I am trying to use mix format to format some graphql code but when I define the plugin it will work with a capital sigil IE ~G but not a lowercase one ~g. The problem is that some of the test code requires string interpolation which will not work with the uppercase sigil. Is there a way to get a fo…

You might open a feature request over on Absinthe to add sigil support to their formatter plugin , maybe?

I wrote a wrapper plugin, but it won’t format if you use the sigil ~g it wants an uppercase letter.

I’d share the source code for your plugin if you want help!

sure, the module looks like this. What I want is to use the sigil ~g vs ~G so it does string escaping but that does not seem to work with mix format. defmodule GraphqlFormatter do @moduledoc """ Format graphql code when marked with the sigil ~G """ @behaviour Mix.Tasks.Format def featu…

I don’t think the expecation for external formatters is to be able to support elixir interpolation. With uppercase sigils and no interpolation you can be sure the to-be-formatted code is complete, uninterruped and only of syntax of the external format.

[image] zkessin: [sigils: [:G], extensions: []] Have you tried adding :g to the sigils list?

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zkessin March 8, 2024, 9:22pm 8

yes, it gives an error