tree-sitter-lang/grammar.g4

grammar lang ;

// not always most recent grammar ??
// not checked

source_file: (statement)+ EOF ;

statement: import
         | type_definition
         | function_definition
         | typeclass_definition
         ;

import: ('::' | 'import') (SIMPLE_NAME_IDENTIFIER | '_') ('=' SIMPLE_NAME_IDENTIFIER)?
        (':' (SIMPLE_TYPE_IDENTIFIER | SIMPLE_NAME_IDENTIFIER | TYPECLASS_IDENTIFIER | ('(' OPERATOR ')'))*)? ';'
        ;

constraint: '?' expression ;

type_definition: (DEFINITION_INFO)? (ANNOTATION_INFO)* ('^')?
                 SIMPLE_TYPE_IDENTIFIER ((ARGUMENT_TYPE_IDENTIFIER)* '=' (variant_type | typle_type))?
                 (('{' function_definietion '}')|';')
                 ;

function_definition: (definietion_info)? (ANNOTATION_INFO)* (constraint ';')*
                     (('%' | 'let') | ('$' | 'var'))? SIMPLE_NAME_IDENTIFIER
                     ((ANNOTATION_IDENTIFIER)? ARGUMENT_NAME_IDENTIFIER)*
                     (':' ((ANNOTATION_IDENTIFIER)? ('->' | 'in') | ('<-' | 'out') | ('<>' | 'ref'))? type)+)?
                     (('=' ((super_expression ';') | block)) | ';')
                     ;

typeclass_definition: (DEFINITION_INFO)? (ANNOTATION_INFO)*
                      TYPECLASS_IDENTIFIER (seq(':', (TYPECLASS_IDENTIFIER)*))?
                      (('{' (function_definition)* '}') | ';')
                      ;

case: (':=' | '=:') expression (('??' | 'if') expression)? (('->' | 'do') expression)? ;

match: expression (case)+ ;

condition: choice('??' | 'if') expression choice('->' |'do') expression
           (('!!' | 'elif') expression ('->' | 'do') expression)*
           (('!!->' | 'else') _expression)?
           ;

loop: ('@' | 'for') (expression | (expression ':' expression))?,
      ('->' | 'do') expression
      ;

comma_expression: /* prec left ?? */ super_expression  ','  super_expression ;

operator_expression:  /* prec left ?? */
                   | /* prec 4 */ expression OPERATOR expression
                   | /* prec 3 */ expression OPERATOR_TAIL1 expression
                   | /* prec 2 */ expression OPERATOR_TAIL2 expression
                   | /* prec 1 */ expression OPERATOR_TAIL3 expression
                   ;

block: '{' (super_expression ';')* '}' ;

array: '[[' (scoped_expression)+ ']]' ;

name_definition: (('%' | 'let') | ('$' | 'var')) (SIMPLE_NAME_IDENTIFIER | PLACEHOLDER) ;

access: scoped_expression '[' super_expression ']' ;

reference:  /* prec -1 ?? */ (('<>' | 'ref') | ('<-' | 'in')) scoped_expression ;

return: ('return' | 'bring') expression ;

loop_control: 'break'
            | 'continue'
            ;

name_expression:
  ((type '.' SIMPLE_NAME_IDENTIFIER)
  | (scoped_expression '.' SIMPLE_NAME_IDENTIFIER)
  | name_identifier
  | ('(' OPERATOR ')'))
  ((ANNOTATION_IDENTIFIER)? scoped_expression)*
  ;


constructor: type (ANNOTATION_IDENTIFIER)? scoped_expression)+ ;

lambda: '\\' ((ANNOTATION_IDENTIFIER)? ARGUMENT_NAME_IDENTIFIER)+ '->' expression ;

super_expression: match
                | condition
                | loop
                | comma_expression
                | expression
                ;


expression: name_expression
          | operator_expression
          | return
          | lambda
          | constructor
          | block
          | not_name_scoped_expression
          ;

scoped_expression: name_identifier
                  | not_name_scoped_expression
                  ;

not_name_scoped_expression: PLACEHOLDER
                          | name_definition
                          | access
                          | loop_control
                          | array
                          | literal
                          | '(' super_expression ')'
                          | reference
                          ;

variant_type: ('|')? tuple_type ('|' tuple_type)+ ;

tuple_type: ('&')? annotated_type ('&' _annotated_type)* ;

annotated_type: (ANNOTATION_IDENTIFIER)? type ;

type: ('^')? type_identifier ('?')? ('[' (type)+ ']')? ;

name_identifier: (ARGUMENT_NAME_IDENTIFIER | SIMPLE_NAME_IDENTIFIER) ;
type_identifier: (ARGUMENT_TYPE_IDENTIFIER | SIMPLE_TYPE_IDENTIFIER) ;

literal: FLOAT_NUMBER_LITERAL
       | NUMBER_LITERAL
       | STRING_LITERAL
       | CHAR_LITERAL
       | BOOL_LITERAL
       | UNIT_LITERAL
       | NULL_LITERAL

DEFINITION_INFO : : ': ' ([^\n]*)+ ;
ANNOTATION_INFO : ANNOTATION_IDENTIFIER [^\n]* ;

LINE_COMMENT : '//' [^\n]* -> skip ;
BLOCK_COMMENT : '\*' ([^*] |('\*' [^/]))* '*/' -> skip ;

PLACEHOLDER : '_' ;

SIMPLE_NAME_IDENTIFIER : ([a-z_][a-z0-9_]* '.')* [a-z_][a-z0-9_]* ;

SIMPLE_TYPE_IDENTIFIER : ([a-z_][a-z0-9_]* '.')* [A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]* ;
TYPECLASS_IDENTIFIER : ([a-z_][a-z0-9_]* '.' )* '#' [A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]* ;
ARGUMENT_NAME_IDENTIFIER : '\'' [a-z_][a-z0-9_]* ;
ARGUMENT_TYPE_IDENTIFIER : '\'' [A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]* ;
ANNOTATION_IDENTIFIER : '@' [a-z_][a-z0-9_]* ;

OPERATOR : ([+\-*/%^!?|&,<>=]+)|\.+ ;
OPERATOR_TAIL1 : [+\-*/%^!?|&,<>=]+\. ;
OPERATOR_TAIL2 : [+\-*/%^!?|&,<>=]+\.\. ;
OPERATOR_TAIL3 : [+\-*/%^!?|&,<>=]+\.\.\. ;

FLOAT_NUMBER_LITERAL : [0-9]+ '.' [0-9]+ ;
NUMBER_LITERAL : [0-9]+ ;
STRING_LITERAL : \"([^\\\"]|(\\.))*\" ;
CHAR_LITERAL : '\'' '\'' ([^\\\'] | ( '\\' [\u0000-\u00FF])) '\'' '\'' ;
BOOL_LITERAL : 'true' | 'false' ;
UNIT_LITERAL : '()' ;
NULL_LITERAL : 'null' ;

// IDENTIFIER: ([@'#]?[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)|([+\-*/%^!?|&,<>=]+\.?\.?\.?)|\.+