Commenting out a continuation line passes full Au3Check but fails at run time

[c.haslam]

This snippet passed a #AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w- 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w 7 check but failed at run time:

Local $sResult = _cFileSelectFolder( _
                    'test', _   ; $title
                    'Desktop', _    ; $sTopItemText
  _ ;                   'My Documents', _   ; $sTopItemText
                    '', _       ; $sInitPath
                    $iWid, _
                    $iHt, _
                    $iLeft, _
                    $iTop, _
                    $hGui, _        ; $hParent
                    $sExclFolders, _
                    $bHideHidden, _
                    $bHideSystem)

Edited September 23, 2018 by c.haslam

[c.haslam]

Post 1 continued:

Message from AutoIt was:

>Running:(3.3.14.5):F:\Program Files\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "F:\AutoIt scripts\cFileSelectFolder\caller.au3"    
--> Press Ctrl+Alt+Break to Restart or Ctrl+Break to Stop
"F:\AutoIt scripts\cFileSelectFolder\caller.au3" (26) : ==> Error parsing function call.:
Local $sResult = _cFileSelectFolder( 'test',    'Desktop', _
Local $sResult = _cFileSelectFolder( 'test',    'Desktop', ^ ERROR
->15:00:31 AutoIt3.exe ended.rc:1
+>15:00:31 AutoIt3Wrapper Finished.
>Exit code: 1    Time: 4.972

It appears to me that Au3Check is correct in accepting my code.

You may wonder: why would I want to code like this? I have the arguments to the function on multiple lines so I can readily identify each. In debugging, I wish to change one of the arguments temporarily. It is true that I can work around what looks to be like a deficiency in the parser.

It appears that one can't have a line with only the continuation character (preceded by a space), and followed by an in-line comment

I do not understand why it takes the parser to pickup on this "error".. To me, if it is an error and not a deficiency in the parser, it should be picked up by AU3Check.

Put another way: it would be nice if the parser allowed the code above.

Thoughts?

Edited September 23, 2018 by c.haslam

[Jos]

5 minutes ago, c.haslam said:

Thoughts?

Please post something that is runable so we can have a look. 

Jos

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@c.haslam
You can't have those lines in that way...
That's how you can do it:

; This will give you "Error parsing function call."
; Local $intBit = BitOR(_
;               1, _
;               0)

; This will not
Local $intBit = BitOR(1, _
                      0 _ ; Or 0)
                     )

ConsoleWrite($intBit & @CRLF)

Edited September 23, 2018 by FrancescoDiMuro

[Jos]

mmm the only reason the first (now commented) fails is because there is a space missing before the first continuation character.

Edit: so this works fine:

; This will give you "Error parsing function call."
Local $intBit = BitOR( _
               1, _
               0)


ConsoleWriteError($intBit & @CRLF)

This does not:

; This will give you "Error parsing function call."
Local $intBit = BitOR( _
               1, _
               _
               0)


ConsoleWriteError($intBit & @CRLF)

Jos

Edited September 23, 2018 by Jos

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@Jos
Thanks for the tip, didn't know about that
By the way, lookking closely at his function call:

Local $sResult = _cFileSelectFolder( _
                    'test', _   ; $title
                    'Desktop', _    ; $sTopItemText
  _ ;                   'My Documents', _   ; $sTopItemText ; -----> This line of code
                    '', _       ; $sInitPath
                    $iWid, _
                    $iHt, _
                    $iLeft, _
                    $iTop, _
                    $hGui, _        ; $hParent
                    $sExclFolders, _
                    $bHideHidden, _
                    $bHideSystem)

Maybe that?

[Jos]

check my edit...  that explains the issue of the initial post.

PS: au3check used to check for the missing space before a continuation character but we had to disable that check due to other issues caused by that check.

Jod

Edited September 23, 2018 by Jos

[c.haslam]

Here is a simple case:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w- 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w 7

foo('cat', _
    'white', _
 _ ;    'black', _
    'short')

Func foo($ani,$colour,$fur)
    MsgBox(0,'',$colour&' '&$ani&' has '&$fur&' fur')
EndFunc

 

[Jos]

Just now, c.haslam said:

Here is a simple case:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w- 4 -w 5 -w 6 -w 7

foo('cat', _
    'white', _
 _ ;    'black', _
    'short')

Func foo($ani,$colour,$fur)
    MsgBox(0,'',$colour&' '&$ani&' has '&$fur&' fur')
EndFunc

 

I have already have posted a even simpler example in my earlier post. The issue is the continuation character on its own on a line as all comments are ignored.  

[c.haslam]

Sorry. I was creating my example  while you were posting.

Is this issue to be considered as a bug?

[Jos]

No problem, and I don't know whether it is to be labelled as bug, but just post a simple scriptlet in TRAC to report it and let Jon determine whether this is a Bug.  

Jos

[c.haslam]

Will do