Fix 'new' parsing & allow omitting parenthesis

src/ast.ts

@@ -114,29 +114,6 @@ export function nodeIsConstantValue(kind: NodeKind): bool {
   return false;
 }
 
-/** Checks if a node might be callable. */
-export function nodeIsCallable(kind: NodeKind): bool {
-  switch (kind) {
-    case NodeKind.IDENTIFIER:
-    case NodeKind.ASSERTION: // if kind=NONNULL
-    case NodeKind.CALL:
-    case NodeKind.ELEMENTACCESS:
-    case NodeKind.PARENTHESIZED:
-    case NodeKind.PROPERTYACCESS:
-    case NodeKind.SUPER: return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
-/** Checks if a node might be callable with generic arguments. */
-export function nodeIsGenericCallable(kind: NodeKind): bool {
-  switch (kind) {
-    case NodeKind.IDENTIFIER:
-    case NodeKind.PROPERTYACCESS: return true;
-  }
-  return false;
-}
-
 /** Base class of all nodes. */
 export abstract class Node {
 
@@ -428,14 +405,14 @@ export abstract class Node {
   }
 
   static createNewExpression(
-    expression: Expression,
+    typeName: TypeName,
     typeArgs: TypeNode[] | null,
     args: Expression[],
     range: Range
   ): NewExpression {
     var expr = new NewExpression();
     expr.range = range;
-    expr.expression = expression;
+    expr.typeName = typeName;
     expr.typeArguments = typeArgs;
     expr.arguments = args;
     return expr;
@@ -1489,8 +1466,35 @@ export class IntegerLiteralExpression extends LiteralExpression {
 }
 
 /** Represents a `new` expression. Like a call but with its own kind. */
-export class NewExpression extends CallExpression {
+export class NewExpression extends Expression {
   kind = NodeKind.NEW;
+
+  /** Type being constructed. */
+  typeName: TypeName;
+  /** Provided type arguments. */
+  typeArguments: TypeNode[] | null;
+  /** Provided arguments. */
+  arguments: Expression[];
+
+  /** Gets the type arguments range for reporting. */
+  get typeArgumentsRange(): Range {
+    var typeArguments = this.typeArguments;
+    var numTypeArguments: i32;
+    if (typeArguments && (numTypeArguments = typeArguments.length)) {
+      return Range.join(typeArguments[0].range, typeArguments[numTypeArguments - 1].range);
+    }
+    return this.typeName.range;
+  }
+
+  /** Gets the arguments range for reporting. */
+  get argumentsRange(): Range {
+    var args = this.arguments;
+    var numArguments = args.length;
+    if (numArguments) {
+      return Range.join(args[0].range, args[numArguments - 1].range);
+    }
+    return this.typeName.range;
+  }
 }
 
 /** Represents a `null` expression. */
@@ -1639,12 +1643,10 @@ export class Source extends Node {
   statements: Statement[];
   /** Full source text. */
   text: string;
-  /** Tokenizer reference. */
-  tokenizer: Tokenizer | null = null;
   /** Source map index. */
   debugInfoIndex: i32 = -1;
   /** Re-exported sources. */
-  exportPaths: Set<string> | null = null;
+  exportPaths: string[] | null = null;
 
   /** Constructs a new source node. */
   constructor(normalizedPath: string, text: string, kind: SourceKind) {

src/compiler.ts

@@ -7726,15 +7726,12 @@ export class Compiler extends DiagnosticEmitter {
     var flow = this.currentFlow;
 
     // obtain the class being instantiated
-    var target = this.resolver.lookupExpression( // reports
-      expression.expression,
-      flow
-    );
+    var target = this.resolver.resolveTypeName(expression.typeName, flow.actualFunction);
     if (!target) return module.unreachable();
     if (target.kind != ElementKind.CLASS_PROTOTYPE) {
       this.error(
         DiagnosticCode.This_expression_is_not_constructable,
-        expression.expression.range
+        expression.typeName.range
       );
       return this.module.unreachable();
     }

src/extra/ast.ts

@@ -543,9 +543,12 @@ export class ASTBuilder {
   }
 
   visitCallExpression(node: CallExpression): void {
-    var sb = this.sb;
     this.visitNode(node.expression);
-    var typeArguments = node.typeArguments;
+    this.visitArguments(node.typeArguments, node.arguments);
+  }
+
+  private visitArguments(typeArguments: TypeNode[] | null, args: Expression[]): void {
+    var sb = this.sb;
     if (typeArguments) {
       let numTypeArguments = typeArguments.length;
       if (numTypeArguments) {
@@ -560,7 +563,6 @@ export class ASTBuilder {
     } else {
       sb.push("(");
     }
-    var args = node.arguments;
     var numArgs = args.length;
     if (numArgs) {
       this.visitNode(args[0]);
@@ -757,7 +759,8 @@ export class ASTBuilder {
 
   visitNewExpression(node: NewExpression): void {
     this.sb.push("new ");
-    this.visitCallExpression(node);
+    this.visitTypeName(node.typeName);
+    this.visitArguments(node.typeArguments, node.arguments);
   }
 
   visitParenthesizedExpression(node: ParenthesizedExpression): void {