From 1f17da04f677fc95305219d10834f4dc4e590cf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blendi <blendi@codersquack.nl>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:09:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] parser: variable attributes

---
 src/main.c   |  2 +-
 src/parser.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/parser.h |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 2641803..3273b21 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ void print_node(noomP_Node* node, noom_uint_t depth) {
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	// uhh uhhh uhhhhh
-	const char* code = "local a,b; a,b = test(), test2() test3()";
+	const char* code = "local str <const>, test <close> = 5, 5;";
 	noom_uint_t pos = 0;
 
 	printf("LEX OUTPUT:\n");
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 886305c..1e1b1bf 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ const char *noomP_formatNodeType(noomP_NodeType node_type) {
 			return "while loop";
 		case NOOMP_NODE_BLOCK:
 			return "block";
+		case NOOMP_NODE_ATTRIBUTE:
+			return "attribute";
 		case NOOMP_NODE_BREAK:
 			return "break";
 		case NOOMP_NODE_VARIABLE:
@@ -590,6 +592,38 @@ noomP_Node* noomP_parseRawStatement(noomP_Parser* parser) {
 				varname->type = NOOMP_NODE_VARNAME;
 				varname->source_offset = token.offset;
 
+				if (parser->version >= NOOM_VERSION_54) {
+					noomP_peek(parser, &token);
+
+					if (token.type == NOOML_TOKEN_SYMBOL && noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, "<", 1)) {
+						// attribute yay
+						noomP_skip(parser, &token);
+
+						// the attribute is an identifier.
+						noomP_peek(parser, &token);
+						if (token.type != NOOML_TOKEN_IDENTIFIER) return 0; // unexpected
+						noom_uint_t attr = token.offset;
+						noomP_skip(parser, &token);
+
+						if (!noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, "const", 5) && !noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, "close", 5)) {
+							return 0; // not a real attribute smh my head
+						}
+
+						noomP_peek(parser, &token);
+						if (token.type != NOOML_TOKEN_SYMBOL) return 0;
+						if (!noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, ">", 1)) return 0;
+						noomP_skip(parser, &token);
+
+						noomP_Node* attrn = noomP_allocNode(parser);
+						if (attr == 0) return 0;
+
+						attrn->type = NOOMP_NODE_ATTRIBUTE;
+						attrn->source_offset = attr;
+
+						noomP_addSubnode(varname, attrn);
+					}
+				}
+				
 				noomP_addSubnode(localNode, varname);
 
 				noomP_peek(parser, &token);
diff --git a/src/parser.h b/src/parser.h
index b926d05..8955c90 100644
--- a/src/parser.h
+++ b/src/parser.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ typedef enum noomP_NodeType {
 	NOOMP_NODE_WHILELOOP,
 	NOOMP_NODE_BLOCK,
 
+	NOOMP_NODE_ATTRIBUTE,
+
 	NOOMP_NODE_BREAK,
 	
 	NOOMP_NODE_VARIABLE,