feat(lex,parse): Add stub try/catch implementation

src/coverage/FileCoverage.ts

@@ -255,6 +255,11 @@ export class FileCoverage implements Expr.Visitor<BrsType>, Stmt.Visitor<BrsType
         return BrsInvalid.Instance;
     }
 
+    visitTryCatch(statement: Stmt.TryCatch) {
+        // TODO: implement statement/expression coverage for try/catch
+        return BrsInvalid.Instance;
+    }
+
     visitFor(statement: Stmt.For) {
         this.execute(statement.counterDeclaration);
         this.evaluate(statement.counterDeclaration.value);

src/interpreter/index.ts

@@ -1035,6 +1035,11 @@ export class Interpreter implements Expr.Visitor<BrsType>, Stmt.Visitor<BrsType>
         }
     }
 
+    visitTryCatch(statement: Stmt.TryCatch): BrsInvalid {
+        this.visitBlock(statement.tryBlock);
+        return BrsInvalid.Instance;
+    }
+
     visitBlock(block: Stmt.Block): BrsType {
         block.statements.forEach((statement) => this.execute(statement));
         return BrsInvalid.Instance;

src/lexer/Lexeme.ts

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export enum Lexeme {
     // canonical source: https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/Reserved+Words
     And = "And",
     Box = "Box",
+    Catch = "Catch",
     CreateObject = "CreateObject",
     Dim = "Dim",
     Else = "Else",
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export enum Lexeme {
     EndFor = "EndFor",
     EndIf = "EndIf",
     EndSub = "EndSub",
+    EndTry = "EndTry",
     EndWhile = "EndWhile",
     Eval = "Eval",
     Exit = "Exit",
@@ -105,8 +107,10 @@ export enum Lexeme {
     Stop = "Stop",
     Sub = "Sub",
     Tab = "Tab",
+    Throw = "Throw",
     To = "To",
     True = "True",
+    Try = "Try",
     Type = "Type",
     While = "While",
 

src/lexer/ReservedWords.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Lexeme as L } from "./Lexeme";
 
 /**
  * The set of all reserved words in the reference BrightScript runtime. These can't be used for any
- * other purpose within a BrightScript file.
+ * other purpose (e.g. as identifiers) within a BrightScript file.
  * @see https://sdkdocs.roku.com/display/sdkdoc/Reserved+Words
  */
 export const ReservedWords = new Set([
@@ -44,19 +44,21 @@ export const ReservedWords = new Set([
     "tab",
     "then",
     "to",
+    "throw",
     "true",
     "type",
     "while",
 ]);
 
 /**
  * The set of keywords in the reference BrightScript runtime. Any of these that *are not* reserved
- * words can be used within a BrightScript file for other purposes, e.g. `tab`.
+ * words can be used within a BrightScript file for other purposes as identifiers, e.g. `tab`.
  *
  * Unfortunately there's no canonical source for this!
  */
 export const KeyWords: { [key: string]: L } = {
     and: L.And,
+    catch: L.Catch,
     dim: L.Dim,
     else: L.Else,
     elseif: L.ElseIf,
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ export const KeyWords: { [key: string]: L } = {
     "end if": L.EndIf,
     endsub: L.EndSub,
     "end sub": L.EndSub,
+    endtry: L.EndTry,
+    "end try": L.EndTry, // note: 'endtry' (no space) is *not* a keyword
     endwhile: L.EndWhile,
     "end while": L.EndWhile,
     exit: L.Exit,
@@ -94,6 +98,8 @@ export const KeyWords: { [key: string]: L } = {
     stop: L.Stop,
     sub: L.Sub,
     to: L.To,
+    try: L.Try,
+    throw: L.Throw,
     true: L.True,
     while: L.While,
 };

src/parser/Parser.ts

@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ type BlockTerminator =
     | Lexeme.EndSub
     | Lexeme.EndFunction
     | Lexeme.Newline // possible only in a single-line `if` statement
-    | Lexeme.Eof; // possible only in a single-line `if` statement
+    | Lexeme.Eof // possible only in a single-line `if` statement
+    | Lexeme.Catch
+    | Lexeme.EndTry;
 
 /** The set of operators valid for use in assignment statements. */
 const assignmentOperators = [
@@ -90,7 +92,13 @@ const allowedProperties = [
 ];
 
 /** List of Lexeme that are allowed as local var identifiers. */
-const allowedIdentifiers = [Lexeme.EndFor, Lexeme.ExitFor, Lexeme.ForEach];
+const allowedIdentifiers = [
+    Lexeme.EndFor,
+    Lexeme.ExitFor,
+    Lexeme.ForEach,
+    Lexeme.Try,
+    Lexeme.Catch,
+];
 
 /**
  * List of string versions of Lexeme that are NOT allowed as local var identifiers.
@@ -576,6 +584,10 @@ export class Parser {
                 return stopStatement();
             }
 
+            if (check(Lexeme.Try)) {
+                return tryCatch();
+            }
+
             if (check(Lexeme.If)) {
                 return ifStatement();
             }
@@ -629,6 +641,32 @@ export class Parser {
             return setStatement(...additionalterminators);
         }
 
+        function tryCatch(): Stmt.TryCatch {
+            let tryKeyword = advance();
+            let tryBlock = block(Lexeme.Catch);
+            if (!tryBlock) {
+                throw addError(peek(), "Expected 'catch' to terminate try block");
+            }
+
+            if (!check(Lexeme.Identifier)) {
+                // defer this error so we can parse the `catch` block.
+                // it'll be thrown if the catch block parses successfully otherwise.
+                throw addError(peek(), "Expected variable name for caught error after 'catch'");
+            }
+
+            let caughtVariable = new Expr.Variable(advance() as Identifier);
+            let catchBlock = block(Lexeme.EndTry);
+            if (!catchBlock) {
+                throw addError(peek(), "Expected 'end try' or 'endtry' to terminate catch block");
+            }
+
+            return new Stmt.TryCatch(tryBlock.body, catchBlock.body, caughtVariable, {
+                try: tryKeyword,
+                catch: tryBlock.closingToken,
+                endtry: catchBlock.closingToken,
+            });
+        }
+
         function whileStatement(): Stmt.While {
             const whileKeyword = advance();
             const condition = expression();

src/parser/Statement.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface Visitor<T> {
     visitIndexedSet(statement: IndexedSet): BrsType;
     visitIncrement(expression: Increment): BrsInvalid;
     visitLibrary(statement: Library): BrsInvalid;
+    visitTryCatch(statement: TryCatch): BrsInvalid;
 }
 
 let statementTypes = new Set<string>([
@@ -575,3 +576,30 @@ export class Library extends AstNode implements Statement {
         };
     }
 }
+
+export class TryCatch extends AstNode implements Statement {
+    constructor(
+        readonly tryBlock: Block,
+        readonly catchBlock: Block,
+        readonly errorBinding: Expr.Variable,
+        readonly tokens: {
+            try: Token;
+            catch: Token;
+            endtry: Token;
+        }
+    ) {
+        super("TryCatch");
+    }
+
+    accept<R>(visitor: Visitor<R>): BrsType {
+        return visitor.visitTryCatch(this);
+    }
+
+    get location() {
+        return {
+            file: this.tokens.try.location.file,
+            start: this.tokens.endtry.location.start,
+            end: this.tokens.endtry.location.end,
+        };
+    }
+}

test/e2e/Syntax.test.js

@@ -237,4 +237,15 @@ describe("end to end syntax", () => {
             "optional chaining works",
         ]);
     });
+    test("try-catch.brs", async () => {
+        await execute([resourceFile("try-catch.brs")], outputStreams);
+        expect(allArgs(outputStreams.stdout.write).filter((arg) => arg !== "\n")).toEqual([
+            "[pre_try] a = ",
+            "5",
+            "[in_try] a = ",
+            "10",
+            "[post_try] a = ",
+            "10",
+        ]);
+    });
 });

test/e2e/resources/try-catch.brs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+sub main()
+    a = 5
+
+    print "[pre_try] a = " a
+    try
+        a = a * 2
+        print "[in_try] a = " a
+    catch e
+        ' currently unimplemented
+    end try
+
+    print "[post_try] a = " a
+end sub

test/lexer/Lexer.test.js

@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ describe("lexer", () => {
     describe("identifiers", () => {
         it("matches single-word keywords", () => {
             // test just a sample of single-word reserved words for now.
-            // if we find any that we've missed
-            let { tokens } = Lexer.scan("and or if else endif return true false line_num");
+            // if we find any that we've missed, add them here
+            let { tokens } = Lexer.scan("and or if else endif return true false line_num throw");
             expect(tokens.map((w) => w.kind)).toEqual([
                 Lexeme.And,
                 Lexeme.Or,
@@ -403,20 +403,24 @@ describe("lexer", () => {
                 Lexeme.True,
                 Lexeme.False,
                 Lexeme.Identifier,
+                Lexeme.Throw,
                 Lexeme.Eof,
             ]);
             expect(tokens.filter((w) => !!w.literal).length).toBe(0);
         });
 
         it("matches multi-word keywords", () => {
-            let { tokens } = Lexer.scan("else if end if end while End Sub end Function Exit wHILe");
+            let { tokens } = Lexer.scan(
+                "else if end if end while End Sub end Function Exit wHILe end try"
+            );
             expect(tokens.map((w) => w.kind)).toEqual([
                 Lexeme.ElseIf,
                 Lexeme.EndIf,
                 Lexeme.EndWhile,
                 Lexeme.EndSub,
                 Lexeme.EndFunction,
                 Lexeme.ExitWhile,
+                Lexeme.EndTry,
                 Lexeme.Eof,
             ]);
             expect(tokens.filter((w) => !!w.literal).length).toBe(0);
@@ -431,6 +435,18 @@ describe("lexer", () => {
             ]);
         });
 
+        it("reads try/catch/throw properly", () => {
+            let { tokens } = Lexer.scan("try catch throw end try endtry");
+            expect(tokens.map((w) => w.kind)).toEqual([
+                Lexeme.Try,
+                Lexeme.Catch,
+                Lexeme.Throw,
+                Lexeme.EndTry,
+                Lexeme.EndTry,
+                Lexeme.Eof,
+            ]);
+        });
+
         it("matches keywords with silly capitalization", () => {
             let { tokens } = Lexer.scan("iF ELSE eNDIf FUncTioN");
             expect(tokens.map((w) => w.kind)).toEqual([

test/parser/ParserTests.js

@@ -65,3 +65,20 @@ exports.locationEqual = function (loc1, loc2) {
         loc1.end.column === loc2.end.column
     );
 };
+
+/**
+ * Removes least-common leading indentation from a string, effectively "unindenting" a multi-line
+ * template string.
+ * @param {string} str - the string to unindent
+ * @return {string} `str`, but reformatted so that at least one line starts at column 0
+ */
+exports.deindent = function deindent(str) {
+    let lines = str.split("\n");
+    let firstNonEmptyLine = lines.find((line) => line.trim() !== "");
+    if (firstNonEmptyLine == null) {
+        return str;
+    }
+
+    let baseIndent = firstNonEmptyLine.length - firstNonEmptyLine.trim().length;
+    return lines.map((line) => line.substring(baseIndent)).join("\n");
+};