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> If I start parsing from an arbitrary offset in the code, ... Why would you ever do that? What's the point? There are many other examples, but in C and C++,

> If I start parsing from an arbitrary offset in the code, ... Why would you ever do that? What's the point? There are many other examples, but in C and C++, if you don't start parsing at the beginning, you're definitely going to get many things wrong. What if you start parsing in the middle of an identifier? How can you possibly expect to get something useful from that?

HexDecOctBin 2y ago
> Why would you ever do that? What's the point? Syntax highlighting code visible on the screen
- ansible 2y ago
  > Syntax highlighting code visible on the screen That... does not work in most programming languages. Especially so for showing indent levels correctly. Generally speaking, the language server (or whatever) is parsing the entire file.
cocok 2y ago
> Why would you ever do that? What's the point? Performance, mostly. If you have to re-parse part of the code many times a second, in a text editor. For [pseudo]structural editing or syntax highlighting, for example.
- pas 2y ago
  Cache the position of quotes/apostrophes, etc. Optimizing for your edge case would require everyone writing and reading code to conform to this extra thing, which seems completely unnecessary. Machines are pretty fast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ZI198eFghJk https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=ZI198eFghJk Modernizing Compiler Design for Carbon Toolchain - Chandler Carruth - CppNow 2023