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feat: better error message for misplaced doc comments #5990

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14 changes: 12 additions & 2 deletions compiler/noirc_frontend/src/parser/errors.rs
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
use crate::ast::{Expression, IntegerBitSize};
use crate::lexer::errors::LexerErrorKind;
use crate::lexer::token::Token;
use crate::token::TokenKind;
use small_ord_set::SmallOrdSet;
use thiserror::Error;

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other => Diagnostic::simple_error(format!("{other}"), String::new(), error.span),
},
None => {
let primary = error.to_string();
Diagnostic::simple_error(primary, String::new(), error.span)
if matches!(
error.found.kind(),
TokenKind::InnerDocComment | TokenKind::OuterDocComment
) {
let primary = "This doc comment doesn't document anything".to_string();
let secondary = "Consider changing it to a regular `//` comment".to_string();
Diagnostic::simple_error(primary, secondary, error.span)
} else {
let primary = error.to_string();
Diagnostic::simple_error(primary, String::new(), error.span)
}
}
}
}
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