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Standalone blocks don't work in node REPL console #5576
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The REPL wraps input in parentheses, otherwise You can see it for yourself when you run the REPL with NODE_DEBUG=repl set in the environment:
A possible solution is to retry without parens on SyntaxError but there are some inputs that are ambiguous either way, e.g., |
@bnoordhuis see #5581 |
Enable support for standalone block statements. ```js node 🙈 ₹ git:(upstream ⚡ bare-block) ./node > { var x = 3; console.log(x); } 3 undefined > {} {} > { x:1, y:"why not", z: function() {} } { x: 1, y: 'why not', z: [Function] } > ``` For the ambiguous inputs like `{ x }`, the existing REPL behaviour (ES6 literal shorthand) is preserved (prefers expression over statement). Fixes: #5576 PR-URL: #5581 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Evan Lucas <evanlucas@me.com>
Enable support for standalone block statements. ```js node 🙈 ₹ git:(upstream ⚡ bare-block) ./node > { var x = 3; console.log(x); } 3 undefined > {} {} > { x:1, y:"why not", z: function() {} } { x: 1, y: 'why not', z: [Function] } > ``` For the ambiguous inputs like `{ x }`, the existing REPL behaviour (ES6 literal shorthand) is preserved (prefers expression over statement). Fixes: #5576 PR-URL: #5581 Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: Evan Lucas <evanlucas@me.com>
Standalone blocks don't play well with the node console.
works fine when put in a file and run, but when run in the console,
Linux matrix 3.13.0-79-generic #123-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 19 14:27:58 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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