Re: [SPAM UNSURE] Maybe we're taking a wrong approach towards tree-sitter

[Andrei Kuznetsov]

Ergus <spacibba@aol.com> writes:

> 1) Performance (discussed in the previous thread):

FWIW I have been experimenting with an increcemental GLR parser
generator in Emacs Lisp.  While I have not put in the effort to couple
it with font-lock and such, from anecdotal examination it does not
perform badly with a naive C grammar.  The initial parse does take
several seconds on large files, but afterwards I did not notice a
significant drop in editor responsiveness.

> 2) Not reinvent the wheel.

While tree-sitter may be nice and all, it doesn't seem to offer the
usual extensibility expected from Emacs.