case of variable declarators, Dev10 | ||
| // specifically treats it as a variable name, even if it could be interpreted as a |
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view with whitespace off so the diff is reasonable.
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Nov 26, 2025
| { | ||
| goto default; | ||
| } | ||
| SyntaxKind.EqualsToken when !isFixed => parseNonFixedVariableDeclaratorWithEqualsToken(name, argumentList: null, out localFunction), |
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prevents a confusing jump inside parseNonFixedVariableDeclaratorWithEqualsToken to parseVariableDeclaratorDefault. This simplifies things as we don't have to wonder how an argumentList might flow through all codepaths to these helpers.
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Nov 26, 2025
| { | ||
| if (allowLocalFunctions && isFirst) | ||
| { | ||
| Debug.Assert(!isFixed, "Both the fixed-size-buffer and fixed-statement codepaths pass through allowLocalFunctions=false"); |
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added some asserts to help reason about things as well.
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Nov 26, 2025
| _termState = saveTerm; | ||
| argumentList = this.AddError(argumentList, ErrorCode.ERR_BadVarDecl); | ||
| break; | ||
| return parseVariableDeclaratorDefault(name, out localFunction); |
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a goto now just becomes a simple recursive call.
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| argumentList = this.AddError(argumentList, ErrorCode.ERR_CStyleArray); | ||
| // If we have "int x[] = new int[10];" then parse the initializer. | ||
| if (this.CurrentToken.Kind == SyntaxKind.EqualsToken) | ||
| return parseNonFixedVariableDeclaratorWithEqualsToken(name, argumentList, out localFunction); |
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we can now safely do this recursion, without worrying about jumping to the 'default' branch because we know we're not fixed (!isFixed) above, and we know we have an = token, so we can safely jump to that helper with those invariants.
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Followup to #81285