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E0101 error

Unexpected token

area: parsing (x01xx)
fails the build: yes

The parser met a token it can't use at that point: a missing then, do, end or closing parenthesis, a stray operator, or ... outside a vararg function. The message names what was expected and the token found instead ("near ''" means the file ended too early). WoW would refuse to load the file with the same Lua syntax error, so it is an error in every file.

The same code is reported for wowlua syntax (a type annotation, +=, ?., …) in a .lua file, which stays plain Lua 5.1: rename the file to .wowlua, or write the code in Lua.

Example

× failswowlua

local hp = UnitHealth("player")if hp > 0    print(hp)end

✓ compileswowlua

local hp = UnitHealth("player")if hp > 0 then    print(hp)end

The compiler reports it like this:

error[E0101]: 'then' expected near 'print'
  ┌─ src/main.wowlua:3:5
  │
3 │     print(hp)
  │     ^^^^^ here

code	message
E0102	Unterminated string or long bracket
E0104	Ambiguous syntax (function call vs. new statement), as in Lua 5.1

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terminal

$ wowlua explain E0101
E0101 (error): Unexpected token

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