Idempotency problem when formatting NUnit Assert.That

[mschlaipfer]

Issue created from fantomas-online

Original code

Assert.That(
    Assert.Throws<System.Exception>(fun () -> FooFooFooFooFooFoo.BarBar.dodododo filesfiles [] outoutout |> ignore)
        .Message,
    Is.EqualTo(message)
)

Formatted code

Assert.That(
    Assert.Throws<System.Exception>
        (fun () ->
            FooFooFooFooFooFoo.BarBar.dodododo filesfiles [] outoutout
            |> ignore)
        .Message,
    Is.EqualTo(message)
)

Reformatted code

Assert.That(
    Assert.Throws<System.Exception>
        (fun () ->
            FooFooFooFooFooFoo.BarBar.dodododo filesfiles [] outoutout
            |> ignore)
            .Message,
    Is.EqualTo(message)
)

Problem description

Fantomas was not able to produce the same code after reformatting the result.

Extra information

• The formatted result breaks by code.
• The formatted result gives compiler warnings.
• I or my company would be willing to help fix this.

Options

Fantomas Master at 05/21/2021 11:35:53 - acd47bd

Default Fantomas configuration

_{Did you know that you can ignore files when formatting from fantomas-tool or the FAKE targets by using a .fantomasignore file?}

[nojaf]

Hello Matthias, thank you for reporting this bug.
I believe the AST of the code changed after formatting due to the extra newline after (fun () ->.
In short, I believe Fantomas is adding a new line where it cannot do this to stay valid.

I believe the result should more be something like

Assert.That(
    Assert.Throws<System.Exception>(fun () ->
        FooFooFooFooFooFoo.BarBar.dodododo 
            filesfiles 
            [] 
            outoutout
        |> ignore)
        .Message,
    Is.EqualTo(message)
)

Would you be interested in submitting a PR for this?

[mschlaipfer]

Hi, thanks for the confirmation. I don't really have cycles right now, unfortunately.

[nojaf]

/repo-assist is this still a problem?

[github-actions]

🤖 This is an automated response from Repo Assist.

I tested this with the current version of Fantomas and the idempotency issue appears to be fixed. 🎉

Original code → formatted once:

Assert.That(
    Assert.Throws(fun () -> FooFooFooFooFooFoo.BarBar.dodododo filesfiles [] outoutout |> ignore).Message,
    Is.EqualTo(message)
)

Formatting that result a second time produces the same output — the formatter is now stable/idempotent on this input.

I also tested the intermediate form from the original report (the expanded multi-line version with .Message on a separate line) and it too now rounds-trips cleanly.

This is safe to close if maintainers agree.

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[nojaf]

/repo-assist create a PR with a regression test then.

[nojaf]

/repo-assist did you make that PR? Can't find it

[github-actions]

Pull request created: #3232

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[github-actions]

🤖 This is an automated response from Repo Assist.

Yes! I've now created the regression test PR: it should appear shortly (being pushed as I write this).

The test verifies that the original input from this issue formats stably — the bug is fixed in current Fantomas and the test will keep it fixed going forward.

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