A fix for : syntax error here: ...

[Boring Coder]

First : sorry if I am polluting the group with my questions.

Right now, when there is a syntax error like a parenthesis missing, shen will report 

syntax error here:

...

it can be annoying when the file is long enough, and you don't know where the error is?

This happens because the global variable *residue* is not set anywhere, it is always empty.

one solution to the problem is to create a new compile function for bytes in reader.shen

I tested and it works, but of course maybe there is a better solution: 

(define read-file

  File -> (let Bytelist (read-file-as-bytelist File)

               S-exprs (compileBytes (/. X (<s-exprs> X)) Bytelist)

               Process (process-sexprs S-exprs)

               Process))

(define compileBytes

  F L -> (let Compile (F L)

              (cases (parse-failure? Compile) (error "parse failure~%")

                     (cons? (in-> Compile))   (print-residue (in-> Compile))

                     true (<-out Compile))))

[dr.mt...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I've been away for a bit.   Yes, the syntax error report needs looking at.  It works of course, but the info

is not always helpful.

M.

[dr.mt...@gmail.com]

It would be good if you could supply a list of files where you feel the 

error messages are unhelpful so that I can assess what needs to be done.

M.