tree-sitter / tree-sitter/tree-sitter-cpp
No distinction between a function declaration and a variable declaration
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Description
The tree-sitter parser makes no distinction between a function declaration and this constructor call.
It even thinks that x or n in my example are types. So this is probably a tree-sitter-cpp issue.
Originally posted by @theHamsta in https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter/issues/1625#issuecomment-886098101
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Research direction
Start in the tree-sitter-cpp grammar and reconstruct the declaration and constructor-call example shown in the linked image. Compare the resulting parse trees, especially the treatment of x and n as types; done means function declarations and variable declarations are distinguished correctly without misclassifying those names.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100