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compiler: end the missing-comma diagnostic past the whole second atom - #8594

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missing_comma_expression_error returns its span as (index, next + 1),
where next is the byte index at which the second atom starts. The + 1
is a fixed one-byte width, so SyntaxError.end_offset matched CPython only
when that atom happened to be a single ASCII character.

Measured against CPython 3.14.6, compile(src, '<t>', 'eval'):

source CPython end_offset before after
(a b) 5 5 5
(a bb) 6 5 6
(a bbb) 7 5 7
(1 22) 6 5 6
(a β) 5 4 5
(a ββ) 6 4 6
(a βb) 6 4 6
(αα β) 6 5 6
[α β] 5 4 5

Pure ASCII is wrong too, so this is not a UTF-8 conversion problem — (a bb)
is the case that rules that reading out. A non-ASCII second atom loses an
extra column on top, because the short end lands inside the character and
source_location then walks back to where it starts.

adjacent_atom_end already measures an atom — identifiers including
non-ASCII ones, string literals, and numbers — and is what the first atom
is measured with three lines above. Using it for the second one makes both
ends of the span agree about what an atom is.

Verification

  • New unit test missing_comma_diagnostic_spans_the_whole_second_atom, nine
    cases, values taken from CPython 3.14.6.
  • Negative control: with the one-line change reverted and the test kept, it
    fails on (a bb) with left: (2, 5) / right: (2, 6).
  • cargo test -p rustpython-compiler — 21 passed, 0 failed.
  • End-to-end against the built interpreter: all nine plain-expression cases
    now match CPython, and the f-string forms (f'{a bb}' and friends) pick up
    the corrected end as well.
  • The four Lib/test/test_syntax.py doctests for this message check only the
    message text, so none of their expectations move.

Out of scope

Two pre-existing divergences turned up in the same probe and are deliberately
left alone:

  • (a 'xy') — CPython reports invalid syntax at offset 4, we report the
    missing-comma message at offset 2. A message mismatch, not a span one.
    (Its end_offset does become 8, which is CPython's value.)
  • f'{a b}' — CPython reports offset 4, we report 6. The start of the
    f-string form is computed elsewhere; only the end is touched here.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved missing-comma diagnostics to highlight the complete adjacent expression, including multi-character and non-ASCII values.
    • Corrected highlighting across different bracket types for clearer error messages.
  • Tests

    • Added regression coverage for identifiers, numbers, Unicode values, and bracketed expressions.

`missing_comma_expression_error` returned its span as `(index, next + 1)`,
where `next` is the byte index at which the second atom starts.  The `+ 1`
is a fixed one-byte width, so the reported `end_offset` matched CPython
only when that atom was a single ASCII character:

    (a b)    end 5, CPython 5
    (a bb)   end 5, CPython 6
    (a bbb)  end 5, CPython 7
    (a β)    end 4, CPython 5

`adjacent_atom_end` already measures an atom -- identifiers including
non-ASCII ones, string literals and numbers -- and is what the first atom
is measured with three lines above.  Use it for the second one too.

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The compiler now extends missing-comma diagnostics across the complete second adjacent expression atom. Regression tests cover multi-character, Unicode, numeric, and bracketed atoms.

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Missing-comma diagnostics

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Diagnostic span and regression tests
crates/compiler/src/lib.rs
The diagnostic now uses the second atom’s full end position. Tests verify spans for identifiers, numbers, Unicode atoms, and bracketed atoms.

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The change improves missing-comma error spans, but decimal/scientific numbers and parenthesized second atoms can still receive truncated end offsets. This is a localized diagnostic correctness issue; the PR is mergeable with explicit owner awareness or a follow-up fix.

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In `@crates/compiler/src/lib.rs`:
- Around line 4484-4488: Update adjacent_atom_end and its use in the second-atom
syntax error span so decimal and exponent literals consume their complete
numeric bounds, while bracketed atoms extend through the matching delimiter
rather than stopping after the opening bracket; preserve existing behavior for
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Comment on lines +4484 to +4488
let second_end = adjacent_atom_end(bytes, next).unwrap_or(next + 1);
return Some((
"invalid syntax. Perhaps you forgot a comma?".to_owned(),
index,
next + 1,
second_end,

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Extend the second-atom span for decimal and bracketed atoms.

adjacent_atom_end still truncates valid atoms. For (a 1.2) and (a 1e+2), the numeric branch stops at . or +. For (a (bb)), the bracket branch returns immediately after (. These inputs therefore receive an incorrect SyntaxError.end_offset. Use complete numeric-literal and matching-delimiter bounds, and add regression cases for these forms.

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In `@crates/compiler/src/lib.rs` around lines 4484 - 4488, Update
adjacent_atom_end and its use in the second-atom syntax error span so decimal
and exponent literals consume their complete numeric bounds, while bracketed
atoms extend through the matching delimiter rather than stopping after the
opening bracket; preserve existing behavior for other atom forms and add
regression cases covering (a 1.2), (a 1e+2), and (a (bb)).

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`missing_comma_expression_error` returned its span as `(index, next + 1)`,
where `next` is the byte index at which the second atom starts.  The `+ 1`
is a fixed one-byte width, so the reported `end_offset` matched CPython
only when that atom was a single ASCII character:

    (a b)    end 5, CPython 5
    (a bb)   end 5, CPython 6
    (a bbb)  end 5, CPython 7
    (a β)    end 4, CPython 5

`adjacent_atom_end` already measures an atom -- identifiers including
non-ASCII ones, string literals and numbers -- and is what the first atom
is measured with three lines above.  Use it for the second one too.

Assisted-by: Claude
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