microsoft / microsoft/tolerant-php-parser

Adopt new Token representation

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Description

As discussed in HowItWorks.md#notes, there are ways that we can significantly reduce memory usage by moving away from objects for Tokens. This issue tracks progress on that work.

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading docs/HowItWorks.md#notes and inspect the parser's current Token representation. Trace where Token objects are created and consumed, then identify the scope of the proposed replacement. Done means the token representation has been migrated while preserving parser behavior and reducing memory usage.

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Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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