FEATURE: More ergonomic syntax for asserts.

integration_tests/comparisons_test.ucg

@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@ let list = [1, 2, 3];
 let list2 = list;
 let list3 = [1, 2];
 
-assert "one == one";
-assert "one == one";
-assert "one >= one";
-assert "two > one";
-assert "two >= two";
-assert "tpl1 == tpl2";
-assert "tpl1 != tpl3";
-assert "list == list2";
-assert "list != list3";
+assert |one == one|;
+assert |one == one|;
+assert |one >= one|;
+assert |two > one|;
+assert |two >= two|;
+assert |tpl1 == tpl2|;
+assert |tpl1 != tpl3|;
+assert |list == list2|;
+assert |list != list3|;
 
 // Deep Comparisons
 let tpl4 = {
@@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ let less = {
     foo = "bar"
 };
 
-assert "tpl4.inner == copy.inner";
-assert "tpl4.inner.fld == copy.inner.fld";
-assert "tpl4.lst == copy.lst";
-assert "tpl4.foo == copy.foo";
-assert "tpl4 == copy";
-assert "tpl4 != extra";
-assert "tpl4 != less";
+assert |tpl4.inner == copy.inner|;
+assert |tpl4.inner.fld == copy.inner.fld|;
+assert |tpl4.lst == copy.lst|;
+assert |tpl4.foo == copy.foo|;
+assert |tpl4 == copy|;
+assert |tpl4 != extra|;
+assert |tpl4 != less|;
 
 // Expression comparisons
-assert "2 == 1+1";
-assert "(1+1) == 2";
-assert "(1+1) == (1+1)";
+assert |2 == 1+1|;
+assert |(1+1) == 2|;
+assert |(1+1) == (1+1)|;
 let want = "foo";
-assert "select want, 1, { foo=2, } == 2";
+assert |select want, 1, { foo=2, } == 2|;

integration_tests/empty_test.ucg

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ let empty = NULL;
 let tpl = {
     foo = NULL,
 };
-assert "tpl.foo == empty";
+assert |tpl.foo == empty|;

integration_tests/macros_test.ucg

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ let cplxmacro = macro(argint, argstr, argfloat) => {
 let simpleresult = simplemacro(1, 2, 3);
 let cplxresult = cplxmacro(1, "We", 3.0);
 
-assert "simpleresult.field1 == 1";
-assert "simpleresult.field2 == 2";
-assert "simpleresult.field3 == 3";
+assert |simpleresult.field1 == 1|;
+assert |simpleresult.field2 == 2|;
+assert |simpleresult.field3 == 3|;
 
-assert "cplxresult.field1 == 2";
-assert "cplxresult.field2 == \"We are here\"";
-assert "cplxresult.field3 == 2.0";
+assert |cplxresult.field1 == 2|;
+assert |cplxresult.field2 == "We are here"|;
+assert |cplxresult.field3 == 2.0|;

integration_tests/operator_precedence_test.ucg

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-assert "2 * 2 + 1 == 5";
-assert "2 + 2 * 3 == 8";
-assert "2 * (2 + 1) == 6";
-assert "2 * 2 + 1 > 4";
-assert "2 * 2 + 1 > 6";
-assert "2 * 2 + 1 >= 5";
-assert "2 * 2 + 1 <= 5";
+assert |2 * 2 + 1 == 5|;
+assert |2 + 2 * 3 == 8|;
+assert |2 * (2 + 1) == 6|;
+assert |2 * 2 + 1 > 4|;
+assert |2 * 2 + 1 > 6|;
+assert |2 * 2 + 1 >= 5|;
+assert |2 * 2 + 1 <= 5|;

integration_tests/selectors_test.ucg

@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ let testmacro = macro(arg) => {
     output = arg,
 };
 
-assert "list.0 == 1";
-assert "list.1 == 2";
-assert "list.3 == 4";
-assert "tuple.field1 == 1";
-assert "tuple.field2 == 3";
-assert "tuple.deeplist.0 == \"foo\"";
-assert "tuple.deeplist.1 == \"bar\"";
+assert |list.0 == 1|;
+assert |list.1 == 2|;
+assert |list.3 == 4|;
+assert |tuple.field1 == 1|;
+assert |tuple.field2 == 3|;
+assert |tuple.deeplist.0 == "foo"|;
+assert |tuple.deeplist.1 == "bar"|;

src/ast/mod.rs

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ pub enum TokenType {
     WS,
     COMMENT,
     QUOTED,
+    PIPEQUOTE,
     DIGIT,
     BAREWORD,
     PUNCT,

src/lib.rs

@@ -409,23 +409,15 @@
 //!
 //! The assert statement defines an expression that must evaluate to either true or false. Assert statements are noops except
 //! during a validation compile. They give you a way to assert certains properties about your data and can be used as a form
-//! of unit testting for your configurations. It starts with the assert keyword followed by a quoted string that is
-//! itself a valid boolean ucg expression.
+//! of unit testing for your configurations. It starts with the assert keyword followed by a valid boolean ucg expression
+//! delimited by `|` characters.
 //!
 //! ```ucg
-//! assert "host == \"www.example.com\"";
-//! assert "select qa, 443, {
+//! assert host == "www.example.com";
+//! assert |select qa, 443, {
 //!   qa = 80,
 //!   prod = 443,
-//! } == 443";
-//! ```
-//!
-//! It is a little bit awkward for strings since you have to escape their quotes. But you can work around it by
-//! by storing the expectations in variables first and referencing them in the assert statement.
-//!
-//! ```ucg
-//! let expected_host = "www.example.com";
-//! assert "host == expected_host";
+//! } == 443|;
 //! ```
 //!
 //! When _test.ucg files are run in a validation run then ucg will output a log of all the assertions

src/parse/mod.rs

@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ named!(assert_statement<TokenIter, Statement, error::Error>,
                 error::Error::new(
                     "Invalid syntax for assert",
                     error::ErrorType::ParseError, pos)),
-            match_type!(STR)) >>
+            match_type!(PIPEQUOTE)) >>
         punct!(";") >>
         (Statement::Assert(tok.clone()))
     )

src/parse/test.rs

@@ -309,6 +309,20 @@ fn test_out_statement_parse() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_assert_statement_parse() {
+    assert_error!(out_statement("assert"));
+    assert_error!(out_statement("assert |"));
+    assert_error!(out_statement("assert |foo"));
+    assert_parse!(
+        assert_statement("assert |foo|;"),
+        Statement::Assert(Token {
+            pos: Position { line: 1, column: 8 },
+            fragment: "foo".to_string(),
+            typ: TokenType::PIPEQUOTE
+        })
+    );
+}
 #[test]
 fn test_expression_statement_parse() {
     assert_error!(expression_statement("foo"));

src/tokenizer/mod.rs

@@ -73,6 +73,20 @@ named!(strtok( Span ) -> Token,
        )
 );
 
+named!(pipequotetok( Span ) -> Token,
+       do_parse!(
+           span: position!() >>
+               tag!("|") >>
+               frag: take_until!("|") >>
+               tag!("|") >>
+           (Token{
+               typ: TokenType::PIPEQUOTE,
+               pos: Position::from(span),
+               fragment: frag.fragment.to_string(),
+           })
+       )
+);
+
 named!(barewordtok( Span ) -> Token,
        do_parse!(
            span: position!() >>
@@ -336,6 +350,7 @@ named!(whitespace( Span ) -> Token,
 named!(token( Span ) -> Token,
     alt!(
         strtok |
+        pipequotetok |
         emptytok | // This must come before the barewordtok
         digittok |
         commatok |
@@ -475,6 +490,14 @@ macro_rules! match_type {
         match_type!($i, STR => token_clone)
     };
 
+    ($i:expr,PIPEQUOTE => $h:expr) => {
+        match_type!($i, TokenType::PIPEQUOTE, "Not a Pipe Quoted String", $h)
+    };
+
+    ($i:expr,PIPEQUOTE) => {
+        match_type!($i, PIPEQUOTE => token_clone)
+    };
+
     ($i:expr,DIGIT => $h:expr) => {
         match_type!($i, TokenType::DIGIT, "Not a DIGIT", $h)
     };

src/tokenizer/test.rs

@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ fn test_escape_quoted() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_pipe_quoted() {
+    let result = pipequotetok(LocatedSpan::new("|foo|"));
+    assert!(result.is_done(), format!("result {:?} is not ok", result));
+    if let nom::IResult::Done(_, tok) = result {
+        assert_eq!(tok.fragment, "foo".to_string());
+        assert_eq!(tok.typ, TokenType::PIPEQUOTE);
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_string_with_escaping() {
     let result = strtok(LocatedSpan::new("\"foo \\\\ \\\"bar\""));