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What and why

A script run that failed on an error the interpreter's core throws (an unknown name, a property of null or undefined, a property that cannot be defined, assigned or deleted, a value that is not a function or a constructor) showed that error in English in the status bar, in languages whose catalogs translate every message. Seven of these messages were built in a variable before the throw, so the untranslated-strings report did not list them. Of the 24 complete-message catalogs, 18 had no rows for the interpreter's messages, and the other six (de, it, pl, pt-br, uk, zh-hans) had none for invalid assignment target, the reasons or the error types. Since then main has added rows for some of these messages to cs, fr, hu, ja, ko, nl and zh-hant; where both have a row, main's row stays, and Danish, now a complete-message language, gets rows from this branch. Translating them for display is VectorCraft's own rule, the one the status bar already follows for the script host's errors.

  • crates/js/src/interp.rs: the seven messages ({ident} is not defined, cannot read property '{key}' of {base}, cannot set property '{key}' of {base}, cannot define property '{key}': {why}, cannot assign to property '{key}': {why}, cannot delete property '{key}', cannot declare function {ident}) are passed to .type_error and .throw as direct format! templates. Their English text is unchanged. The two messages that name an identifier use an {ident} placeholder, and message shows an {ident} value as written, so an identifier that matches another message (damaged) is not translated.
  • An error about a property of null or undefined reached through a computed key or a member assignment named an empty property (null[1] gave "cannot read property '' of null"). check_coercible now names a key that is not an object and is at most 256 units long, and otherwise says cannot read a property of {base} or cannot set a property of {base}. An increment (u['k']++) and a delete (delete null[true]) give the cannot read form.
  • The untranslated-strings scan reads the reasons the interpreter's .reject and .reject_bool take (it is read-only, the object is not extensible and the others).
  • Every complete-message catalog has rows for these errors and reasons, for invalid assignment target, and for the error types (TypeError: {e}, ReferenceError: {e} and the others), so the failed-run line translates the message after the type instead of matching an older, shorter row. Names, property names, null, undefined, 'in', 'instanceof' and the type stay as they are, and a script that catches the error still reads its English e.message. EvalError, RangeError, ReferenceError, SyntaxError, TypeError and URIError are the constructor names from ECMAScript's native error types, and Error is the base error constructor.
  • crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs: a value a message quotes in '…' is shown as written, like one in "…", so a property named like a translated message (null['invalid array length']) keeps its name. The quotes are checked at the value's own position, so a property named like the reason ('it is read-only': it is read-only) keeps its name and the reason is translated.
  • crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/catalog.rs: a placeholder between two of the same quote, such as '{key}', also matches an empty value, so the error for a property named by the empty string (null[''] gives "cannot read property '' of null") is translated.
  • docs/target-app-parity.md has one line for the change, after the script errors line.

This changes two existing behaviors: the property error above no longer names an empty property, and a value quoted in '…' inside a message is no longer translated.

The script host's argument errors (host.rs), the extensions.rs reasons, the XPath, XML and regular expression errors, and script.run's answers errors are not part of this pull request.

How it was tested

New tests, each failing without the change:

  • interp_tests::errors_about_null_and_undefined_name_the_property (vectorcraft-js): null[1], u['k'] += 1, u['k']++, delete null[true], u['k'] = 1, null.x, u.y = 1, u[{}] = 1 and a 299-unit key give the expected message, and a key whose toString throws still ends in a TypeError. Without the change, null[1] gave "TypeError: cannot read property '' of null".
  • i18n::tests::script_interpreter_core_errors_are_translated (vectorcraft-ui-egui): the scan lists all 30 templates and reasons; 22 scripts run through script.run; each message and the whole failed-run line are translated in every language of COMPLETE_MESSAGES, keeping names, quoted keys, null, undefined, 'in' and 'instanceof'; reasons are translated by their own rows; a caught e.message stays English. Without the interp.rs change it fails at the scan assertion for {ident} is not defined, without the i18n.rs change Czech showed the property 'invalid array length' translated, and without the catalog.rs change Czech showed "cannot read property '' of null" in English.

i18n::tests::message_scan_reads_script_interpreter_errors is extended with .reject_bool and .reject calls.

The head is 3806f880e5. Focused checks on 429f37a221, on main at 1e4e3534f5:

  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-js --lib errors_: 7 passed.
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-ui-egui --lib i18n: 116 passed.
  • cargo clippy -p vectorcraft-js --all-targets -- -D warnings and cargo clippy -p vectorcraft-ui-egui --all-targets -- -D warnings: no warnings.
  • cargo check --workspace --tests: passed.
  • cargo xtask brands (no vendor names), cargo xtask layers (30 crates) and cargo xtask assets (337 files): passed.
  • cargo fmt --all -- --check: the only diff is crates/svg/src/lib.rs:491, which this branch does not touch and which main at 1e4e3534f5 has too.
  • On a85203c5a7, which has main at 676f0524cc merged in: cargo fmt --all -- --check reports no diff, cargo check --workspace --tests passed, cargo clippy -p vectorcraft-ui-egui -p vectorcraft-js --all-targets -- -D warnings gave no warnings, and cargo test -p vectorcraft-ui-egui --lib i18n ran 123 tests, all passed.
  • On 3806f880e5, which has main at 8f8956f385 merged in (Danish is now a complete-message language there, and this commit adds its rows): cargo fmt --all -- --check reports no diff, cargo check --workspace --tests passed, and cargo test -p vectorcraft-ui-egui --lib i18n ran 125 tests, all passed.
  • cargo xtask ci runs in this pull request's CI.

git merge-tree reports no conflicts with #7137, #7151, #7401, #7134, #6613 and #6170, which also change crates/js/src/interp.rs or crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs, or with the open catalog pull requests #7430, #7463, #7337, #7423, #7405, #7426, #7410 and #7370. #7362 conflicts only in docs/target-app-parity.md, where both add a line. The open pull requests #6883 (docs/target-app-parity.md) and #5282 (app.rs, hardware-parity.md) conflict, and they conflict the same way with main at 1e4e3534f5 without this branch. The draft #6548 was not checked.

Checklist

  • cargo xtask ci passes (fmt, clippy, tests, assets, brands, layers, wasm).
  • No panics in shipped code: no unwrap(), expect(), panic!, unreachable!, todo! or
    unimplemented! outside tests, and no unchecked indexing on data from files, parameters or
    messages. Errors are returned as Result and shown to the user
    (why and how).
  • Clean-room: nothing copied from Adobe products or GPL/AGPL code (AGENTS.md).
  • Every new asset has a row in ASSETS.md.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Errors caused by accessing or changing properties on null or undefined now identify the property when its name is short and simple, and distinguish reads from writes.
    • Script runtime errors shown in the status bar are translated more consistently, while names and property values remain unchanged.
    • Text enclosed in matching single quotes is no longer translated recursively.

…-message catalog

A script run that fails on an error the interpreter's core throws (an
unknown name, a property of null or undefined, a property that cannot
be defined, assigned or deleted, a value that is not a function or a
constructor) showed that error in English in the status bar. Seven of
these messages were built in a variable, so the untranslated-strings
report did not list them. Of the 23 complete-message catalogs, 17 had
no rows for the interpreter's messages, and the other six (de, it, pl,
pt-br, uk, zh-hans) had none for "invalid assignment target", the
reasons or the error types.

- Every complete-message catalog has rows for these errors, for the
  reasons a property cannot be defined or assigned, for "invalid
  assignment target", and for the error types (TypeError: {e} and the
  others), so the failed-run line translates the message after the
  type. Names, property names, null, undefined, 'in', 'instanceof' and
  the type are kept, and e.message stays English for scripts. French
  rows keep the no-break space before the colon.
- A value a message quotes in '...' is shown as written, like one in
  "...", so a property named like a translated message keeps its name.
- An error about a property of null or undefined reached through a
  computed key or a member assignment named an empty property
  ("cannot read property '' of null"). It now names a key that is not
  an object and is at most 256 units long, and otherwise says "cannot
  read a property of null" or "cannot set a property of undefined". An
  increment (u['k']++) and a delete (delete null[true]) give the
  "cannot read" form.
- The message scan reads the interpreter's .reject and .reject_bool
  reasons.

Tests: i18n::tests::script_interpreter_core_errors_are_translated,
message_scan_reads_script_interpreter_errors,
interp_tests::errors_about_null_and_undefined_name_the_property.
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Walkthrough

The interpreter now distinguishes read and write errors for nullish property operations and includes eligible computed property names. The UI translation code recognizes single-quoted values, scans additional interpreter error messages, and tests translation coverage.

Changes: Script Error Reporting

Layer / File(s) Summary
Nullish property errors
crates/js/src/interp.rs, crates/js/src/interp_tests.rs
Nullish-property errors distinguish reads from writes and include primitive property names up to 256 UTF-16 code units. Regression tests cover unnamed keys, long names, and key-conversion exceptions.
Interpreter error translation
crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs, crates/ui-egui/src/i18n/tests.rs, docs/target-app-parity.md
Matching single-quoted values are left untranslated. The message scanner includes rejection helpers, and tests cover translated interpreter errors and preserved names and property values. The parity documentation describes the translation coverage and property-name limit.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 429f3

Interpreter errors are now translated in the status bar. In rare cases, such as a property named exactly like the rejection reason, part of the message stays in English. This is cosmetic and safe to merge, with an optional follow-up fix.

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Comment thread crates/ui-egui/src/i18n.rs Resolved
The cs, fr, ko, nl and zh-hant catalogs had the same script interpreter error messages twice after merging main; the rows from main stay.
The not-defined and function-declaration errors name the identifier
with an {ident} placeholder, whose value is never translated, so a
script name that matches another message (such as damaged) is shown
unchanged.
A placeholder between two of the same quote may take no text, so
cannot read property '' of null matches its catalog row.
message() kept a placeholder value in English whenever the same text
appeared in quotes anywhere in the message, so for a property named
like the reason, "cannot assign to property 'it is read-only': it is
read-only", the reason after the colon stayed in English. The quote
check now looks at the characters around the value's own position.

The merge of main left 13 script interpreter rows twice in ja.tsv and
hu.tsv, which failed bundled_catalogs_are_consistent. The rows this
branch added are removed and main's rows stay.
Danish is now a complete-message language, so the interpreter's error messages, reasons and error types this branch adds get da rows.
Main's Turkish catalog now carries rows for 13 of the script interpreter errors this branch added, so bundled_catalogs_are_consistent reported duplicate @msg rows. The branch's copies are removed and main's wording stays. The remaining new row uses "işlev" for function, as the rest of the catalog does.

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