tests/testthat/test-T_and_F_symbol_linter.R

test_that("T_and_F_symbol_linter skips allowed usages", {
  linter <- T_and_F_symbol_linter()

  expect_no_lint("FALSE", linter)
  expect_no_lint("TRUE", linter)
  expect_no_lint('x <- "TRUE a vs FALSE b"', linter)
  expect_no_lint("y ~ T + F", linter)
  expect_no_lint("y ~ x + I(T^2)", linter)
  expect_no_lint("y ~ foo(T, F)", linter)
  expect_no_lint("T[1]", linter)
  expect_no_lint("T[[1]]", linter)
})

test_that("T_and_F_symbol_linter blocks disallowed usages", {
  linter <- T_and_F_symbol_linter()
  msg_true <- "Use TRUE instead of the symbol T."
  msg_false <- "Use FALSE instead of the symbol F."
  msg_variable_true <- "Don't use T as a variable name, as it can break code relying on T being TRUE."
  msg_variable_false <- "Don't use F as a variable name, as it can break code relying on F being FALSE."

  expect_lint("T", list(message = msg_true, line_number = 1L, column_number = 2L), linter)
  expect_lint("F", list(message = msg_false, line_number = 1L, column_number = 2L), linter)
  expect_lint("T = 42", list(message = msg_variable_true, line_number = 1L, column_number = 2L), linter)
  expect_lint("F = 42", list(message = msg_variable_false, line_number = 1L, column_number = 2L), linter)
  expect_lint(
    "for (i in 1:10) {x <- c(T, TRUE, F, FALSE)}",
    list(
      list(message = msg_true, line_number = 1L, column_number = 26L),
      list(message = msg_false, line_number = 1L, column_number = 35L)
    ),
    linter
  )

  expect_lint("DF$bool <- T", msg_true, linter)
  expect_lint("S4@bool <- T", msg_true, linter)
  expect_lint("sum(x, na.rm = T)", msg_true, linter)
  expect_lint("x[T]", msg_true, linter)
  expect_lint("x[, cols, drop = T]", msg_true, linter)
  expect_lint("y ~ foo(x, arg = T)", msg_true, linter)
  expect_lint(
    trim_some("
      y ~ foo(x, arg = #comment
      T)
    "),
    msg_true,
    linter
  )

  # Regression test for #657
  expect_lint(
    trim_some('
      x <- list(
        T = 42L,
        F = 21L
      )

      x$F <- 42L
      y@T <- 84L

      T <- "foo"
      F = "foo2"
      "foo3" -> T
    '),
    list(
      list(message = msg_variable_true, line_number = 9L),
      list(message = msg_variable_false, line_number = 10L),
      list(message = msg_variable_true, line_number = 11L)
    ),
    linter
  )
})

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