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83 changes: 66 additions & 17 deletions scripts/localize_changes.py
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r'(?P<key>"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*")'

)
SWIFT_DEFAULT = re.compile(r'defaultValue\s*:\s*(?P<value>"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*")')
SWIFT_COMMENT = re.compile(r'comment\s*:\s*(?P<comment>"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*")')
MULTILINE = r'"""[\s\S]*?"""'

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Swift Language Guide multiline string literal escaped triple quotation marks \""" valid syntax

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Yes. Inside a Swift multiline string literal, `\"""` is valid: it escapes the first quote so the three quotes are treated as string content, not as the closing delimiter. The resulting string contains `"""`. The Swift Language Guide says to escape at least one quote when including three consecutive quotes in a multiline string. ([docs.swift.org](https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/StringsAndCharacters.html?utm_source=openai))

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- 1: https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/StringsAndCharacters.html?utm_source=openai

Skip escaped quotes when scanning Swift multiline delimiters.

Swift multiline literals can contain \""". swift_call_suffix treats that sequence as the closing delimiter, then can return an empty suffix at the actual closing delimiter. parse_swift_messages consequently skips the localization key. MULTILINE has the same delimiter bug for defaultValue and comment.

Update both scans to recognize only an unescaped """, and add a regression test that asserts parse_swift_messages returns the complete key and source.

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Review comment at @scripts/localize_changes.py at line 31:
Update swift_call_suffix and MULTILINE so both recognize only unescaped Swift
triple-quote delimiters, skipping escaped `\"""` sequences. Add a regression
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SWIFT_DEFAULT = re.compile(
r'defaultValue\s*:\s*(?P<value>' + MULTILINE + r'|"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*")'
)
SWIFT_COMMENT = re.compile(
r'comment\s*:\s*(?P<comment>' + MULTILINE + r'|"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*")'
)
WEB_LOCALES = re.compile(r"export\s+const\s+locales\s*=\s*\[(?P<body>[\s\S]*?)\]\s*as\s+const")
QUOTED = re.compile(r'"((?:\\.|[^"\\])*)"|\'((?:\\.|[^\'\\])*)\'')
INTEGER_FORMAT = re.compile(r"%(?:\d+\$)?(?:hh|ll|[hlLqjzt])?[diouxX]")
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def decode_swift_string(literal: str) -> str:
if literal.startswith('"""') and literal.endswith('"""') and len(literal) >= 6:
return decode_swift_multiline(literal)
if not (literal.startswith('"') and literal.endswith('"')):
raise ValueError("unsupported Swift string literal")
value = literal[1:-1]
return decode_swift_escapes(literal[1:-1])


def decode_swift_multiline(literal: str) -> str:
"""Decodes a Swift multi-line literal the way the compiler does.

Long help text is written as a `\"\"\"` literal, so the English source of a
CLI help key only reaches the catalog if this helper reads the same text the
binary prints: content starts after the opening line, ends before the
closing delimiter's line, and every line loses the closing delimiter's
indentation.
"""
lines = literal[3:-3].split("\n")
if len(lines) < 2 or lines[0].strip() or lines[-1].strip():
raise ValueError("unsupported Swift string literal")
indent = lines[-1]
body: list[str] = []
for line in lines[1:-1]:
if line.startswith(indent):
body.append(line[len(indent):])
elif not line.strip():
body.append("")
else:
raise ValueError("unsupported Swift multi-line indentation in defaultValue")
return decode_swift_escapes("\n".join(body))


def decode_swift_escapes(value: str) -> str:
if "\\(" in value:
raise ValueError("interpolated defaultValue requires manual catalog review")
result: list[str] = []
index = 0
escapes = {"n": "\n", "r": "\r", "t": "\t", '"': '"', "\\": "\\", "0": "\0"}
# A backslash before a newline is Swift's line continuation: prose wrapped
# to fit the source is one line in the binary, so it must be one line in the
# catalog too. Indentation is already stripped by the caller, which is the
# order the compiler uses. A single-line literal cannot reach this entry.
escapes = {"n": "\n", "r": "\r", "t": "\t", '"': '"', "\\": "\\", "0": "\0", "\n": ""}
while index < len(value):
if value[index] != "\\":
result.append(value[index])
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def swift_call_suffix(text: str, start: int) -> str:
"""Read through the closing call parenthesis, respecting nested calls and strings."""
"""Read through the closing call parenthesis, respecting nested calls and strings.

Multi-line literals are skipped whole: help text holds parentheses and
quotes of its own, and counting those as code would end the call early.
"""
depth = 1
quoted = escaped = False
for index in range(start, len(text)):
index = start
while index < len(text):
if text.startswith('"""', index):
closing = text.find('"""', index + 3)
index = len(text) if closing < 0 else closing + 3
continue
char = text[index]
if quoted:
if escaped:
escaped = False
elif char == "\\":
escaped = True
elif char == '"':
quoted = False
elif char == '"':
quoted = True
elif char == "(":
if char == '"':
index += 1
while index < len(text):
if text[index] == "\\":
index += 2
continue
if text[index] == '"':
index += 1
break
index += 1
continue
if char == "(":
depth += 1
elif char == ")":
depth -= 1
if depth == 0:
return text[start:index]
index += 1
return ""


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self.assertEqual(entries["hello"]["comment"], "Greeting (shown at launch)")
self.assertEqual(entries["other"]["comment"], "Other context")

def test_multiline_help_default_reaches_the_catalog(self):
# A CLI help string is written as a Swift multi-line literal. Reading
# only single-line literals put an empty English source in the catalog,
# which then rejected every translation of it.
text = (
' static var help: String {\n'
' String(localized: "cli.help.demo", defaultValue: """\n'
' Usage: cmux demo [flags]\n'
'\n'
' Flags:\n'
' --loud Be loud (default: no)\n'
'\n'
' Example:\n'
' cmux demo --loud\n'
' """)\n'
' }\n'
'String(localized: "after", defaultValue: "After")\n'
)
expected = (
"Usage: cmux demo [flags]\n"
"\n"
"Flags:\n"
" --loud Be loud (default: no)\n"
"\n"
"Example:\n"
" cmux demo --loud"
)

messages, attention = MODULE.parse_swift_messages("CLI/Demo.swift", text)

self.assertEqual(attention, [])
self.assertEqual(messages["cli.help.demo"].source, expected)
# The parenthesis and quotes inside the help text must not end the call
# early, so the next call site is still found.
self.assertEqual(messages["after"].source, "After")
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
root = Path(directory)
path = write_catalog(root, {})
MODULE.prepare_macos(root, list(messages.values()), None, {})
entries = json.loads(path.read_text())["strings"]
self.assertEqual(
entries["cli.help.demo"]["localizations"]["en"]["stringUnit"]["value"],
expected,
)

def test_multiline_default_with_a_quoted_example_keeps_its_quotes(self):
text = (
'String(localized: "cli.help.quote", defaultValue: """\n'
' cmux record note "dragging the workspace"\n'
' """)\n'
)

messages, attention = MODULE.parse_swift_messages("CLI/Demo.swift", text)

self.assertEqual(attention, [])
self.assertEqual(
messages["cli.help.quote"].source,
'cmux record note "dragging the workspace"',
)

def test_multiline_default_wrapped_with_a_line_continuation_reaches_the_catalog(self):
# Settings prose wraps a long sentence with a trailing backslash, which
# the compiler joins into one line. Five shipped keys are written this
# way, and treating the continuation as an unknown escape dropped all of
# them with no line number to find them by.
text = (
'String(localized: "settings.demo.note", defaultValue: """\n'
' Uses a direct connection when one is available to macOS, then \\\n'
' falls back to an allowed relay.\n'
' """)\n'
)

messages, attention = MODULE.parse_swift_messages("Sources/Demo.swift", text)

self.assertEqual(attention, [])
self.assertEqual(
messages["settings.demo.note"].source,
"Uses a direct connection when one is available to macOS, then falls back to an allowed relay.",
)

def test_multiline_indentation_comes_from_the_closing_delimiter(self):
# Swift strips the closing delimiter's indentation, not the first line's,
# so a line indented past the delimiter keeps the extra spaces.
text = (
'String(localized: "cli.help.indent", defaultValue: """\n'
' Flags:\n'
' --loud Be loud\n'
' """)\n'
)

messages, attention = MODULE.parse_swift_messages("CLI/Demo.swift", text)

self.assertEqual(attention, [])
self.assertEqual(messages["cli.help.indent"].source, "Flags:\n --loud Be loud")

def test_multiline_default_with_one_unbalanced_quote_still_parses(self):
# An odd number of quotation marks in help text is ordinary: a flag
# example quotes its value and the sentence closes with a parenthesis.
# Only skipping the whole literal keeps the scanner from reading the rest
# of the file as one long string.
text = (
'String(localized: "cli.help.odd", defaultValue: """\n'
' Pass --flag="value (quoted)\n'
' """)\n'
'String(localized: "after", defaultValue: "After")\n'
)

messages, attention = MODULE.parse_swift_messages("CLI/Demo.swift", text)

self.assertEqual(attention, [])
self.assertEqual(messages["cli.help.odd"].source, 'Pass --flag="value (quoted)')
self.assertEqual(messages["after"].source, "After")

def test_multiline_interpolation_still_needs_manual_review(self):
text = (
'String(localized: "cli.help.interp", defaultValue: """\n'
' Usage: \\(Self.usage)\n'
' """)\n'
)

messages, attention = MODULE.parse_swift_messages("CLI/Demo.swift", text)

self.assertEqual(messages, {})
self.assertTrue(
any("interpolated defaultValue" in item for item in attention), attention
)

def test_packet_targets_validated_before_any_writes(self):
with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
root = Path(directory)
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