Watching for a block won't catch all cases, but I can't think of any cases
where a block is used and the intent would not be to use its content.
My guess is that this could catch quite a few problems.

Jim


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On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 11:53 AM Austin Ziegler <[email protected]> wrote:

> That makes sense. Maybe the compiler can detect cases like this:
>
> ```eex
> <% variable = 'boo' %> <!-- OK -->
> <% if @bar do %> <!-- Warning or error, because of the block? -->
> ```
>
> -a
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 12:50 PM Jim Freeze <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Yes, those bugs are annoying, but I commonly start *.html.leex docs with
>>
>> <% somevar = "blah" %>
>> ...
>> <div class="<%= somevar %>"> ...
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 11:46 AM Austin Ziegler <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I’ve had a bug in my code for the last couple of months caused by the
>>> fact that EEx isn’t ERB. Specifically, I had code that looked like:
>>>
>>> ```eex
>>> <% if @password %>
>>> Temporary Password: <%= @password %>
>>> <% else %>
>>> Sign in with your existing password.
>>> <% end %>
>>> ```
>>>
>>> Looking at it in isolation, it’s really obvious that the first line
>>> should have been `<%= if @password %>`, but in situ…I’ve gotten multiple
>>> bug reports on this but have never been able to see what the problem was
>>> until today.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to modify the EEx compile phase so that code like I wrote
>>> above generates at least a warning? As I understand it, there’s no case
>>> where a starting EEx block will usefully begin with `<%` instead of `<%=`.
>>>
>>> -a
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