Disallow pure setters.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Enhancements
 ------------
 
 * Registering a custom syntax now only requires specifying whether the `Scope` is adjusted (i.e. whether variables are added or removed). This allows more flexibility for cases where the number of new variables declared depends on internal logic.
+* Putting a `pure` attribute on a plugin property setter now raises a syntax error.
 
 
 Version 0.20.1

codegen/src/function.rs

@@ -550,6 +550,13 @@ impl ExportedFn {
                     "property setter cannot return any value",
                 ))
             }
+            // 3c. Property setters cannot be pure.
+            FnSpecialAccess::Property(Property::Set(_)) if params.pure.is_some() => {
+                return Err(syn::Error::new(
+                    params.pure.unwrap(),
+                    "property setter cannot be pure",
+                ))
+            }
             // 4a. Index getters must take the subject and the accessed "index" as arguments.
             FnSpecialAccess::Index(Index::Get) if self.arg_count() != 2 => {
                 return Err(syn::Error::new(
@@ -580,6 +587,13 @@ impl ExportedFn {
                     "index setter cannot return any value",
                 ))
             }
+            // 5b. Index setters cannot be pure.
+            FnSpecialAccess::Index(Index::Set) if params.pure.is_some() => {
+                return Err(syn::Error::new(
+                    params.pure.unwrap(),
+                    "index setter cannot be pure",
+                ))
+            }
             _ => {}
         }
 

tests/plugins.rs

@@ -31,15 +31,17 @@ mod test {
         }
 
         #[rhai_fn(name = "test", name = "hi")]
-        #[inline(always)]
         pub fn len(array: &mut Array, mul: INT) -> INT {
             (array.len() as INT) * mul
         }
         #[rhai_fn(name = "+")]
-        #[inline(always)]
         pub fn funky_add(x: INT, y: INT) -> INT {
             x / 2 + y * 2
         }
+        #[rhai_fn(pure)]
+        pub fn no_effect(_array: &mut Array, _value: INT) {
+            // do nothing to array
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -82,7 +84,15 @@ fn test_plugins_package() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
     reg_functions!(engine += greet::single(INT, bool, char));
 
     #[cfg(not(feature = "no_object"))]
-    assert_eq!(engine.eval::<INT>("let a = [1, 2, 3]; a.foo")?, 1);
+    {
+        assert_eq!(engine.eval::<INT>("let a = [1, 2, 3]; a.foo")?, 1);
+        engine.consume("const A = [1, 2, 3]; A.no_effect(42);")?;
+
+        assert!(
+            matches!(*engine.consume("const A = [1, 2, 3]; A.test(42);").expect_err("should error"),
+            EvalAltResult::ErrorAssignmentToConstant(x, _) if x == "array")
+        )
+    }
 
     assert_eq!(engine.eval::<INT>(r#"hash("hello")"#)?, 42);
     assert_eq!(engine.eval::<INT>(r#"hash2("hello")"#)?, 42);