[WIP] Support --typecheck-only for fsi run (just typecheck, no execution)

src/Compiler/Driver/CompilerOptions.fs

@@ -1308,6 +1308,13 @@ let advancedFlagsFsi tcConfigB =
             None,
             Some(FSComp.SR.optsClearResultsCache ())
         )
+        CompilerOption(
+            "typecheck-only",
+            tagNone,
+            OptionUnit(fun () -> tcConfigB.typeCheckOnly <- true),
+            None,
+            Some(FSComp.SR.optsTypecheckOnly ())
+        )
     ]
 
 let advancedFlagsFsc tcConfigB =

src/Compiler/FSComp.txt

@@ -902,6 +902,7 @@ optsVersion,"Display compiler version banner and exit"
 optsResponseFile,"Read response file for more options"
 optsCodepage,"Specify the codepage used to read source files"
 optsClearResultsCache,"Clear the package manager results cache"
+optsTypecheckOnly,"Perform type checking only, do not execute code"
 optsUtf8output,"Output messages in UTF-8 encoding"
 optsFullpaths,"Output messages with fully qualified paths"
 optsLib,"Specify a directory for the include path which is used to resolve source files and assemblies (Short form: -I)"

src/Compiler/Interactive/fsi.fs

@@ -2217,6 +2217,10 @@ type internal FsiDynamicCompiler
                     inputs
                 ))
 
+        // Add this check after CheckClosedInputSet
+        if tcConfig.typeCheckOnly then
+            raise StopProcessing
+
         let codegenResults, optEnv, fragName =
             ProcessTypedImpl(
                 diagnosticsLogger,

tests/FSharp.Compiler.ComponentTests/FSharp.Compiler.ComponentTests.fsproj

@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Interop\ParamArray.fs" />
     <Compile Include="Interop\Literals.fs" />
     <Compile Include="Scripting\Interactive.fs" />
+    <Compile Include="Scripting\TypeCheckOnlyTests.fs" />
     <Compile Include="TypeChecks\SeqTypeCheckTests.fs" />
     <Compile Include="TypeChecks\CheckDeclarationsTests.fs" />
     <Compile Include="TypeChecks\Graph\Utils.fs" />

tests/FSharp.Compiler.ComponentTests/Scripting/TypeCheckOnlyTests.fs

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+module FSharp.Compiler.ComponentTests.Scripting.TypeCheckOnlyTests
+
+open Xunit
+open FSharp.Test
+open FSharp.Test.Compiler
+
+[<Fact>]
+let ``typecheck-only flag works for valid script``() =
+    Fsx """
+let x = 42
+printfn "This should not execute"
+"""
+    |> withOptions ["--typecheck-only"]
+    |> compile
+    |> shouldSucceed
+
+[<Fact>]
+let ``typecheck-only flag catches type errors``() =
+    Fsx """
+let x: int = "string"  // Type error
+"""
+    |> withOptions ["--typecheck-only"]
+    |> compile
+    |> shouldFail
+    |> withDiagnostics [
+        (Error 1, Line 2, Col 14, Line 2, Col 22, "This expression was expected to have type\n    'int'    \nbut here has type\n    'string'")
+    ]
+
+[<Fact>]
+let ``typecheck-only flag prevents execution side effects``() =
+    Fsx """
+printfn "MyCrazyString"
+let x = 42
+"""
+    |> withOptions ["--typecheck-only"]
+    |> runFsi
+    |> shouldSucceed
+    |> verifyNotInOutput "MyCrazyString"
+
+[<Fact>]
+let ``script executes without typecheck-only flag``() =
+    Fsx """
+printfn "MyCrazyString"
+let x = 42
+"""
+    |> runFsi
+    |> shouldSucceed
+    |> verifyOutput "MyCrazyString"

tests/FSharp.Test.Utilities/Compiler.fs

@@ -1425,6 +1425,15 @@ Actual:
                     failwith $"""Output does not match expected:{Environment.NewLine}{item}{Environment.NewLine}Actual:{Environment.NewLine}{actual}{Environment.NewLine}"""
             cResult
 
+    let verifyNotInOutput (expected: string) (cResult: CompilationResult) : CompilationResult =
+        match getOutput cResult with
+        | None -> cResult
+        | Some actual ->
+            if actual.Contains(expected) then
+                failwith $"""Output should not contain:{Environment.NewLine}{expected}{Environment.NewLine}Actual:{Environment.NewLine}{actual}{Environment.NewLine}"""
+            else
+                cResult
+
     type ImportScope = { Kind: ImportDefinitionKind; Name: string }
 
     type PdbVerificationOption =