"E688: More targets than List items" when trying to jump to definition of symbol with \rj

[dpelle]

I press \rj to jump to the definition of a c++ symbol and I get:

Error detected while processing function <lambda>6[1]..rtags#HandleResults[11]..rtags#ExecuteHandlers[6]..rtags#JumpToHandler:
line   11:
E688: More targets than List items
line   15:
E121: Undefined variable: jump_file
E116: Invalid arguments for function rtags#jumpToLocation(jump_file, lnum, col)
E15: Invalid expression: rtags#jumpToLocation(jump_file, lnum, col)

It also does not jump to the definition, presumably as a result of the error.
It happens all the time. I used to be able to run vim-rtag without problems
but I've re-created my setup with the latest version of the tools and now it
no longer works.

I'm using the latest vim-rtag plugin version from git (via Vundle):

commit 054cd8970eda8e222fc5b4c7b88d2a8727d34f25
Author: lyuts <dioxinu@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon Jul 10 21:55:38 2017 -0700

    Set s:rtagsAsync to 0 to not break older version of vim when async is
    not available.

I'm also using using the latest version of rtags from git:

commit 65c8f03ff0112ce5c5e11aff6867ad0eb9019e63
Author: Anders Bakken <agbakken@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 15 09:19:36 2017 -0700

    Issue #1004. Support regex (-Z) for --find-symbols.

And the latest version of Vim from git on Linux x86_64 (xubuntu-16.04):

:version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Jul 17 2017 18:00:30)
Included patches: 1-727
Compiled by dope@pel-desktop
Huge version with GTK3 GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl             -ebcdic          +listcmds        +persistent_undo +termresponse
+arabic          +emacs_tags      +localmap        +postscript      +textobjects
+autocmd         +eval            -lua             +printer         +timers
+balloon_eval    +ex_extra        +menu            +profile         +title
+browse          +extra_search    +mksession       -python          +toolbar
++builtin_terms  +farsi           +modify_fname    +python3         +user_commands
+byte_offset     +file_in_path    +mouse           +quickfix        +vertsplit
+channel         +find_in_path    +mouseshape      +reltime         +virtualedit
+cindent         +float           +mouse_dec       +rightleft       +visual
+clientserver    +folding         +mouse_gpm       -ruby            +visualextra
+clipboard       -footer          -mouse_jsbterm   +scrollbind      +viminfo
+cmdline_compl   +fork()          +mouse_netterm   +signs           +vreplace
+cmdline_hist    +gettext         +mouse_sgr       +smartindent     +wildignore
+cmdline_info    -hangul_input    -mouse_sysmouse  +startuptime     +wildmenu
+comments        +iconv           +mouse_urxvt     +statusline      +windows
+conceal         +insert_expand   +mouse_xterm     -sun_workshop    +writebackup
+cryptv          +job             +multi_byte      +syntax          +X11
+cscope          +jumplist        +multi_lang      +tag_binary      -xfontset
+cursorbind      +keymap          -mzscheme        +tag_old_static  +xim
+cursorshape     +lambda          +netbeans_intg   -tag_any_white   +xpm
+dialog_con_gui  +langmap         +num64           -tcl             +xsmp_interact
+diff            +libcall         +packages        +termguicolors   +xterm_clipboard
+digraphs        +linebreak       +path_extra      +terminal        -xterm_save
+dnd             +lispindent      -perl            +terminfo
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
    user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
    system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc-7 -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK  -pthread -I/usr/inclu
de/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/usr/include/dbus
-1.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include
/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/usr/include/mirclient -I/usr/include/mircore -I/usr/include/mircookie
 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/p
ango-1.0 -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/inc
lude/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng12 -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/lib
png12 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include   -g -O2 -U_
FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc-7   -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim   -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lpangocairo
-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject
-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lSM -lICE -lXpm -lXt -lX11 -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE  -lm -ltinfo -lnsl  -lse
linux  -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl     -L/usr/lib/python3.5/config-3.5m-x86_64-linux-gnu -l
python3.5m -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm

Any idea what causes the error?

[kurdybacha]

I have the same issue with:

VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Jul 11 2017 12:56:49)
Included patches: 1-705
Modified by <bugzilla@redhat.com>
Compiled by <bugzilla@redhat.com>
Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl             +file_in_path    +mouse_sgr       +tag_old_static
+arabic          +find_in_path    -mouse_sysmouse  -tag_any_white
+autocmd         +float           +mouse_urxvt     -tcl
-balloon_eval    +folding         +mouse_xterm     +termguicolors
-browse          -footer          +multi_byte      +terminfo
++builtin_terms  +fork()          +multi_lang      +termresponse
+byte_offset     +gettext         -mzscheme        +textobjects
+channel         -hangul_input    +netbeans_intg   +timers
+cindent         +iconv           +num64           +title
-clientserver    +insert_expand   +packages        -toolbar
-clipboard       +job             +path_extra      +user_commands
+cmdline_compl   +jumplist        +perl/dyn        +vertsplit
+cmdline_hist    +keymap          +persistent_undo +virtualedit
+cmdline_info    +lambda          +postscript      +visual
+comments        +langmap         +printer         +visualextra
+conceal         +libcall         +profile         +viminfo
+cryptv          +linebreak       +python/dyn      +vreplace
+cscope          +lispindent      +python3/dyn     +wildignore
+cursorbind      +listcmds        +quickfix        +wildmenu
+cursorshape     +localmap        +reltime         +windows
+dialog_con      +lua/dyn         +rightleft       +writebackup
+diff            +menu            +ruby/dyn        -X11
+digraphs        +mksession       +scrollbind      -xfontset
-dnd             +modify_fname    +signs           -xim
-ebcdic          +mouse           +smartindent     -xpm
+emacs_tags      -mouseshape      +startuptime     -xsmp
+eval            +mouse_dec       +statusline      -xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra        +mouse_gpm       -sun_workshop    -xterm_save
+extra_search    -mouse_jsbterm   +syntax          
+farsi           +mouse_netterm   +tag_binary      
   system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/etc"
 f-b for $VIMRUNTIME: "/usr/share/vim/vim80"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H     -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/python3.6m -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1       
Linking: gcc   -L. -Wl,-z,relro -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -fstack-protector -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-z,relro   -Wl,-z,relro -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim        -lm -lnsl  -lselinux   -lncurses -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl   -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-z,relro  -Wl,-z,relro  -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib  -L/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE -lperl -lpthread -lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc 

[dpelle]

The "E688: More targets than List items" error comes from here
in ~/.vim/bundle/vim-rtags/plugin/rtags.vim:386:

 375  function! rtags#JumpToHandler(results, args)
 376     let results = a:results
 377     let open_opt = a:args['open_opt']
 378     if len(results) >= 0 && open_opt != g:SAME_WINDOW
 379         call rtags#cloneCurrentBuffer(open_opt)
 380     endif
 381
 382     if len(results) > 1
 383         call rtags#DisplayResults(results)
 384     elseif len(results) == 1
 385         let [location; symbol_detail] = split(results[0], '\s\+')
!386         let [jump_file, lnum, col; rest] = split(location, ':')

Debugging, I see that results[0] is "Not indexed" so line 386 gives an error.

When I find time, I will try older versions of rtags, vim-rtags, or vim or in
case an incompatible change was recently introduced.

[dpelle]

I investigated further and the bug is a recent regression in vim-rtag plugin.

Snippet of git log:

commit ba58fc0aa46411a1e0b1a4442b9d31924d3892fb
Author: taku25 <taku36@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Jun 23 16:50:49 2017 +0900

    imp: async. ExecuteThen Function

commit 344ffe479f7100fee4e4ac3fb6dae267224651c2
Author: taku25 <taku36@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Jun 23 14:59:42 2017 +0900

    delete debug message

commit ba174ea825665cdd2d05434cf527d135657a380d
Author: taku25 <taku36@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Jun 23 14:48:24 2017 +0900

    refactoring

• at ba174ea (Jun 23 14:48), everything works fine
• at 344ffe4 (Jun 23 14:59), jumping to symbol works fine, but I see an error when starting vim (no apparent consequences):

Error detected while processing /home/dope/.vim/bundle/vim-rtags/plugin/rtags.vim:
line  850:
E193: :endfunction not inside a function

• at ba58fc0 (Jun 23 16:50), I see the same error at startup, and jumping to symbol definition with \rj no longer works.

[boxu-zhang]

I have the same issue, and make a workaround after some debugging work. The reason is quite simple.

The 'rc' command doesn't accept input location without path information. For example, you have a source file: '~/work/hello.c', and you can use 'rc' command to inspect if the --follow-location is working or not. Using the 'rc --follow-location hello.c:10:1' will print 'Error, can't resolve argument'. The 'rc' command expects it's input argument has the path information, no matter it is relative or absolute. Using 'rc --follow-location ~/work/hello.c' will generate the correct information.

To do so, we need to change one place of rtags##getCurrentLocation function in 'vim-rtags/plugin/rtags.vim'. Change line(334):
return printf("%s:%s:%s", expand("%"), lnum, col)
to
return printf("%s:%s:%s", expand("%:p"), lnum, col)
to make the current file name to be expand to full path when calling 'rc' command