benjamn / benjamn/recast

Doesn't preserve original source for a multiline expression with comments

Open
#342 5 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
5.3k
Forks
363
Avg merge
3d 8h
Merged PRs (30d)
3

Description

~~~~
$ cat test.js
var recast = require("./main");
var code = 'switch (toleranceMode) {\n\
case "touch":\n\
return (\n\
(y1 >= t && y1 <= b) || // Top edge touching\n\
(y2 >= t && y2 <= b) || // Bottom edge touching\n\
(y1 < t && y2 > b) // Surrounded vertically\n\
) && (\n\
(x1 >= l && x1 <= r) || // Left edge touching\n\
(x2 >= l && x2 <= r) || // Right edge touching\n\
(x1 < l && x2 > r) // Surrounded horizontally\n\
);\n\
}\n\
';

var newcode = recast.print(recast.parse(code)).code;
console.log(newcode == code);

$ nodejs test.js
false
~~~~

Contributor guide

No contributing guide indexed for this repository

Research direction

Run the reproducer in test.js with nodejs and compare the original code with recast.print(recast.parse(code)).code. Then inspect the parse and print path exposed through main; done means this multiline expression, including its comments and formatting, prints exactly as input and the comparison reports true.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.