all: vls mode fixes and improvements; v -json-errors flag

Author: medvednikov

vlib/os/os_nix.c.v

@@ -29,35 +29,20 @@ const stderr_value = 2
 // (Must be realized in Syscall) (Must be specified)
 // ref: http://www.ccfit.nsu.ru/~deviv/courses/unix/unix/ng7c229.html
 pub const s_ifmt = 0xF000 // type of file
-
 pub const s_ifdir = 0x4000 // directory
-
 pub const s_ifreg = 0x8000 // regular file
-
 pub const s_iflnk = 0xa000 // link
-
 pub const s_isuid = 0o4000 // SUID
-
 pub const s_isgid = 0o2000 // SGID
-
 pub const s_isvtx = 0o1000 // Sticky
-
 pub const s_irusr = 0o0400 // Read by owner
-
 pub const s_iwusr = 0o0200 // Write by owner
-
 pub const s_ixusr = 0o0100 // Execute by owner
-
 pub const s_irgrp = 0o0040 // Read by group
-
 pub const s_iwgrp = 0o0020 // Write by group
-
 pub const s_ixgrp = 0o0010 // Execute by group
-
 pub const s_iroth = 0o0004 // Read by others
-
 pub const s_iwoth = 0o0002 // Write by others
-
 pub const s_ixoth = 0o0001
 
 fn C.utime(&char, &C.utimbuf) int

vlib/os/util/util.v

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module util
+
+import os
+
+// TODO `select` doesn't work with time.Duration for some reason
+pub fn execute_with_timeout(cmd string, timeout i64) ?os.Result {
+	ch := chan os.Result{cap: 1}
+	spawn fn [cmd] (c chan os.Result) {
+		res := os.execute(cmd)
+		c <- res
+	}(ch)
+	select {
+		a := <-ch {
+			return a
+		}
+		// timeout {
+		// 1000 * time.millisecond {
+		// timeout * time.millisecond {
+		timeout * 1_000_000 {
+			return none
+		}
+	}
+	return os.Result{}
+}

vlib/v/builder/builder.v

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import v.markused
 import v.depgraph
 import v.callgraph
 import v.dotgraph
+// import x.json2
 
 pub struct Builder {
 pub:
@@ -475,7 +476,8 @@ pub fn (b &Builder) show_total_warns_and_errors_stats() {
 			println('checker summary: ${estring} V errors, ${wstring} V warnings, ${nstring} V notices')
 		}
 	}
-	if b.checker.nr_errors > 0 && b.pref.path.ends_with('.v') && os.is_file(b.pref.path) {
+	if !b.pref.is_vls && b.checker.nr_errors > 0 && b.pref.path.ends_with('.v')
+		&& os.is_file(b.pref.path) {
 		if b.checker.errors.any(it.message.starts_with('unknown ')) {
 			// Sometimes users try to `v main.v`, when they have several .v files in their project.
 			// Then, they encounter puzzling errors about missing or unknown types. In this case,
@@ -519,16 +521,32 @@ pub fn (mut b Builder) print_warnings_and_errors() {
 			}
 		}
 
+		mut json_errors := []util.JsonError{}
 		for file in b.parsed_files {
 			for err in file.errors {
 				kind := if b.pref.is_verbose {
 					'${err.reporter} error #${b.nr_errors}:'
 				} else {
 					'error:'
 				}
-				util.show_compiler_message(kind, err.CompilerMessage)
+
+				if b.pref.json_errors {
+					json_errors << util.JsonError{
+						message: err.message
+						path:    err.file_path
+						line_nr: err.pos.line_nr + 1
+						col:     err.pos.col + 1
+					}
+					// util.print_json_error(kind, err.CompilerMessage)
+				} else {
+					util.show_compiler_message(kind, err.CompilerMessage)
+				}
 			}
 		}
+		if b.pref.json_errors {
+			util.print_json_errors(json_errors)
+			// eprintln(json2.encode_pretty(json_errors))
+		}
 
 		if !b.pref.skip_warnings {
 			for file in b.parsed_files {

vlib/v/checker/checker.v

@@ -1881,6 +1881,10 @@ fn (mut c Checker) selector_expr(mut node ast.SelectorExpr) ast.Type {
 		}
 	} else {
 		if unknown_field_msg == '' {
+			if field_name == '' && c.pref.is_vls {
+				// VLS will often have `foo.`, skip the no field error
+				return ast.void_type
+			}
 			unknown_field_msg = 'type `${sym.name}` has no field named `${field_name}`'
 		}
 		if sym.info is ast.Struct {

vlib/v/parser/parser.v

@@ -249,9 +249,12 @@ pub fn parse_file(path string, mut table ast.Table, comments_mode scanner.Commen
 		eprintln('> ${@MOD}.${@FN} comments_mode: ${comments_mode:-20} | path: ${path}')
 	}
 	mut p := Parser{
-		scanner:  scanner.new_scanner_file(path, comments_mode, pref_) or { panic(err) }
-		table:    table
-		pref:     pref_
+		scanner: scanner.new_scanner_file(path, comments_mode, pref_) or { panic(err) }
+		table:   table
+		pref:    pref_
+		// Only set vls mode if it's the file the user requested via `v -vls-mode file.v`
+		// Otherwise we'd be parsing entire stdlib in vls mode
+		is_vls:   pref_.is_vls && path == pref_.path
 		scope:    &ast.Scope{
 			start_pos: 0
 			parent:    table.global_scope

vlib/v/pref/pref.v

@@ -257,8 +257,9 @@ pub mut:
 	// forwards compatibility settings:
 	relaxed_gcc14 bool = true // turn on the generated pragmas, that make gcc versions > 14 a lot less pedantic. The default is to have those pragmas in the generated C output, so that gcc-14 can be used on Arch etc.
 	//
-	subsystem Subsystem // the type of the window app, that is going to be generated; has no effect on !windows
-	is_vls    bool
+	subsystem   Subsystem // the type of the window app, that is going to be generated; has no effect on !windows
+	is_vls      bool
+	json_errors bool // -json-errors, for VLS and other tools
 }
 
 pub struct LineInfo {
@@ -406,6 +407,9 @@ pub fn parse_args_and_show_errors(known_external_commands []string, args []strin
 			'-check' {
 				res.check_only = true
 			}
+			'-vls-mode' {
+				res.is_vls = true
+			}
 			'-?', '-h', '-help', '--help' {
 				// Note: help is *very important*, just respond to all variations:
 				res.is_help = true
@@ -561,6 +565,9 @@ pub fn parse_args_and_show_errors(known_external_commands []string, args []strin
 			'-repl' {
 				res.is_repl = true
 			}
+			'-json-errors' {
+				res.json_errors = true
+			}
 			'-live' {
 				res.is_livemain = true
 			}

vlib/v/util/errors.v

@@ -210,3 +210,44 @@ pub fn show_compiler_message(kind string, err errors.CompilerMessage) {
 		eprintln(bold('Details: ') + color('details', err.details))
 	}
 }
+
+pub struct JsonError {
+pub:
+	path    string
+	message string
+	line_nr int
+	col     int
+	len     int
+}
+
+pub fn print_json_errors(errs []JsonError) {
+	// Can't import x.json2 or json, so have to manually generate json
+	eprintln('[')
+	for i, e in errs {
+		msg := e.message.replace('"', '\\"').replace('\n', '\\n')
+		eprintln('{
+"path":"${e.path}",
+"message":"${msg}",
+"line_nr":${e.line_nr},
+"col":${e.col},
+"len":${e.len}
+}')
+		if i < errs.len - 1 {
+			eprintln(',')
+		}
+	}
+	eprintln(']')
+}
+
+/*
+pub fn print_json_error(kind string, err errors.CompilerMessage) {
+	e := JsonError{
+		message: err.message
+		path:    err.file_path
+		line_nr: err.pos.line_nr + 1
+		col:     err.pos.col + 1
+		len:     err.pos.len
+	}
+	eprintln(json2.encode_pretty(e))
+}
+*/