0.toFixed [1]...

[satyr]

$ coffee -e '0.toFixed [1]...'

...:2
  0.toFixed.apply(0, [1]);
  ^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL
...

[michaelficarra]

So this occurs whenever passing a splat to a number. Looks like a problem with lines 531 and/or 537 of nodes.coffee. Should be an easy fix. I'll get on it tonight if I have time.

[michaelficarra]

I notice we keep having issues like this, and I can't help but feel that it's due to us compiling to strings too early, rather than simply creating a branch to replace the node being parsed in our AST. For example, instead of returning a string at the end of compileSplat, it should build up a mini-tree of a call being performed on the reference, then return the result of calling compile on that. I hope I wrote that in an understandable way. I think this would solve so many of our problems. Thoughts, anyone?

[StanAngeloff]

Couldn't agree more and I've thought about it sooo many times. All generated code should happen through nodes and anything that remains should be there for a damn good reason.

[michaelficarra]

Fixed here: #1021

[jashkenas]

Thanks, michael -- merged to master.