From 75a3f220dfaebbf129960ffe1c66f6de6aa0bcbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Celestino Amoroso <celestino.amoroso@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:03:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] parser: token '()' returns error

---
 parser.go        | 22 +++++++---------------
 t_parser_test.go | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index f0bf6d9..0c7d5a5 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -455,15 +455,6 @@ func (parser *parser) parseGeneral(scanner *scanner, ctx parserContext, termSymb
 		//fmt.Println("Token:", tk)
 		if firstToken {
 			changePrefix(tk)
-			// if tk.Sym == SymMinus {
-			// 	tk.Sym = SymChangeSign
-			// } else if tk.Sym == SymPlus {
-			// 	tk.Sym = SymUnchangeSign
-			// } else if tk.IsSymbol(SymStar) {
-			// 	tk.SetSymbol(SymDereference)
-			// } else if tk.IsSymbol(SymExclamation) {
-			// 	tk.SetSymbol(SymNot)
-			// }
 			firstToken = false
 		}
 
@@ -471,12 +462,13 @@ func (parser *parser) parseGeneral(scanner *scanner, ctx parserContext, termSymb
 		case SymOpenRound:
 			var subTree *ast
 			if subTree, err = parser.parseGeneral(scanner, ctx, SymClosedRound); err == nil {
-				exprTerm := newExprTerm(subTree.root)
-				err = tree.addTerm(exprTerm)
-				currentTerm = exprTerm
-				// subTree.root.priority = priValue
-				// err = tree.addTerm(newExprTerm(subTree.root))
-				// currentTerm = subTree.root
+				if subTree.root == nil {
+					err = tk.ErrorExpectedGotString("expression", "()")
+				} else {
+					exprTerm := newExprTerm(subTree.root)
+					err = tree.addTerm(exprTerm)
+					currentTerm = exprTerm
+				}
 			}
 		case SymFuncCall:
 			var funcCallTerm *term
diff --git a/t_parser_test.go b/t_parser_test.go
index d56fac1..b959c80 100644
--- a/t_parser_test.go
+++ b/t_parser_test.go
@@ -147,3 +147,15 @@ func TestGeneralParser(t *testing.T) {
 	// runTestSuiteSpec(t, section, inputs, 114)
 	runTestSuite(t, section, inputs)
 }
+
+func TestSpecialParser(t *testing.T) {
+	section := "Parser"
+
+	inputs := []inputType{
+		/*   1 */ {`()`, nil, `[1:2] expected expression, got "()"`},
+	}
+
+	// t.Setenv("EXPR_PATH", ".")
+	// runTestSuiteSpec(t, section, inputs, 114)
+	runTestSuite(t, section, inputs)
+}