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Add warning FS3885 for let-in with multi-line body in sequence expressions#19501

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Copilot AI commented Mar 26, 2026

Addresses the long-standing issue where let ... in with an explicit in keyword in indentation-sensitive F# code causes the parser to greedily capture all subsequent lines as part of the let body, leading to unexpected scoping behavior.

Following @dsyme's guidance to raise warnings for this formulation, this PR adds a new compiler warning FS3885 gated behind LanguageFeature.WarnOnLetInSequenceExpression (F# 11.0).

Problem

do
    let x = 1 in x + 1
    x  // incorrectly becomes part of the let body

The parser creates LetOrUse(let x = 1, Sequential(x + 1, x)) instead of the expected Sequential(LetOrUse(let x = 1, x + 1), x), causing x on the second line to resolve to the local binding rather than the outer scope.

Changes Made

  • New language feature: Added LanguageFeature.WarnOnLetInSequenceExpression in LanguageFeatures.fs/fsi, gated at F# 11.0
  • Warning FS3885: Added warning message in FSComp.txt that fires when let ... in with an explicit in keyword has a Sequential body extending past the in keyword's line
  • Detection logic: In CheckExpressions.fs, checks trivia.InKeyword = Some inRange and whether the continuation expression starts on a later line than the in keyword
  • Regression tests: 4 tests in WarnExpressionTests.fs covering warning in do blocks, function bodies, no false positives for single-line usage, and no warning on older language versions
  • Release notes: Documented in 11.0.100.md

Testing

  • ✅ All 4 new regression tests pass
  • ✅ All 520 ErrorMessages namespace tests pass
  • ✅ All 630 BasicGrammarElements namespace tests pass
  • ✅ SurfaceAreaTest passes
  • ✅ CodeQL reports no security issues

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T-Gro commented Mar 27, 2026

@copilot : Try again

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T-Gro commented Mar 27, 2026

@copilot : Try again.

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abonie commented Mar 31, 2026

@copilot Try again

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Copilot AI commented Mar 31, 2026

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Implemented in 4c00982 and 6259b63. Added warning FS3885 (gated behind LanguageFeature.WarnOnLetInSequenceExpression at F# 11.0) that fires when let ... in with an explicit in keyword has a body that extends to subsequent lines — the common pitfall from issue #7091 where the parser greedily captures all subsequent lines as part of the let body.

Changes:

  • New LanguageFeature.WarnOnLetInSequenceExpression in LanguageFeatures.fs/fsi
  • Warning FS3885 message in FSComp.txt
  • Detection in CheckExpressions.fs: checks for explicit in keyword + Sequential body extending past the in line
  • 4 regression tests (warning in do block, warning in function body, no warning for single-line let-in, no warning without preview langversion)
  • Release notes

All 520 ErrorMessages tests and 630 BasicGrammar tests pass.

Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Copilot Request Add warning FS3885 for let-in with multi-line body in sequence expressions Mar 31, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from abonie March 31, 2026 15:20
@T-Gro T-Gro force-pushed the copilot/fix-9141961-29048891-3fc9276d-8a02-4a9e-b5d2-cc88eecabc17 branch from 6259b63 to e6a52d1 Compare April 9, 2026 11:34
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✅ Found changes and release notes in following paths:

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src/Compiler docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/11.0.100.md
LanguageFeatures.fsi docs/release-notes/.Language/preview.md

@T-Gro T-Gro force-pushed the copilot/fix-9141961-29048891-3fc9276d-8a02-4a9e-b5d2-cc88eecabc17 branch 2 times, most recently from b1c7950 to 10924f8 Compare April 9, 2026 14:26
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match letOrUse with
| { Trivia = { InKeyword = Some inRange }; Body = SynExpr.Sequential(expr2 = expr2) }
when g.langVersion.SupportsFeature LanguageFeature.WarnOnLetInSequenceExpression
&& expr2.Range.StartLine > inRange.StartLine ->
warning(Error(FSComp.SR.tcLetExpressionWithInHasMultiLineBody(), inRange))
| _ -> ()
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@T-Gro Have you considered changing how this is handled by LexFilter? Can we detect a new line there and drop the let context?

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I think I would not be able to avoid breaking changes? A warning can still be silenced, a different decision in LexFilter would affect rest of the compilation process as well.

OR you think this can be done safely?

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I'd vote for a breaking change here. Similar to various cases in fsharp/fslang-suggestions#1273, I think there should be not many cases where such code was written intentionally and compiled successfully.

Copilot AI and others added 6 commits April 10, 2026 12:14
Agent-Logs-Url: https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/sessions/740bb677-5347-48ad-9001-278dfc1631e3

Co-authored-by: abonie <20281641+abonie@users.noreply.github.com>
…tries

- Remove explicit 'in' keyword in HashMultiMap.fs and fsi.fs that
  triggered the new FS3885 warning (treated as error in CI builds)
- Add missing XLF translation entries for featureWarnOnLetInSequenceExpression
  and tcLetExpressionWithInHasMultiLineBody to all 13 locale files

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…ests.fs triggering FS3885, fix PR number in release notes, add .Language/preview.md entry

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
The previous session referenced issue #7091 (Fix fsharp47 - test path fix)
but the correct issue is #7741 (Wrong let expression parsing) which
describes the let...in scoping problem this warning addresses.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
@T-Gro T-Gro force-pushed the copilot/fix-9141961-29048891-3fc9276d-8a02-4a9e-b5d2-cc88eecabc17 branch from a37539a to f37cbfc Compare April 10, 2026 10:14
@T-Gro T-Gro marked this pull request as ready for review April 10, 2026 13:21
@T-Gro T-Gro requested a review from a team as a code owner April 10, 2026 13:21
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