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Syntax Highlighting Error - Inconsistent Scoping for Keywords

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript, python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Reproduce the reported Python example in Sublime Text 3 with MagicPython 1.1.1 and inspect how the shown operators receive scopes inside and outside function calls. Done means the keyword scopes are consistent in both contexts and the example highlights as intended.

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Description

  • Editor name and version:
  • Sublime Text 3
  • Version 3.2.2, Build 3211
  • Platform:
  • MacOS (Catalina)
  • Color scheme:

Link to a repository with my slightly customized color schemes.

They are slight variations to the Material and Materialize color schemes.

  • MagicPython version: 1.1.1 (according to my package.json)

  • A screenshot:

Screen Shot 2020-06-23 at 10 50 03 PM
  • 5-10 lines of surrounding code:
def syntax_bug(example):
    # When code scoped as `keyword.operator.logical.python` are
    # used outside the scope of `meta.function-call.*.python`,
    # the keywords
    if "keywords" not in "function-call":
        print("logical operator keywords highlight correctly")

    # `is` and `not` are scoped as `keyword.control.flow.python`
    # when used inside a function-call
    if "keywords" in "function-call":
        print(
            "keyword highlighting" is not "yellowish-green"
            or "greenish-yellow"
        )

    outside_function_call = (
        "keyword highlighting" is not "yellowish-green" or "greenish-yellow"
    )

    return outside_function_call
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