Should TSLint run when there are syntactic errors in the file?

[Xarkam]

Bug Report

• TSLint version: 5.9.1
• TypeScript version: 2.8.1
• Running TSLint via: Visual Studio

TypeScript code being linted

@NgModule({
  exports: [ RouterModule ],
  imports: [ RouterModule.forRoot(
    routes,
    { enableTracing: true },
  ],
})

with tslint.json configuration:

{
  "extends": "tslint:recommended",
  "rules": {
    "no-duplicate-variable": true,
    "no-unused-variable": [
      true
    ],
    "linebreak-style":false,
    "max-line-length":false,
    "no-console":false,
    "no-shadowed-variable":false,
    "variable-name": [
      true,
      "check-format",
      "allow-leading-underscore",
      "allow-trailing-underscore"
    ]
  },
  "rulesDirectory": [
    "node_modules/tslint-eslint-rules/dist/rules"
  ]
}

Actual behavior

Because a picture is better than a long speech :

Expected behavior

Give good choice ;)

ps: yes, he misses one ) in snippet

[grimly]

You have two errors at different places. Try validating this :

@NgModule({
  exports: [ RouterModule ],
  imports: [ RouterModule.forRoot(
    routes,
    { enableTracing: true, }
  )],
})

I switched , and } to add the trailing comma in the object literal and remove the one in the forRoot function call.

And I added the ) back in the end of the forRoot function call.

[Xarkam]

Yes, I have specified the missing one )
With the final ) I've not error.

But it's disturbing to have this message with just a missing )

[grimly]

This is odd, but when it come to parsing, the missing closing parenthesis may have seen something completely different to what we may think.

It might have back-tracked to something that is not the RouterModule.forRoot function call.

I don't think the linter can do a lot here, or maybe shut the linter errors if there is a compilation error.

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

The root issue here is, as suggested, that TSLint should have a better strategy for providing failures when there's a syntax problem. Modifying the title to make that more clear; I must have rediscovered this issue a half dozen times by now. 😆

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

Per #3946: what about --fix?

[Xarkam]

Hello, I think TSLint can stop on misconfiguration.
But, it needs a clear message that TSLint is stopped because of a bad configuration.

Developers can then narrow their search field to tslint configuration on errors.

[MVrachev]

Hi, I just read through the discussion here and it's little unclear for me what decision was made.

Is there a way ESLint reports for syntax errors? I imagine that syntax errors will prevent the correct analysis of a file so it makes sense to report those problems.

The way I saw Gosec (Golang static code analysis tool) handles the syntax errors is by giving Golang syntax errors at the beginning of the output.

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Is there a similiar feature in TSLint?

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

💀 It's time! 💀

TSLint is being deprecated and no longer accepting pull requests for major new changes or features. See #4534. 😱

If you'd like to see this change implemented, you have two choices:

• Recommended: Check if this is available in ESLint + typescript-eslint ✅
• Not Recommended: Fork TSLint locally 🤷‍♂️

👋 It was a pleasure open sourcing with you!

If you believe this message was posted here in error, please comment so we can re-open the issue!

[JoshuaKGoldberg]

🤖 Beep boop! 👉 TSLint is deprecated 👈 (#4534) and you should switch to typescript-eslint! 🤖

🔒 This issue is being locked to prevent further unnecessary discussions. Thank you! 👋