UnicodeConversionError - Error message doesn't tell where the error is occurring

[sashaafm]

I'm getting the following

sashaafm@LXLE:~/Documents/nomad$ mix credo --explain
Checking 8 source files ...
** (UnicodeConversionError) invalid encoding starting at <<211, 32, 69, 83, 84, 193, 32, 80, 65, 82, 65, 32, 77, 89, 83, 81, 76, 32, 35, 35, 35, 35, 10, 32, 32, 100, 101, 102, 112, 32, 98, 115, 32, 100, 111, 10, 32, 32, 32, 32, 34, 34, 34, 10, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, ...>>
(elixir) lib/string.ex:1634: String.to_char_list/1
lib/credo/code.ex:62: Credo.Code.to_tokens/1
lib/credo/check/consistency/space_around_operators/without_space.ex:16: Credo.Check.Consistency.SpaceAroundOperators.WithoutSpace.property_values_for/2
lib/credo/check/consistency/helper.ex:152: anonymous fn/4 in Credo.Check.Consistency.Helper.collect_property_values/3
(elixir) lib/enum.ex:1473: Enum."-reduce/3-lists^foldl/2-0-"/3
lib/credo/check/consistency/helper.ex:144: Credo.Check.Consistency.Helper.property_list_for/3
lib/credo/check/consistency/helper.ex:138: Credo.Check.Consistency.Helper.create_property_tuples/3
(elixir) lib/enum.ex:1088: Enum."-map/2-lists^map/1-0-"/2

I don't understand where the error is coming from? It wasn't warning about anything in the last commit and I didn't do many changes. I can try to give more information if needed.

[rrrene]

That does not sound good. Could you provide a bit more context? Are there any special Unicode characters in any of the files, for example in strings or comments?

[murphy1312]

same error for me as well,

(UnicodeConversionError) invalid encoding starting at <<180, 115, 32, 116, 111, 32, 111, 112, 101, 110, 32, 115, 97, 118, 101, 32, 97, 115, 32, 100, 105, 97, 108, 111, 103, 10, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 32, 124, 62, 32, 112, 117, 116, 95, 114, 101, 115, 112, 95, 104, 101, 97, 100, 101, 114, ...>>
    (elixir) lib/string.ex:1634: String.to_char_list/1
    lib/credo/code.ex:62: Credo.Code.to_tokens/1
    lib/credo/check/consistency/space_around_operators/without_space.ex:16: Credo.Check.Consistency.SpaceAroundOperators.WithoutSpace.property_values_for/2
    lib/credo/check/consistency/helper.ex:152: anonymous fn/4 in Credo.Check.Consistency.Helper.collect_property_values/3
    (elixir) lib/enum.ex:1473: Enum."-reduce/3-lists^foldl/2-0-"/3
    lib/credo/check/consistency/helper.ex:144: Credo.Check.Consistency.Helper.property_list_for/3
    lib/credo/check/consistency/helper.ex:138: Credo.Check.Consistency.Helper.create_property_tuples/3
    (elixir) lib/enum.ex:1088: Enum."-map/2-lists^map/1-0-"/2

[sashaafm]

@rrrene I'm sorry I never came back to you.

It was a special unicode character in a comment. Today I had it again. @murphy1312 that's probably the same problem for you.

@rrrene Do you think it's possible to find the line where the error is happening and tell the user? This is really bad for people like me whose native language has a lot of special unicode chars and from time to time will write comments in their language (I try to stick to English because of this type of problem, but when you're pissed off at something it's hard to remember ahah)

[rrrene]

@sashaafm Absolutely. Can you provide an example comment containing some of these characters so I can write a test against it?

[sashaafm]

@rrrene yes, of course, the problem I had today was because of a comment similar to this:

# WARNING: NÃO ESTÁ A FUNCIONAR
(WARNING: IT DOESN'T WORK)

[murphy1312]

for me it was the " ´ " character - 180 - in
#"tell the most browser´s to open"

[rrrene]

This should finally be fixed in v0.3.10 ... Can you confirm?

[hykw]

The same error had occurred for me too, but it's been fixed in v0.3.10!