Misleading error message, when only open tag is in if else block

[btamas]

Describe the bug
Wrong error message when the open html tag is in a condition.
Cannot have an {:else} block outside an {#if ...} or {#each ...} block (3:6)

To Reproduce
https://svelte.dev/repl/116df8158726422db28a6904f8bb49f2?version=3.16.5

Expected behavior
A message that informs me about I cannot have only open tag between conditions.

Severity
Low, but it can mislead debug

[antony]

I think this behaviour is correct. If you look at the simplified example below:

https://svelte.dev/repl/529ae6f101a548ac8bc0c0ad2f1eac63?version=3.16.5

Although it could be considered "misleading", actually, you are opening a new block, and then opening a new logic tag. So the error is correct.

I suppose it depends on how far you want to go into Svelte becoming some sort of html validator/linter/formatter, and I think the answer is, not very far.

[btamas]

I understand your point and if I would be a code parser then I would see it is a new logic block and it is not the if block anymore.
I can live with this behavior, but it is still misleading for me.

[ghost]

I checked all the way back to first release of 3.0 and the message hasn't changed.
I do understand where the confusion comes from, but the error message is based on how the DOM and HTML work. Replace the else with <div>... would you expect the div to somehow escape the <li> tag?

So treat all Svelte keywords as creating scope because that's what they do essentially.
Maybe you could look for a place within the docs to add some wording to make things clearer.

[Conduitry]

These error messages have improved in 3.18.2 - https://svelte.dev/repl/116df8158726422db28a6904f8bb49f2?version=3.18.2

[btamas]

These error messages have improved in 3.18.2 - https://svelte.dev/repl/116df8158726422db28a6904f8bb49f2?version=3.18.2

Thank you, it is way more helpful now.