Compiler diagnostics for .exs files
amencarini opened this issue ยท 11 comments
Environment
- Elixir & Erlang versions (elixir --version): 1.9.4, 22
- Operating system: macOS 10.14.6
- Client (editor or IDE): VS Code
Not sure if this is by design, but I'm not getting any hints when things are broken in .exs files. e.g.: If I have a typo calling a function in a test, this doesn't get reported in VS Code, I'll only notice when running the tests.
Hi @amencarini that is a known issue due to since .exs files are not handled the same as .ex files. It would probably be good to list this as a known issue on the readme.
While I understand .exs files aren't part of the compiled beam files, it would be great to have some feedback when you're referring incorrectly, say from a test, to a function that's part of the compiled beam files. Is this something that can be addressed at all? (I'm asking as I don't understand this well enough, not trying to demand this sorted ๐)
Offhand I'm not sure what would be involved in returning compilation errors for .exs files, but if you or anyone else would like to take a stab at supporting that, that would be very helpful!
There may be a resolution coming up upstream elixir-lang/elixir#10983
Hi!
Any known workarounds?
Just wanted to point out -- this isn't just tests. For a file like releases.exs, if you're missing comma you don't find out until you're deploying.
Thanks!
Thanks. Any specific "how to" would be most welcome!
As a workaround you can change your mixfile and force elixir to compile them.
+1 how do you force mix to compile the .exs files?
Thx!!
For .exs files, you can at least call Code.string_to_quoted to parse it and get at least syntax feedback.
For .exs files, you can at least call Code.string_to_quoted to parse it and get at least syntax feedback.
That's a good idea @josevalim
Parser diagnostics has been added in #986. Full compiler diagnostics are unlikely as it would require evaluating the client code in the context of language server