Formatting breaks with specific types of in template strings strings
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Description
Describe the bug
Formatting (parsing) breaks with some nested strings inside format strings.
Example:
> echo '$"("a:")"' | nufmt --stdin
$"(", a:")"
> echo '$"(http get "https://google.com")"' | nufmt --stdin
$"(http get ", https://google.com")"
When a similar sequence is present at any point in the script, none of it gets formatted
Environment
Please run show what operating system and version you're running and what version of nufmt you're running.
❯ $nu.os-info
❯ nufmt --version
╭────────────────┬───────────────╮
│ name │ linux │
│ arch │ x86_64 │
│ family │ unix │
│ kernel_version │ 7.2.4-arch1-2 │
╰────────────────┴───────────────╯
nufmt 0.1.4
My Observations about the bug:
This appears to only happen when somewhere inside a template string, there is a string with a :, and something else preceding the colon. Doesn't happen when using nested 'single quote' string
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the examples with nufmt --stdin, especially template strings containing nested strings, a colon, and preceding text. Trace the formatter's template-string parsing from that CLI entry point. Done means both reported examples format correctly without breaking other template strings.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100