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33 changes: 33 additions & 0 deletions crates/compiler/src/lib.rs
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Expand Up @@ -362,9 +362,42 @@ fn cpython_parse_diagnostic_override(
));
}

// `2 <> 3` outside Barry mode: ruff lexes `<` then an unexpected `>` and
// reports `ExpectedExpression` starting at the `>`. CPython's tokenizer
// treats `<>` as a single obsolete token and points at its start (the
// `<`) instead, so shift the reported location back over it.
source_error!(barry_flufl_obsolete_operator_error(error, source_text));

// CPython's PEG parser collapses a bare "expected an expression" failure
// into the generic "invalid syntax" message. rustpython-vm's `vm_new.rs`
// does this same collapse for its own callers; rustpython-compiler has no
// vm dependency, so mirror it here.
if matches!(&error.error, parser::ParseErrorType::ExpectedExpression) {
let (loc, end_loc) = adjusted_error_locations(source_file, error.location);
return Some(NormalizedParseDiagnostic::new(
parser::ParseErrorType::OtherError("invalid syntax".into()),
loc,
end_loc,
));
}

None
}

fn barry_flufl_obsolete_operator_error(
error: &parser::ParseError,
source: &str,
) -> Option<(String, usize, usize)> {
if !matches!(&error.error, parser::ParseErrorType::ExpectedExpression) {
return None;
}
let start = error.location.start().to_usize();
if start == 0 || source.as_bytes().get(start - 1) != Some(&b'<') {
return None;
}
Some(("invalid syntax".to_string(), start - 1, start + 1))
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Require an adjacent > before returning the obsolete-token range.

Line 395 checks only the previous byte. For an ExpectedExpression at EOF after x <, the helper returns start + 1, which exceeds the source length. It can also classify another character after < as obsolete <>. Check the current byte before constructing the two-byte range.

Proposed fix 
     let start = error.location.start().to_usize();
-    if start == 0 || source.as_bytes().get(start - 1) != Some(&b'<') {
+    if start == 0
+        || source.as_bytes().get(start - 1) != Some(&b'<')
+        || source.as_bytes().get(start) != Some(&b'>')
+    {
         return None;
     }
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if !matches!(&error.error, parser::ParseErrorType::ExpectedExpression) {
return None;
}
let start = error.location.start().to_usize();
if start == 0 || source.as_bytes().get(start - 1) != Some(&b'<') {
return None;
}
Some(("invalid syntax".to_string(), start - 1, start + 1))
if !matches!(&error.error, parser::ParseErrorType::ExpectedExpression) {
return None;
}
let start = error.location.start().to_usize();
if start == 0
|| source.as_bytes().get(start - 1) != Some(&b'<')
|| source.as_bytes().get(start) != Some(&b'>')
{
return None;
}
Some(("invalid syntax".to_string(), start - 1, start + 1))
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In `@crates/compiler/src/lib.rs` around lines 391 - 398, Update the obsolete-token
detection around the ExpectedExpression check to require that the byte at start
is an adjacent > before returning the range; otherwise return None. Preserve the
existing preceding-< validation and only construct the range for the exact <>
sequence.

}

fn eof_parse_diagnostic(
error: &parser::ParseError,
source_file: &SourceFile,
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