Add a "missing colon" hint.
Closes #11
R=kathyw@google.com
Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org//1176653003.
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b864250..5dcd749 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 2.1.3
+
+* Add a hint that a colon might be missing when a mapping value is found in the
+ wrong context.
+
## 2.1.2
* Fix a crashing bug when parsing block scalars.
diff --git a/lib/src/scanner.dart b/lib/src/scanner.dart
index e1b578e..512d72e 100644
--- a/lib/src/scanner.dart
+++ b/lib/src/scanner.dart
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
if (_inBlockContext) {
if (!_simpleKeyAllowed) {
throw new YamlException(
- "Block sequence entries are not allowed in this context.",
+ "Block sequence entries are not allowed here.",
_scanner.emptySpan);
}
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@
void _fetchKey() {
if (_inBlockContext) {
if (!_simpleKeyAllowed) {
- throw new YamlException("Mapping keys are not allowed in this context.",
+ throw new YamlException("Mapping keys are not allowed here.",
_scanner.emptySpan);
}
@@ -714,14 +714,15 @@
// A simple key cannot follow another simple key.
_simpleKeyAllowed = false;
} else if (_inBlockContext) {
- // If we're here, we've found the ':' indicator following a complex key.
-
if (!_simpleKeyAllowed) {
throw new YamlException(
- "Mapping values are not allowed in this context.",
+ "Mapping values are not allowed here. Did you miss a colon "
+ "earlier?",
_scanner.emptySpan);
}
+ // If we're here, we've found the ':' indicator following a complex key.
+
_rollIndent(
_scanner.column,
TokenType.BLOCK_MAPPING_START,
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index e8a62c0..d00d31f 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
name: yaml
-version: 2.1.3-dev
+version: 2.1.3
author: "Dart Team <misc@dartlang.org>"
homepage: https://github.com/dart-lang/yaml
description: A parser for YAML.
