From 1346bf399f982760c90eeecdf67336d0f7edd4aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blendi <blendi@codersquack.nl>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:07:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] parser: parenthesized expressions

---
 src/main.c   |  2 +-
 src/parser.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/parser.h |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 2da24cd..11bab50 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 = a().a:temp(2,5)";
+	const char* code = "local a = (5+5)";
 	noom_uint_t pos = 0;
 
 	printf("LEX OUTPUT:\n");
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 54f7950..6b63ff7 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ const char *noomP_formatNodeType(noomP_NodeType node_type) {
 			return "method call";
 		case NOOMP_NODE_FIELDNAME:
 			return "fieldname";
+		case NOOMP_NODE_PARENTHESIZED:
+			return "parenthesized";
 		default:
 			return "unknown";
 	}
@@ -325,6 +327,33 @@ noomP_Node* noomP_parseRawExpression(noomP_Parser* parser) {
 
 			return litNode;
 		}
+	} else if (token.type == NOOML_TOKEN_SYMBOL) {
+		if (noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, "(", 1)) { // parenthesized
+			noomP_skip(parser, &token);
+			noom_uint_t sym_loc = token.offset;
+
+			noomP_Node* expr = noomP_parseExpression(parser);
+			if (expr == 0) return 0;
+
+			// now to close the parentheses
+
+			noomP_peek(parser, &token);
+			if (token.type != NOOML_TOKEN_SYMBOL) return 0; // unexpected
+			if (!noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, ")", 1)) return 0; // unexpected
+			noomP_skip(parser, &token);
+
+			noomP_Node* paren = noomP_allocNode(parser); // it has to be a node cause it limits to one value
+			if (paren == 0) return 0;
+
+			paren->type = NOOMP_NODE_PARENTHESIZED;
+			paren->source_offset = sym_loc;
+
+			noomP_addSubnode(paren, expr);
+
+			// buttt we're not done YET! it could still go :dsg().dsdh():dsh()
+
+			return noomP_parseComplexExpression(parser, paren); // thank you for being a function :heart:
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/parser.h b/src/parser.h
index 0fcd098..7ccf881 100644
--- a/src/parser.h
+++ b/src/parser.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ typedef enum noomP_NodeType {
 
 	NOOMP_NODE_FIELDNAME,
 
+	NOOMP_NODE_PARENTHESIZED,
+
 	NOOMP_NODE_NCOUNT,
 } noomP_NodeType;