From 3534e7a3887998d880eab6d8d68d6f10139516db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blendi <blendi@codersquack.nl>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:22:02 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] parser: support break and fix local decl

---
 src/main.c   |  2 +-
 src/parser.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 src/parser.h |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index ff856f5..92fd55f 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 = "while true do end";
+	const char* code = "local a, b";
 	noom_uint_t pos = 0;
 
 	printf("LEX OUTPUT:\n");
diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 43722f3..95e4aef 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -349,18 +349,27 @@ noomP_Node* noomP_parseRawStatement(noomP_Parser* parser) {
 
 				if (token.type == NOOML_TOKEN_SYMBOL) {
 					if (noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, "=", 1)) {
-						noomP_skip(parser, &token);
+						// noomP_skip(parser, &token);
 						break;
 					} else if (noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, ",", 1)) {
 						noomP_skip(parser, &token);
 					} else {
-						return 0; // unexpected token
+						break;
 					}
 				} else {
-					return 0; // unexpected token
+					break;
 				}
 			}
 
+			noomP_peek(parser, &token);
+
+			// local with no equals initializes to nil
+			if (token.type != NOOML_TOKEN_SYMBOL) return localNode;
+			if (!noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, "=", 1)) {
+				return localNode;
+			}
+			noomP_skip(parser, &token);
+
 			// equals has already been eaten by loop (thank you loop)
 
 			while (1) {
@@ -490,7 +499,19 @@ noomP_Node* noomP_parseRawStatement(noomP_Parser* parser) {
 			noomP_skip(parser, &token); // skip `end`
 
 			return node;
-		}
+		} else if (noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, "break", 5)) {
+			noomP_skip(parser, &token); // skip `break`
+
+			// uhh yeah that's it i guess? idk. maybe parsers should figure out what loop?
+			// sounds like a thing for the compiler to bytecode though
+			noomP_Node* node = noomP_allocNode(parser);
+			if (node == 0) return 0;
+			
+			node->type = NOOMP_NODE_BREAK;
+			node->source_offset = token.offset;
+
+			return node;
+		} else if (noom_streql(parser->code + token.offset, token.length, "break", 5)) {}
 	}
 
 	while (1) {
diff --git a/src/parser.h b/src/parser.h
index 2b34981..2b87ad9 100644
--- a/src/parser.h
+++ b/src/parser.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ typedef enum noomP_NodeType {
 	NOOMP_NODE_IFSTATEMENT,
 	NOOMP_NODE_WHILELOOP,
 	NOOMP_NODE_BLOCK,
+
+	NOOMP_NODE_BREAK,
 	
 	NOOMP_NODE_VARIABLE,
 	NOOMP_NODE_NUMBERLITERAL,