(1) Checkers now have an _exec attribute, and an accessor getExec().
(2) CreateAndRegisterChecker() initializes _exec from an optional argument
'exec'. If this argument is missing, 'name' is used instead.
(3) Functions SyntaxCheckers_*_IsAvailable() are now dictionary functions.
(4) Functions SyntaxCheckers_*_IsAvailable() are now optional. When
they are missing, they are assumed to return executable(expand(self.getExec())).
(5) Argument 'exe' of function syntastic#makeprg#build() is now optional.
If this argument is missing, expand(self.getExec()) is used to set checker
executables.
Make SyntaxCheckers_*_GetLocList() dictionary functions.
Pass a reference to the current checker to syntastic#makeprg#build().
Add an optional 'redirect' argument to CreateAndRegisterChecker().
Change the sh checker to use the new dictionary functions.
Add a new registry method getLocListRaw() (needed for the sh checker).
Add 2 classes: SyntasticChecker and SyntasticRegistry.
SyntasticChecker represents a checker. It holds funcrefs to the checker
func, the highlight regex func and a new `isAvailable()` func (that
essentially just checks if the checker exe is installed)
SyntasticRegistry is responsible for:
* loading checkers
* storing checkers
* fetching the checkers to use according to availability and the users
settings
Motivation/benefits:
* in the current system only one checker can be loaded per filetype
* syntax checkers cant be "chained" together
* the system is hard to add features to since fundamental concepts like
syntax checkers and location lists arent represented explicitly
Things left to do:
* add a call to g:SyntasticRegistry.CreateAndRegisterChecker() to all
checkers
* add an `isAvailable` function to all checkers
* move all checkers into `syntax_checkers/filetype/checkername.vim` -
g:SyntasticRegistry assumes this layout, and its a good idea anyway
for consistency and it makes it easier for users to add their own
checkers
Things to do after all of the above:
* add a LocationList class and move all the filtering functions onto it
* possibly add an Error class that wraps up each item in a loc list
Random notes:
* with the new system you can select the checkers to use with e.g.
`let g:syntastic_python_checkers=['flake8', 'pylint']`
This will try flake8 first, and if no errors are detected it will move
onto pylint.
The problem
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Some people want to change the syntax checker args and/or executable.
Currently they have to create their own checker to do this.
Solution
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Create a standard API for building a makeprg that allows users to set
global variables to override the exe or args.
This API is in use in the coffee and python/flake8 checkers - as
proofs of concept.
So, if the user wanted to change the args that get passed to `flake8`
they can now set `let g:syntastic_python_flake8_args="--foo --bar"` in
their vimrc. Similarly they could set `let
g:syntastic_python_flake8_exe='python foo.py'`
The output of flake8 is ambiguous as to whether results should be
interpreted as warnings or errors. I have changed it to assume errors to
match the python/pyflakes checker.
In future we may want to change this or add items to the errorformat for
some specific warnings if they are annoying.
This fixes#203.
* remove the public SyntasticHighlightErrors() function
* shift the above code into s:HighlightErrors(). This is called
automatically if g:syntastic_enable_highlighting is set
* to get the highlight regex we just look for a function called
Syntastic_<filetype>_GetHighlightRegex
* to force this function to be called, each error item must have the
'force_highlight_callback' key set
This code has one important functional change: now errors are *always*
highlighted if possible whereas previously they were only highlighted if
a call to SyntasticHighlightErrors was made.
