Ticket #221: methodcall-spaces.patch

Source/CobraParser.cobra

@@ -2848 +2848 @@
                 # requires special handling - PostCallExpr
                 # this happens for something like: foo[i]('x')
                 if not PostCallExpr.isTargetAcceptable(left to !)
-                    .throwError('Unexpected call.')  # example: t = x to List<of String>()
+                    msg = ''
+                    if left inherits DotExpr 
+                        if left.right inherits MemberExpr  # example: .somecall (arg)
+                            msg =' Method calls should not have whitespace between the methodname and the parenthesised arglist.'
+                    .throwError('Unexpected call.[msg]')  # example: t = x to List<of String>()
                 token = .grab
                 exprs = .commaSepExprs('RPAREN.')
                 return .expression(precedence, PostCallExpr(token, left, exprs))

Tests/820-errors/100-lexing-and-parsing/320-extra-spaces-methodcall.cobra

@@ +1 @@
+class Program
+
+    def main
+        a = .someCall ("abc") and _ # .error. should not have whitespace
+            .anotherCall("def") 
+        print a
+
+    def someCall(s as String) as bool
+        return true
+
+    def anotherCall(s as String) as bool
+        return true
+