Address comments from #771 review (#807)

* Fixes for comments on #771

* Simplify CanConvertToArmJson logic

src/Bicep.Core.Samples/Files/Variables_LF/main.json

@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@
     "isFalse": "[not(variables('isTrue'))]",
     "someText": "[if(variables('isTrue'), concat('a', concat('b', 'c')), 'someText')]",
     "scopesWithoutArmRepresentation": {
-      "tenant": "[json('{}')]",
-      "subscription": "[json('{}')]",
-      "resourceGroup": "[json('{}')]"
+      "tenant": "[createObject()]",
+      "subscription": "[createObject()]",
+      "resourceGroup": "[createObject()]"
     }
   },
   "resources": []

src/Bicep.Core/Emit/ExpressionConverter.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis;
 using System.Linq;
 using Arm.Expression.Expressions;
 using Bicep.Core.Resources;
@@ -71,29 +74,14 @@ public LanguageExpression ConvertExpression(SyntaxBase expression)
                         Array.Empty<LanguageExpression>());
 
                 case FunctionCallSyntax function:
-                    var returnValueType = context.SemanticModel.GetTypeInfo(function);
-                    if (returnValueType is IResourceScopeType resourceScopeType && !ScopeHelper.CanConvertToArmJson(resourceScopeType))
-                    {
-                        // return an empty object - there is no ARM equivalent to return
-                        return new FunctionExpression("json", new LanguageExpression [] { new JTokenExpression("{}") }, new LanguageExpression[0]);
-                    }
-
                     return ConvertFunction(
                         function.Name.IdentifierName,
                         function.Arguments.Select(a => ConvertExpression(a.Expression)).ToArray());
 
                 case InstanceFunctionCallSyntax instanceFunctionCall:
                     var namespaceSymbol = context.SemanticModel.GetSymbolInfo(instanceFunctionCall.BaseExpression);
-
                     Assert(namespaceSymbol is NamespaceSymbol, $"BaseExpression must be a NamespaceSymbol, instead got: '{namespaceSymbol?.Kind}'");
 
-                    var returnValueType2 = context.SemanticModel.GetTypeInfo(instanceFunctionCall);
-                    if (returnValueType2 is IResourceScopeType resourceScopeType2 && !ScopeHelper.CanConvertToArmJson(resourceScopeType2))
-                    {
-                        // return an empty object - there is no ARM equivalent to return
-                        return new FunctionExpression("json", new LanguageExpression [] { new JTokenExpression("{}") }, new LanguageExpression[0]);
-                    }
-
                     return ConvertFunction(
                         instanceFunctionCall.Name.IdentifierName,
                         instanceFunctionCall.Arguments.Select(a => ConvertExpression(a.Expression)).ToArray());
@@ -374,9 +362,31 @@ private static LanguageExpression ConvertFunction(string functionName, LanguageE
                 return arguments.Single();
             }
 
+            if (ShouldReplaceUnsupportedFunction(functionName, arguments, out var replacementExpression))
+            {
+                return replacementExpression;
+            }
+
             return new FunctionExpression(functionName, arguments, Array.Empty<LanguageExpression>());
         }
 
+        private static bool ShouldReplaceUnsupportedFunction(string functionName, LanguageExpression[] arguments, [NotNullWhen(true)] out LanguageExpression? replacementExpression)
+        {
+            switch (functionName)
+            {
+                // These functions have not yet been implemented in ARM. For now, we will just return an empty object if they are accessed directly.
+                case "tenant":
+                case "managementGroup":
+                case "subscription" when arguments.Length > 0:
+                case "resourceGroup" when arguments.Length > 0:
+                    replacementExpression = GetCreateObjectExpression();
+                    return true;
+            }
+
+            replacementExpression = null;
+            return false;
+        }
+
         private FunctionExpression ConvertArray(ArraySyntax syntax)
         {
             // we are using the createArray() function as a proxy for an array literal
@@ -402,12 +412,12 @@ private FunctionExpression ConvertObject(ObjectSyntax syntax)
             }
 
             // we are using the createObject() funciton as a proy for an object literal
-            return new FunctionExpression(
-                "createObject",
-                parameters,
-                Array.Empty<LanguageExpression>());
+            return GetCreateObjectExpression(parameters);
         }
 
+        private static FunctionExpression GetCreateObjectExpression(params LanguageExpression[] parameters)
+            =>  new FunctionExpression("createObject", parameters, Array.Empty<LanguageExpression>());
+
         private LanguageExpression ConvertBinary(BinaryOperationSyntax syntax)
         {
             LanguageExpression operand1 = ConvertExpression(syntax.LeftExpression);

src/Bicep.Core/Emit/ScopeHelper.cs

@@ -80,14 +80,5 @@ private static IReadOnlyDictionary<string, LanguageExpression> ToPropertyDiction
                     resourceGroup: expressionConverter.ConvertExpression(scopeType.Arguments[1].Expression)),
                 _ => null,
             };
-
-        public static bool CanConvertToArmJson(IResourceScopeType resourceScopeType)
-            => resourceScopeType switch {
-                TenantScopeType _ => false,
-                ManagementGroupScopeType _ => false,
-                SubscriptionScopeType subscriptionScopeType => subscriptionScopeType.Arguments.Length == 0,
-                ResourceGroupScopeType resourceGroupScopeType => resourceGroupScopeType.Arguments.Length == 0,
-                _ => true,
-            };
     }
 }

src/Bicep.Core/Parser/ParseDiagnosticsVisitor.cs

@@ -27,9 +27,12 @@ public override void VisitProgramSyntax(ProgramSyntax syntax)
             this.diagnosticWriter.WriteMultiple(syntax.LexerDiagnostics);
 
             var targetScopeSyntaxes = syntax.Children.OfType<TargetScopeSyntax>().ToList();
-            foreach (var targetScope in targetScopeSyntaxes.Skip(1))
+            if (targetScopeSyntaxes.Count > 1)
             {
-                this.diagnosticWriter.Write(targetScope.Keyword, x => x.TargetScopeMultipleDeclarations());
+                foreach (var targetScope in targetScopeSyntaxes)
+                {
+                    this.diagnosticWriter.Write(targetScope.Keyword, x => x.TargetScopeMultipleDeclarations());
+                }
             }
         }
 

src/Bicep.Core/Parser/Parser.cs

@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ private static RecoveryFlags GetSuppressionFlag(SyntaxBase precedingNode)
         private SyntaxBase TargetScope()
         {
             var keyword = ExpectKeyword(LanguageConstants.TargetScopeKeyword);
-            var assignmentToken = this.Expect(TokenType.Assignment, b => b.ExpectedCharacter("="));
+            var assignment = this.WithRecovery(this.Assignment, RecoveryFlags.None, TokenType.NewLine);
             var value = this.WithRecovery(() => this.Expression(allowComplexLiterals: true), RecoveryFlags.None, TokenType.NewLine);
 
-            return new TargetScopeSyntax(keyword, assignmentToken, value);
+            return new TargetScopeSyntax(keyword, assignment, value);
         }
 
         private SyntaxBase ParameterDeclaration()

src/Bicep.Core/Syntax/TargetScopeSyntax.cs

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ namespace Bicep.Core.Syntax
 {
     public class TargetScopeSyntax : SyntaxBase, IDeclarationSyntax
     {
-        public TargetScopeSyntax(Token keyword, Token assignment, SyntaxBase value)
+        public TargetScopeSyntax(Token keyword, SyntaxBase assignment, SyntaxBase value)
         {
             AssertKeyword(keyword, nameof(keyword), LanguageConstants.TargetScopeKeyword);
-            AssertTokenType(assignment, nameof(assignment), TokenType.Assignment);
+            AssertSyntaxType(assignment, nameof(assignment), typeof(Token), typeof(SkippedTriviaSyntax));
+            AssertTokenType(assignment as Token, nameof(assignment), TokenType.Assignment);
 
             this.Keyword = keyword;
             this.Assignment = assignment;
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ public TargetScopeSyntax(Token keyword, Token assignment, SyntaxBase value)
 
         public Token Keyword { get; }
 
-        public Token Assignment { get; }
+        public SyntaxBase Assignment { get; }
 
         public SyntaxBase Value { get; }
 

src/Bicep.Core/TypeSystem/ModuleType.cs

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace Bicep.Core.TypeSystem
 {
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ public ModuleType(string name, ITypeReference body)
             Body = body;
         }
 
-        public override TypeKind TypeKind => TypeKind.Resource;
+        public override TypeKind TypeKind => TypeKind.Module;
 
         public ITypeReference Body { get; }
 

src/Bicep.Core/TypeSystem/TypeKind.cs

@@ -58,5 +58,10 @@ public enum TypeKind
         /// A reference to a resource scope.
         /// </summary>
         ResourceScopeReference,
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Module type
+        /// </summary>
+        Module,
     }
 }