Jass Helper error: missing endblock

[sethmachine]

Hi,

I wrote some stuff, and then I got this error, which doesn't even point to the new code I added, it's saying there's an error in the map configuration, but I didn't write any code for map config...So I have no idea where to look, besides the new code I added but I can't seem to find the cause of the error.

Edit: I did a brute force search (disabled each module one at a time) and found the error, I was missing an endif .

But why would this cause the syntax error to be somewhere entirely else, and not just an error: missing endif block?
Or did it really parse that if statements' statements to extend all the way to mapconfig?

 

[chobibo]

could you post the new code you added?

 

[Geshishouhu]

Hi,

I wrote some stuff, and then I got this error, which doesn't even point to the new code I added, it's saying there's an error in the map configuration, but I didn't write any code for map config...So I have no idea where to look, besides the new code I added but I can't seem to find the cause of the error.

Edit: I did a brute force search (disabled each module one at a time) and found the error, I was missing an endif .

But why would this cause the syntax error to be somewhere entirely else, and not just an error: missing endif block?
Or did it really parse that if statements' statements to extend all the way to mapconfig?

I think its the problem of JassHelper. I never get a correct location of where the error is...

 

[deathismyfriend]

It is because it searches for the endif and if not found it keeps looking until the script has ended.

I have also seen it say missing endblock on the function declaration of the next function after the one with the missing endblock.

 

[muzzel]

The world editor doesnt have a crystal ball which tells it what you intended the code to do.

If you have this:

function bla takes nothing returns nothing
    if a < 5 then
        set a = 19
    call someFunction()
    call someOtherFunction()
    if b == true then
        set x = 2.2
    endif
    call poop()
endfunction

This function is missing a "endif" in line 4.

But since jass doesnt care about indention, who says the code shouldnt look like this:

function bla takes nothing returns nothing
    if a < 5 then
        set a = 19
        call someFunction()
        call someOtherFunction()
        if b == true then
            set x = 2.2
        endif
        call poop()
endfunction

Now it looks like the "endif" is missing in line 10. But its really the same code, the worldeditor cannot know where the missing "endif" should go and is therefore unable to output the correct line.

 

[deathismyfriend]

More accurately it is simply because it does not detect end blocks. It should say missing endif and give the last line of the endfunction.