Skip Slang parser for solc versions that it does not support (#1075)

Author: ericglau

packages/core/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.37.1 (2024-09-09)
+
+- Fix Hardhat compile error when using solc version `0.8.27`. ([#1075](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-upgrades/pull/1075))
+
 ## 1.37.0 (2024-08-28)
 
 - **Breaking change**: CLI: Disallow self-references for storage layout validations. ([#1067](https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-upgrades/pull/1067))

packages/core/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@openzeppelin/upgrades-core",
-  "version": "1.37.0",
+  "version": "1.37.1",
   "description": "",
   "repository": "https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/openzeppelin-upgrades/tree/master/packages/core",
   "license": "MIT",

packages/core/src/utils/make-namespaced.ts

@@ -164,15 +164,15 @@ export function makeNamespacedInput(input: SolcInput, output: SolcOutput, solcVe
 }
 
 /**
- * If Slang is supported for the current platform and we have the compiler version available,
+ * If we have the compiler version available and Slang is supported for the current platform and compiler version,
  * use Slang to parse and remove all NatSpec comments that do not precede a struct definition and return the modified content.
  *
  * Otherwise, return the original content.
  */
 function tryRemoveNonStructNatSpec(origContent: string, solcVersion: string | undefined): string {
   const natSpecRemovals: Modification[] = [];
 
-  if (solcVersion !== undefined && tryRequire('@nomicfoundation/slang')) {
+  if (solcVersion !== undefined && tryRequire('@nomicfoundation/slang') && slangSupportsVersion(solcVersion)) {
     /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
     const { Language } = require('@nomicfoundation/slang/language');
     const { NonterminalKind, TerminalKind } = require('@nomicfoundation/slang/kinds');
@@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ function tryRequire(id: string) {
   return false;
 }
 
+function slangSupportsVersion(solcVersion: string): boolean {
+  /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
+  const { Language } = require('@nomicfoundation/slang/language');
+  /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires */
+
+  return Language.supportedVersions().includes(solcVersion);
+}
+
 interface Modification {
   start: number;
   end: number;