Refactor error handling for LIMIT clause: enhance diagnostics for dangling commas, improve error messages and hints, and introduce common error matching logic for better clarity and maintainability.

pkg/compiler/internal/diagnostics/error_analyzer.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ func AnalyzeSyntaxError(src *file.Source, err *CompilationError, offending *Toke
 	matchers := []SyntaxErrorMatcher{
 		matchMissingAssignmentValue,
 		matchForLoopErrors,
+		matchCommonErrors,
 		matchMissingReturnValue,
 	}
 

pkg/compiler/internal/diagnostics/helpers.go

@@ -114,33 +114,24 @@ func has(msg string, substr string) bool {
 	return strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(msg), strings.ToLower(substr))
 }
 
+func isNoAlternative(msg string) bool {
+	return has(msg, "no viable alternative at input")
+}
+
+func extractNoAlternativeInput(msg string) string {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`no viable alternative at input\s+(?P<input>.+)`)
+	match := re.FindStringSubmatch(msg)
+
+	return strings.Trim(match[re.SubexpIndex("input")], "'")
+}
+
 func isExtraneous(msg string) bool {
 	return has(msg, "extraneous input")
 }
 
-func parseExtraneousInput(msg string) string {
+func extractExtraneousInput(msg string) string {
 	re := regexp.MustCompile(`extraneous input\s+(?P<input>.+?)\s+expecting`)
 	match := re.FindStringSubmatch(msg)
-	return match[re.SubexpIndex("input")]
+
-}
+	return strings.Trim(match[re.SubexpIndex("input")], "'")
-
-func parseExtraneousInputAll(msg string) (string, []string) {
-	rx := regexp.MustCompile(`extraneous input\s+(?P<input>.+?)\s+expecting\s+\{(?P<expected>.+?)\}`)
-	matches := rx.FindStringSubmatch(msg)
-
-	if len(matches) != 3 {
-		return "", nil
-	}
-
-	input := strings.TrimSpace(matches[1])
-	expectedRaw := strings.TrimSpace(matches[2])
-	var expected []string
-
-	for _, part := range strings.Split(expectedRaw, ",") {
-		part = strings.TrimSpace(part)
-		part = strings.Trim(part, "'")
-		expected = append(expected, part)
-	}
-
-	return input, expected
 }

pkg/compiler/internal/diagnostics/match_common_errors.go

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package diagnostics
+
+import "github.com/MontFerret/ferret/pkg/file"
+
+func matchCommonErrors(src *file.Source, err *CompilationError, offending *TokenNode) bool {
+	if isNoAlternative(err.Message) {
+		if is(offending.Prev(), ",") {
+			span := spanFromTokenSafe(offending.Prev().Token(), src)
+			span.Start++
+			span.End++
+
+			err.Message = "Expected expression after ','"
+			err.Hint = "Did you forget to provide a value?"
+			err.Spans = []ErrorSpan{
+				NewMainErrorSpan(span, "missing value"),
+			}
+
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return false
+}

pkg/compiler/internal/diagnostics/match_for_loop_errors.go

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package diagnostics
 
 import (
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/MontFerret/ferret/pkg/file"
 )
 
@@ -93,9 +95,9 @@ func matchForLoopErrors(src *file.Source, err *CompilationError, offending *Toke
 	}
 
 	if isExtraneous(err.Message) {
-		input := parseExtraneousInput(err.Message)
+		input := extractExtraneousInput(err.Message)
 
-		if input != "','" {
+		if input != "," {
 			return false
 		}
 
@@ -122,5 +124,47 @@ func matchForLoopErrors(src *file.Source, err *CompilationError, offending *Toke
 		}
 	}
 
+	if isNoAlternative(err.Message) {
+		if is(prev, ",") {
+			var steps int
+
+			// We walk back two tokens to find if the keyword is LIMIT.
+			for ; steps < 2 && !is(prev, "LIMIT"); steps++ {
+				prev = prev.Prev()
+			}
+
+			if is(prev, "LIMIT") {
+				span := spanFromTokenSafe(offending.Prev().Token(), src)
+				span.Start++
+				span.End++
+
+				err.Message = "Dangling comma in LIMIT clause"
+				err.Hint = "LIMIT accepts one or two arguments. Did you forget to add a value?"
+				err.Spans = []ErrorSpan{
+					NewMainErrorSpan(span, "missing value"),
+				}
+
+				return true
+			}
+		} else if is(offending, "LIMIT") {
+			input := extractNoAlternativeInput(err.Message)
+			tokens := strings.Fields(input)
+
+			if len(tokens) > 0 && has(tokens[len(tokens)-1], ",") {
+				span := spanFromTokenSafe(offending.Token(), src)
+				span.Start = span.End
+				span.End = span.Start + 1
+
+				err.Message = "Dangling comma in LIMIT clause"
+				err.Hint = "LIMIT accepts one or two arguments. Did you forget to add a value?"
+				err.Spans = []ErrorSpan{
+					NewMainErrorSpan(span, "missing value"),
+				}
+
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	return false
 }

test/integration/compiler/compiler_errors_syntax_test.go

@@ -157,8 +157,30 @@ func TestSyntaxErrors(t *testing.T) {
 				RETURN x
 		`, E{
 				Kind:    compiler.SyntaxError,
-				Message: "---",
+				Message: "Dangling comma in LIMIT clause",
-				Hint:    "FILTER requires a boolean expression.",
+				Hint:    "LIMIT accepts one or two arguments. Did you forget to add a value?",
 			}, "LIMIT unexpected comma 2"),
+		ErrorCase(
+			`
+			LET users = []
+			FOR x IN users
+				LIMIT ,
+				RETURN x
+		`, E{
+				Kind:    compiler.SyntaxError,
+				Message: "Dangling comma in LIMIT clause",
+				Hint:    "LIMIT accepts one or two arguments. Did you forget to add a value?",
+			}, "LIMIT unexpected comma 3"),
+		ErrorCase(
+			`
+			LET users = []
+			FOR x IN users
+				LIMIT,
+				RETURN x
+		`, E{
+				Kind:    compiler.SyntaxError,
+				Message: "Dangling comma in LIMIT clause",
+				Hint:    "LIMIT accepts one or two arguments. Did you forget to add a value?",
+			}, "LIMIT unexpected comma 4"),
 	})
 }