Unexpected `nil` from `SyntaxTree.parse`

[prikha]

I've stumbled upon unexpected behaviour of SyntaxTree#parse

Actual behaviour:

SyntaxTree.parse('/*/') #=> nil

Expected behaviour:

SyntaxTree.parse('/*/') #=> SyntaxTree::Parser::ParseError

It's not a bug, but more of an inconsistent interface, I expect it to return either a Node or raise an exception. And nil just doesn't give any information. I suggest raising exception in case of parser.error?

[kddnewton]

I might consider it in the future on a major version, but that interface would be a breaking change. Right now it's expected that it could return nil if parsing failed, which matches ripper's behavior.

In the future this won't matter, because when we switch to the new parser it's going to always return something.

[prikha]

@kddnewton can you share some details, is the "new" parser already out or in the making?

[kddnewton]

The new parser is here: https://github.com/Shopify/yarp. The issue tracking its adoption is pinned and available here: #278.