rokucommunity / rokucommunity/brighterscript

assignments with template strings with invalid expressions resolve to empty lines

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Description

    expected = `<rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">
<channel>
<title>smithsonian</title>
<item>
<title>${title}</title>
<guid>${vamsId}</guid>
<media:rating scheme="urn:v-chip">${ratingName)}</media:rating>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>

transpiles to an empty line. It should be a compiler error! (note stray close bracket on ${ratingName)} )

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue using the template string shown in the report, including the stray closing bracket in ${ratingName)}. Trace how invalid template expressions are parsed and diagnosed, then verify that the input produces a compiler error instead of transpiling to an empty line.

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Assessment

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

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