Two related fixes for Harbour's data-driven `USE &cFile ALIAS &cAlias
INDEX &cNdx` idiom — common in any app that dispatches table names
at runtime.
Parser (compiler/parser/parser.go parseUse):
- `USE &cFile` / `USE &(expr)` previously triggered a
skipToEndOfLine short-circuit, emitting an empty UseCmd (equivalent
to bare USE = close current area). Now parseMacro runs and the
MacroExpr becomes the File node, so codegen emits MacroPush +
dbUseArea.
- `ALIAS &cAlias` / `ALIAS &a.1` similarly dropped the macro result;
now captures it into UseCmd.AliasExpr so codegen evaluates the
alias at runtime. Both the IDENT-path ("ALIAS") and keyword-path
(token.ALIAS) handlers fixed.
PP (compiler/pp/command.go):
- captureExpression and the MarkerList branch now paren-balance
`(`/`[`/`{` so nested grouping inside a macro argument doesn't let
an inner `)` terminate the capture. Example:
_REGULAR_(&(a))
previously captured `&(a` (missing inner `)`) and left the outer
`)` dangling, producing parse errors in the expanded output.
- MarkerList capture still joins tokens with " " for raw `<z>`
substitution — comma tokens stay in the stream, so `s(<z>)`
re-emits them as argument separators and the list expands cleanly.
Bench: harbour-core/tests/pp.prg 2 errors → 0 for the realistic
`USE ¯o` / `&(expr)` patterns. Remaining parse errors on line 70
are a pathological `_REGULAR_L` list that includes `&a. [2]`
(space between macro's terminating dot and an array index) — the
PP expands it correctly but Five's lexer refuses the expanded
result. That form doesn't occur in real code.
/tmp/test_use_macro.prg — all four patterns (`USE &f`, `USE &f ALIAS
&f`, `USE &f ALIAS &f INDEX &i`, dot-terminated) now compile. FiveSql2
43/43, Harbour compat 56/56, Go test ALL PASS.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
CharlesKWON
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