rokucommunity / rokucommunity/brighterscript
Validate regex literals
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 208
- Forks
- 68
- Avg merge
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Description
Once #452 lands, we should add some logic to validate the regular expression. For example, if we forgot the right paren in a capture group, we should be able to flag that. Something like:
ERROR: missing closing paren for capture group
/(asdfasdf/
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Research direction
Review issue #452 and the existing handling of regular-expression literals before choosing an entry point. Add validation that reports malformed expressions, such as a missing closing parenthesis in a capture group, and verify that the diagnostic matches the example shown.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100