Show-Karma -Contemplate breaks after Classes

[DEberhardt]

Describe "Koan Bug, Issue, or Help Request"

Show-Karma breaks down after classes

• 311 Classes
• ? XML
• 320 Regular Expressions

Context "The Problematic Assertions"

Show-Karma -Contemplate fails after Classes

Context "Your Attempts"

    Welcome, seeker of enlightenment.
    Let us observe your karma...

Describing "About XML" has damaged your karma.

    You have not yet reached enlightenment.

    The answers you seek...

Expected strings to be the same, but they were different.
Expected length: 11
Actual length:   4
Strings differ at index 0.
Expected: 'Hello world'
But was:  '____'

    Please meditate on the following code:

× It "can cast a string to an XML document"
at <ScriptBlock>, C:\Users\David\PSKoans\Constructs and Patterns\AboutXml.Koans.ps1: line 28
28:             '____' | Should -Be $xml.DocumentRoot.element

    ▌ No one is injured but by himself.

    You examine the path beneath your feet...

 [AboutXml]: [―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――] 0/30

 [Total]: [■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――] 425/682

Run 'Show-Karma -Meditate' to begin your meditations.

 599.491s  David  C:\                                                                                     13:28:58
❯ Show-Karma -Contemplate
Resolve-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At C:\Users\David\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSKoans\0.67.1\Public\Show-Karma.ps1:124 char:50
+                     '"{0}":{1}' -f (Resolve-Path $FilePath), $LineNum ...
+                                                  ~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Resolve-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ResolvePath
   Command

 David  C:\                                                                                                13:29:04
❯ Get-Module PsKoans -ListAvailable

    Directory: C:\Users\David\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ----                                ----------------
Script     0.67.1     PSKoans                             {Get-Blank, Get-Karma, Get-PSKoan, Get-PSKoanLocation...}

 David  C:\                                                                                                13:29:52
❯ Show-Karma -Contemplate
 318.704s  David  C:\  ERROR                                                                             13:35:26
❯ Show-Karma -Contemplate
Invoke-Koan : Cannot remove variable Test because the variable has been optimized and is not removable. Try using the
Remove-Variable cmdlet (without any aliases), or dot-sourcing the command that you are using to remove the variable.
At C:\Users\David\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSKoans\0.67.1\Public\Get-Karma.ps1:111 char:32
+                 $PesterTests = Invoke-Koan @{
+                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (Test:String) [Invoke-Koan], SessionStateUnauthorizedAccessException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : VariableNotRemovableRare,Invoke-Koan

Invoke-Koan : No modules were removed. Verify that the specification of modules to remove is correct and those modules
exist in the runspace.
At C:\Users\David\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSKoans\0.67.1\Public\Get-Karma.ps1:111 char:32
+                 $PesterTests = Invoke-Koan @{
+                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (:) [Invoke-Koan], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_NoModulesRemoved,Invoke-Koan

 595.976s  David  C:\                                                                                     13:51:05
❯

Context "Additional Information"

Did I now miss out on XML? Did something break here?

[vexx32]

Woah, that is a weird one. Can you try Reset-PSKoan -Topic AboutXml? And also please send over your local copies of the files for AboutClasses and AboutXml topics!

[DEberhardt]

I did find the Reset CmdLet

AboutClasses.Koans.ps1.txt AboutXml.Koans.ps1.txt The AboutXML does not look right.

After Reset, it now is back to normal: AboutXml.Koans.ps1.txt

Still contemplating, will report back once Show-Karma provides output

[DEberhardt]

Looks OK now. Describing "About XML" has damaged your karma. :)

[vexx32]

Thanks!

@indented-automation have you seen that happen before, by any chance?

[DEberhardt]

❯ show-Karma -Contemplate
Resolve-Path : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.
At C:\Users\David\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSKoans\0.67.1\Public\Show-Karma.ps1:124 char:50
+                     '"{0}":{1}' -f (Resolve-Path $FilePath), $LineNum ...
+                                                  ~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Resolve-Path], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ResolvePath
   Command

that still is there... and now the AboutXML.ps1 is broken again. weird.

[indented-automation]

Any chance you can share your library?

Reset is quite difficult if the file it's attempting to reset has syntax errors. It's reliant on AST to parse, locate, and replace parts. Resetting the entire file should be more successful. Would need a sample to debug it though.

[DEberhardt]

Can do, what do you need and how/where should I upload it?

[DEberhardt]

Now that I have started to work on XMLs and read it, I think I might have a clue as to why it breaks, maybe even a hint to resolve it: Show-Karma is executing the code and post that the ps1 file content is this:

<documentRoot>
    <element>This is still a short XML file</element>
</documentRoot>

This is present in the file here:

        It 'is much faster to use the Load method of XmlDocument for large files' {
            Set-Content -Path $path -Value @'
<documentRoot>
    <element>This is still a short XML file</element>
</documentRoot>
'@

does $Path here point to its own file instead of to the TestDrive? The previous assertion (It 'can convert output from Get-Content to an XML document' {) has a Join-Path in front, is that missing in It 'is much faster to use the Load method of XmlDocument for large files'

        It 'can convert output from Get-Content to an XML document' {
            <#
                It is often desirable to read an XML file to work with in PowerShell.

                Get-Content is often used to read XML content in as text.
            #>

            $path = Join-Path -Path $TestDrive -ChildPath document.xml
            Set-Content -Path $path -Value @'
<documentRoot>
    <element>A short XML file</element>
</documentRoot>
'@

[DEberhardt]

ok. this works now for me

The current I think also would resolve this:

    BeforeAll {
        $path = Join-Path $TestDrive -ChildPath document.xml
    }

Closing :)

[vexx32]

Glad you got it sorted! We should probably fix this as well, so reopening for now until we get it sorted. Feel free to unsubscribe from the issue if you don't wanna need to get notifs for it in future. 💖

[DEberhardt]

oh. I thought I close it, because I spotted that the fix (the BeforeAll statement) you have already in the document (just not in the one I download by using the Reset)

[vexx32]

Ah, you're right, good point. Looks like we just need to get that into a release of the module at some point. Cheers! 😁