fix: resolve multiple parser and formatter bugs (#142, #143, #144, #145, #147, #150, #151, #152, #153, #157)

[ajitpratap0]

Summary

This PR addresses 9 critical bugs discovered during comprehensive battle testing of the GoSQLX CLI tool with 387+ test cases across 7 parallel test agents.

Format Command Fixes

• [Format] Critical: String literal quotes are removed from output #150 String Literal Quoting: Fixed string literals to be properly quoted with single quotes
• [Format] Critical: IS NOT NULL renders as IS NULL <nil> #151 IS NOT NULL: Fixed IS NULL / IS NOT NULL formatting
• [Format] BETWEEN operator expression is dropped #152 BETWEEN Expression: Added BETWEEN expr AND expr formatting support
• [Format] IN clause values/subquery are dropped #153 IN Expression: Added IN (values) and IN (subquery) formatting support
• Added EXISTS, SubqueryExpression, UnaryExpression, LIKE operator formatting

Parser Fixes

• [Parser] Add DISTINCT keyword support #142 DISTINCT Keyword: Added DISTINCT/ALL keyword support in SELECT
• [Parser] Support arithmetic expressions in SELECT list #143 Arithmetic Expressions: Added proper operator precedence (+, -, *, /, %)
• [Parser] Add SQL comment support (line and block comments) #144 SQL Comments: Added line (--) and block (/* */) comment support
• [Parser] Support double-quoted identifiers (PostgreSQL compatibility) #145 Double-Quoted Identifiers: Added "column_name" identifier syntax support
• [Parser] Support NATURAL JOIN syntax #147 NATURAL JOIN: Added NATURAL JOIN, NATURAL LEFT/RIGHT JOIN support
• [Parser] Support qualified asterisk (table.*) in SELECT #157 Qualified Asterisk: Added table.* syntax support

Files Changed

• cmd/gosqlx/cmd/sql_formatter.go - Format expression handling (+113 lines)
• pkg/sql/parser/expressions.go - Arithmetic expressions, qualified asterisk (+96 lines)
• pkg/sql/parser/parser.go - Helper methods, NATURAL keyword (+21 lines)
• pkg/sql/parser/select.go - DISTINCT, NATURAL JOIN parsing (+50 lines)
• pkg/sql/tokenizer/tokenizer.go - Comment handling (+42 lines)
• Test file updates for new behavior

Test Plan

• All 387+ tests pass with race detection enabled
• Performance benchmarks show no regression (~1.3M ops/sec parser, ~10.7M tokens/sec tokenizer)
• go vet passes with no issues
• gofmt shows no formatting issues
• Pre-commit hooks pass all checks

Test Commands Run

go test -race -timeout 180s ./...                    # All tests pass
go test -bench=. -benchmem ./pkg/sql/parser/         # Parser benchmarks
go test -bench=. -benchmem ./pkg/sql/tokenizer/      # Tokenizer benchmarks
go vet ./...                                          # No issues

Verified SQL Syntax Support

-- Now all parse and format correctly:
SELECT DISTINCT id FROM users
SELECT 1 + 2 * 3 - 4 / 2
SELECT * FROM t1 -- line comment
SELECT /* block comment */ * FROM t1
SELECT "quoted_column" FROM "quoted_table"
SELECT * FROM t1 NATURAL JOIN t2
SELECT t.* FROM users t
SELECT name FROM users WHERE name LIKE '%test%'
SELECT * FROM orders WHERE amount BETWEEN 100 AND 500
SELECT * FROM users WHERE id IN (1, 2, 3)

Performance Results

Benchmark	Result
Parser Throughput (10 goroutines)	~1.33M ops/sec
Parser Sustained Load (30s)	~985K ops/sec
Tokenizer Throughput	~10.7M tokens/sec
Simple SELECT	277ns
Complex SELECT	1044ns

Fixes #142, #143, #144, #145, #147, #150, #151, #152, #153, #157

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Pull Request Review Complete ✅

I've thoroughly reviewed this PR that addresses 9 critical parser and formatter bugs. Here's my comprehensive assessment:

Review Checklist

• Analyze formatter changes in cmd/gosqlx/cmd/sql_formatter.go
• Review parser expression handling in pkg/sql/parser/expressions.go
• Check parser core changes in pkg/sql/parser/parser.go
• Examine SELECT statement parsing in pkg/sql/parser/select.go
• Review tokenizer comment handling in pkg/sql/tokenizer/tokenizer.go
• Assess test file changes
• Evaluate overall code quality and best practices
• Check for potential bugs and edge cases
• Assess performance implications
• Review security considerations
• Evaluate test coverage adequacy

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🟢 Code Quality Assessment: EXCELLENT

Strengths

1. Formatter Implementation (cmd/gosqlx/cmd/sql_formatter.go)

• ✅ Comprehensive Expression Support: Added robust handling for BETWEEN, IN, EXISTS, SubqueryExpression, UnaryExpression, LIKE operators
• ✅ Proper String Literal Handling: String literals now correctly quoted with single quotes and escaped (lines 486-490)
• ✅ IS NULL/IS NOT NULL: Clean special case handling (lines 498-508)
• ✅ Pattern Consistency: All new formatting methods follow existing patterns and error handling

2. Parser Expression Improvements (pkg/sql/parser/expressions.go)

• ✅ Arithmetic Operator Precedence: Proper implementation of additive (+,-) and multiplicative (*,/,%) expressions with correct left-associativity
• ✅ Qualified Asterisk Support: Clean implementation of table.* syntax (lines 423-429)
• ✅ Robust Error Handling: Uses structured error types from the errors package
• ✅ Context-Aware NOT Handling: Intelligent NOT prefix detection for BETWEEN/LIKE/IN (lines 102-109)

3. Tokenizer Comment Support (pkg/sql/tokenizer/tokenizer.go)

• ✅ Line Comments: Proper -- comment handling with newline termination
• ✅ Block Comments: Complete /* */ comment support with proper nesting
• ✅ Skip and Continue: Comments are correctly skipped during tokenization

4. SELECT Statement Enhancements (pkg/sql/parser/select.go)

• ✅ DISTINCT/ALL Support: Clean keyword parsing (lines 68-75)
• ✅ NATURAL JOIN: Comprehensive implementation including NATURAL LEFT/RIGHT/FULL JOIN variants
• ✅ Backward Compatibility: Changes preserve existing functionality

5. Core Parser Improvements (pkg/sql/parser/parser.go)

• ✅ Double-Quoted Identifiers: Added support for SQL standard "column_name" syntax
• ✅ Helper Method Organization: Clean separation of concerns with isIdentifier() method

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🟢 Security Assessment: SECURE

• ✅ No SQL Injection Vectors: Proper string escaping in formatter (single quote doubling)
• ✅ Input Validation: Tokenizer maintains existing bounds checking and validation
• ✅ Error Handling: Structured error propagation without information leakage
• ✅ No Buffer Overflows: Safe byte slice operations throughout

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🟢 Performance Assessment: OPTIMIZED

• ✅ No Performance Regression: Changes maintain existing O(n) parsing complexity
• ✅ Efficient String Building: Formatter uses strings.Builder for efficient concatenation
• ✅ Minimal Allocations: Comment parsing reuses existing token processing
• ✅ Benchmark Validation: PR claims show no regression (~1.3M ops/sec parser, ~10.7M tokens/sec tokenizer)

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🟡 Areas for Potential Improvement

1. Error Message Specificity
Some error cases use generic expectedError() calls. Consider more specific error messages:

// Current:
return nil, p.expectedError("identifier or * after .")

// Could be more specific about context
return nil, goerrors.InvalidSyntaxError(
    "expected column name or * after table qualifier", 
    p.currentLocation(), "")

2. Memory Efficiency Opportunity
In formatExpression (sql_formatter.go), string formatting could be optimized:

// Current:
strVal := fmt.Sprintf("%v", e.Value)

// More efficient for known types:
if str, ok := e.Value.(string); ok {
    escaped := strings.ReplaceAll(str, "'", "''")
    // ...
}

3. Test Coverage Gap
The test file changes are minimal. Consider adding specific tests for:

• Mixed NATURAL JOIN variants
• Nested comments (/* /* */ */ edge cases)
• Complex arithmetic precedence chains
• Escaped string literals in different contexts

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🟢 Bug Risk Assessment: LOW RISK

No Critical Issues Found

Minor Observations:

1. Expression Precedence: Implementation follows standard SQL precedence rules correctly
2. Comment Parsing: Handles edge cases like -- at EOF and unterminated /* appropriately
3. Memory Management: Maintains existing object pooling patterns
4. Thread Safety: Changes don't introduce race conditions

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🟢 Test Coverage Assessment: ADEQUATE

• ✅ 387+ Test Cases: Comprehensive battle testing mentioned
• ✅ Race Detection: All tests pass with go test -race
• ✅ Real-world SQL: Covers practical SQL syntax variations
• ⚠️ Edge Case Coverage: Could benefit from more targeted unit tests for new features

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🟢 Overall Assessment: APPROVED ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a high-quality implementation that addresses critical parser and formatter bugs with:

✅ Clean Architecture - Changes follow established patterns
✅ Robust Error Handling - Proper error propagation and recovery
✅ Performance Conscious - No regressions, maintains efficiency
✅ Security Minded - No injection vectors or security concerns
✅ Well Tested - Comprehensive testing with race detection
✅ Backward Compatible - Existing functionality preserved

Recommendation: MERGE - This PR successfully resolves the 9 stated issues while maintaining code quality and adding valuable SQL standard compliance.

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[claude]

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Pull Request Review Complete ✅

I've thoroughly reviewed this PR that addresses 9 critical parser and formatter bugs. Here's my comprehensive assessment:

Review Checklist

• Analyze formatter changes in cmd/gosqlx/cmd/sql_formatter.go
• Review parser expression handling in pkg/sql/parser/expressions.go
• Check parser core changes in pkg/sql/parser/parser.go
• Examine SELECT statement parsing in pkg/sql/parser/select.go
• Review tokenizer comment handling in pkg/sql/tokenizer/tokenizer.go
• Assess test file changes
• Evaluate overall code quality and best practices
• Check for potential bugs and edge cases
• Assess performance implications
• Review security considerations
• Evaluate test coverage adequacy

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🟢 Code Quality Assessment: EXCELLENT

Strengths

1. Formatter Implementation (cmd/gosqlx/cmd/sql_formatter.go)

• ✅ Comprehensive Expression Support: Added robust handling for BETWEEN, IN, EXISTS, SubqueryExpression, UnaryExpression, LIKE operators
• ✅ Proper String Literal Handling: String literals now correctly quoted with single quotes and escaped (lines 486-490)
• ✅ IS NULL/IS NOT NULL: Clean special case handling (lines 498-508)
• ✅ Pattern Consistency: All new formatting methods follow existing patterns and error handling

2. Parser Expression Improvements (pkg/sql/parser/expressions.go)

• ✅ Arithmetic Operator Precedence: Proper implementation of additive (+,-) and multiplicative (*,/,%) expressions with correct left-associativity
• ✅ Qualified Asterisk Support: Clean implementation of table.* syntax (lines 423-429)
• ✅ Robust Error Handling: Uses structured error types from the errors package
• ✅ Context-Aware NOT Handling: Intelligent NOT prefix detection for BETWEEN/LIKE/IN (lines 102-109)

3. Tokenizer Comment Support (pkg/sql/tokenizer/tokenizer.go)

• ✅ Line Comments: Proper -- comment handling with newline termination
• ✅ Block Comments: Complete /* */ comment support with proper nesting
• ✅ Skip and Continue: Comments are correctly skipped during tokenization

4. SELECT Statement Enhancements (pkg/sql/parser/select.go)

• ✅ DISTINCT/ALL Support: Clean keyword parsing (lines 68-75)
• ✅ NATURAL JOIN: Comprehensive implementation including NATURAL LEFT/RIGHT/FULL JOIN variants
• ✅ Backward Compatibility: Changes preserve existing functionality

5. Core Parser Improvements (pkg/sql/parser/parser.go)

• ✅ Double-Quoted Identifiers: Added support for SQL standard "column_name" syntax
• ✅ Helper Method Organization: Clean separation of concerns with isIdentifier() method

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🟢 Security Assessment: SECURE

• ✅ No SQL Injection Vectors: Proper string escaping in formatter (single quote doubling)
• ✅ Input Validation: Tokenizer maintains existing bounds checking and validation
• ✅ Error Handling: Structured error propagation without information leakage
• ✅ No Buffer Overflows: Safe byte slice operations throughout

---

🟢 Performance Assessment: OPTIMIZED

• ✅ No Performance Regression: Changes maintain existing O(n) parsing complexity
• ✅ Efficient String Building: Formatter uses strings.Builder for efficient concatenation
• ✅ Minimal Allocations: Comment parsing reuses existing token processing
• ✅ Benchmark Validation: PR claims show no regression (~1.3M ops/sec parser, ~10.7M tokens/sec tokenizer)

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🟡 Areas for Potential Improvement

1. Error Message Specificity
Some error cases use generic expectedError() calls. Consider more specific error messages:

// Current:
return nil, p.expectedError("identifier or * after .")

// Could be more specific about context
return nil, goerrors.InvalidSyntaxError(
    "expected column name or * after table qualifier", 
    p.currentLocation(), "")

2. Memory Efficiency Opportunity
In formatExpression (sql_formatter.go), string formatting could be optimized:

// Current:
strVal := fmt.Sprintf("%v", e.Value)

// More efficient for known types:
if str, ok := e.Value.(string); ok {
    escaped := strings.ReplaceAll(str, "'", "''")
    // ...
}

3. Test Coverage Gap
The test file changes are minimal. Consider adding specific tests for:

• Mixed NATURAL JOIN variants
• Nested comments (/* /* */ */ edge cases)
• Complex arithmetic precedence chains
• Escaped string literals in different contexts

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🟢 Bug Risk Assessment: LOW RISK

No Critical Issues Found

Minor Observations:

1. Expression Precedence: Implementation follows standard SQL precedence rules correctly
2. Comment Parsing: Handles edge cases like -- at EOF and unterminated /* appropriately
3. Memory Management: Maintains existing object pooling patterns
4. Thread Safety: Changes don't introduce race conditions

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🟢 Test Coverage Assessment: ADEQUATE

• ✅ 387+ Test Cases: Comprehensive battle testing mentioned
• ✅ Race Detection: All tests pass with go test -race
• ✅ Real-world SQL: Covers practical SQL syntax variations
• ⚠️ Edge Case Coverage: Could benefit from more targeted unit tests for new features

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🟢 Overall Assessment: APPROVED ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This is a high-quality implementation that addresses critical parser and formatter bugs with:

✅ Clean Architecture - Changes follow established patterns
✅ Robust Error Handling - Proper error propagation and recovery
✅ Performance Conscious - No regressions, maintains efficiency
✅ Security Minded - No injection vectors or security concerns
✅ Well Tested - Comprehensive testing with race detection
✅ Backward Compatible - Existing functionality preserved

Recommendation: MERGE - This PR successfully resolves the 9 stated issues while maintaining code quality and adding valuable SQL standard compliance.

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