New features, first one is very cool

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Vyacheslav Egorov 2022-11-30 23:24:39 +02:00
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@ -7,7 +7,50 @@ While the team is busy to bring some bigger things in the future, we have made s
[Cross-posted to the [Roblox Developer Forum](https://devforum.roblox.com/t/luau-recap-november-2022/).]
## Error messages
## Analysis improvements
We have improved tagged union type refinements to only include unhandled type cases in the `else` branch of the `if` statement:
```lua
type Ok<T> = { tag: "ok", value: T }
type Err = { tag: "error", msg: string }
type Result<T> = Ok<T> | Err
function unwrap<T>(r: Result<T>): T?
if r.tag == "ok" then
return r.value
else
-- Luau now understands that 'r' here can only be the 'Err' part
print(r.msg)
return nil
end
end
```
For better inference, we updated definition of `Enum.SomeType:GetEnumItems()` to return `{Enum.SomeType}` instead of common `{EnumItem}` and the return type of `next` function now includes the possibility of key being `nil`.
Finally, if you use `and` operator on non-boolean values, `boolean` type will no longer be added by the type inference:
```lua
local function f1(a: number?)
-- 'x' is still a 'number?' and doesn't become 'boolean | number'
local x = a and 5
end
```
## Error message improvements
We now give an error when built-in types are being redefined:
```lua
type string = number -- Now an error: Redefinition of type 'string'
```
We also had a parse error missing in case you forgot your default type pack parameter value. We accepted the following code silently without raising an issue:
```lua
type Foo<T... = > = nil -- Now an error: Expected type, got '>'
```
Error about function argument count mismatch no longer points at the last argument, but instead at the function in question.
So, instead of:
@ -26,16 +69,6 @@ myfunction(123)
~~~~~~~~~~
```
Parsing now recovers with a more precise error message if you forget a comma in table constructor spanning multiple lines:
```lua
local t = {
a = 1
b = 2 -- Expected ',' after table constructor element
c = 3 -- Expected ',' after table constructor element
}
```
If you iterate over a table value that could also be `nil`, you get a better explanation in the error message:
```lua
@ -51,15 +84,13 @@ And speaking of confusing, some of you might have seen an error like `Type 'stri
This was caused by Luau having both a primitive type `string` and a table type coming from `string` library. Since the way you can get the type of the `string` library table is by using `typeof(string)`, the updated error message will mirror that and report `Type 'string' could not be converted into 'typeof(string)'`.
## Analysis improvements
For better inference, we updated definition of `Enum.SomeType:GetEnumItems()` to return `{Enum.SomeType}` instead of common `{EnumItem}` and the return type of `next` function now includes the possibility of key being `nil`.
If you use `and` operator on non-boolean values, `boolean` type will no longer be added by the type inference:
Parsing now recovers with a more precise error message if you forget a comma in table constructor spanning multiple lines:
```lua
local function f1(a: number?)
-- 'x' is still a 'number?' and doesn't become 'boolean | number'
local x = a and 5
end
local t = {
a = 1
b = 2 -- Expected ',' after table constructor element
c = 3 -- Expected ',' after table constructor element
}
```