Function CheckForMultilineCommentsAndStrings

tfjs-backend-wasm/tools/cpplint.py:2051–2086

Logs an error if we see /* ... */ or "..." that extend past one line. /* ... */ comments are legit inside macros, for one line. Otherwise, we prefer // comments, so it's ok to warn about the other. Likewise, it's ok for strings to extend across multiple lines, as long as a line continuatio

(filename, clean_lines, linenum, error)

def CheckForMultilineCommentsAndStrings(filename, clean_lines, linenum, error):
  """Logs an error if we see /* ... */ or "..." that extend past one line.

  /* ... */ comments are legit inside macros, for one line.
  Otherwise, we prefer // comments, so it's ok to warn about the
  other.  Likewise, it's ok for strings to extend across multiple
  lines, as long as a line continuation character (backslash)
  terminates each line. Although not currently prohibited by the C++
  style guide, it's ugly and unnecessary. We don't do well with either
  in this lint program, so we warn about both.

  Args:
    filename: The name of the current file.
    clean_lines: A CleansedLines instance containing the file.
    linenum: The number of the line to check.
    error: The function to call with any errors found.
  """
  line = clean_lines.elided[linenum]

  # Remove all \\ (escaped backslashes) from the line. They are OK, and the
  # second (escaped) slash may trigger later \" detection erroneously.
  line = line.replace('\\\\', '')

  if line.count('/*') > line.count('*/'):
    error(filename, linenum, 'readability/multiline_comment', 5,
          'Complex multi-line /*...*/-style comment found. '
          'Lint may give bogus warnings.  '
          'Consider replacing these with //-style comments, '
          'with #if 0...#endif, '
          'or with more clearly structured multi-line comments.')

  if (line.count('"') - line.count('\\"')) % 2:
    error(filename, linenum, 'readability/multiline_string', 5,
          'Multi-line string ("...") found.  This lint script doesn\'t '
          'do well with such strings, and may give bogus warnings.  '
          'Use C++11 raw strings or concatenation instead.')


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