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Unable to Test First Example on tsdoc.org Playground

Open dev-mcpd opened this issue 1 year ago • 2 comments

Hi TSDoc Team!

I couldn't test the very first example on tsdoc.org's site. It generates an error because it starts with a class instead of a comment. Was this the expected behavior?

Thank you for your attention.

export class Statistics {
  /**
   * Returns the average of two numbers.
   *
   * @remarks
   * This method is part of the {@link core-library#Statistics | Statistics subsystem}.
   *
   * @param x - The first input number
   * @param y - The second input number
   * @returns The arithmetic mean of `x` and `y`
   *
   * @beta
   */
  public static getAverage(x: number, y: number): number {
    return (x + y) / 2.0;
  }
}
(1,1): Expecting a leading "/**"

Best regards, @cesardddp

dev-mcpd avatar Jan 07 '25 11:01 dev-mcpd

The TSDoc Playground does not include a full JavaScript parser. It simply assumes that the first text it encounters is a /** comment, and ignores everything after the last */.

The error message (1,1): Expecting a leading "/**" seemed reasonable clear to me. Assuming we're not going to implement a JavaScript parser, how would you improve it?

octogonz avatar Jan 07 '25 20:01 octogonz

Oh... thank you, so I really misunderstood the purpose of the TSDoc Playground.

Maybe this might be a bit confusing for other new users, as it was for me, the fact that the first example fails right away... Or maybe new users like me shouldn't be here haha.

I would just include this in a helper on the playground page to make it clearer that it's not a full JS parser. But considering that this documentation is not for more novice users, this concern might not make sense for this project.

Thank you for your time!

cesardddp avatar Jan 08 '25 18:01 cesardddp