tm-grammars 1.22.19 → 1.23.0

package/grammars/ballerina.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "access-modifier": {
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         {
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+          "match": "(?<![_$[:alnum:]])(?:(?<=\\.\\.\\.)|(?<!\\.))(p(?:ublic|rivate))(?![_$[:alnum:]])(?:(?=\\.\\.\\.)|(?!\\.))",
           "name": "storage.modifier.ballerina keyword.other.ballerina"
         }
       ]
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
               "name": "support.type.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "match": "(@)((?:[_$[:alpha:]][_$[:alnum:]]*))\\s*(:?)\\s*((?:[_$[:alpha:]][_$[:alnum:]]*)?)"
+          "match": "(@)([_$[:alpha:]][_$[:alnum:]]*)\\s*(:?)\\s*((?:[_$[:alpha:]][_$[:alnum:]]*)?)"
         }
       ]
     },
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
           "name": "meta.brace.square.ballerina"
         }
       },
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+      "end": "]",
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         "0": {
           "name": "meta.brace.square.ballerina"
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
               "name": "meta.arrow.ballerina storage.type.function.arrow.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "end": ",|(?=\\})",
+          "end": ",|(?=})",
           "patterns": [
             {
               "include": "#code"
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
               "name": "keyword.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "end": "\\}",
+          "end": "}",
           "endCaptures": {
             "0": {
               "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina.documentation"
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
               "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina.documentation"
             }
           },
-          "end": "(?=\\})",
+          "end": "(?=})",
           "endCaptures": {
             "0": {
               "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina.documentation"
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     "call": {
       "patterns": [
         {
-          "match": "(?:\\')?([_$[:alpha:]][_$[:alnum:]]*)\\s*(?=\\()",
+          "match": "'?([_$[:alpha:]][_$[:alnum:]]*)\\s*(?=\\()",
           "name": "entity.name.function.ballerina"
         }
       ]
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
               "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "end": "(?=\\})",
+          "end": "(?=})",
           "endCaptures": {
             "0": {
               "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina"
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
           "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina"
         }
       },
-      "end": "\\}",
+      "end": "}",
       "endCaptures": {
         "0": {
           "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina"
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
         },
         {
           "begin": "(?<=:)\\s*",
-          "end": "(?=\\s|[;),}\\]:\\-\\+]|;|^\\s*$|(?:^\\s*(?:abstract|async|class|const|declare|enum|export|function|import|interface|let|module|namespace|return|service|type|var)\\b))"
+          "end": "(?=[\\s;),}\\]:\\-+]|^\\s*$|^\\s*(?:abstract|async|class|const|declare|enum|export|function|import|interface|let|module|namespace|return|service|type|var)\\b)"
         },
         {
           "include": "#decl-block"
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
           "name": "storage.type.class.ballerina keyword.other.ballerina"
         }
       },
-      "end": "(?<=\\})",
+      "end": "(?<=})",
       "name": "meta.class.ballerina",
       "patterns": [
         {
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
     "comment": {
       "patterns": [
         {
-          "match": "\\/\\/.*",
+          "match": "//.*",
           "name": "comment.ballerina"
         }
       ]
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
               "name": "keyword.control.flow.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "end": "(?=[;}]|$|;|^\\s*$|(?:^\\s*(?:abstract|async|class|const|declare|enum|export|function|import|interface|let|module|namespace|return|service|type|var)\\b))",
+          "end": "(?=[;}]|$|;|^\\s*$|^\\s*(?:abstract|async|class|const|declare|enum|export|function|import|interface|let|module|namespace|return|service|type|var)\\b)",
           "patterns": [
             {
               "include": "#expression"
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@
           "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina"
         }
       },
-      "end": "(?=\\} external;)|(\\})",
+      "end": "(?=} external;)|(})",
       "endCaptures": {
         "0": {
           "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina"
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
               "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina.documentation"
             }
           },
-          "end": "(?=\\})",
+          "end": "(?=})",
           "endCaptures": {
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               "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina.documentation"
@@ -523,21 +523,21 @@
                   "name": "keyword.other.ballerina.documentation"
                 }
               },
-              "match": "(P|R|T|F|V)({{)(.*)(}})"
+              "match": "([PRTFV])(\\{\\{)(.*)(}})"
             },
             {
-              "begin": "\\```",
-              "end": "\\```",
+              "begin": "```",
+              "end": "```",
               "name": "comment.block.code.ballerina.documentation"
             },
             {
-              "begin": "\\``",
-              "end": "\\``",
+              "begin": "``",
+              "end": "``",
               "name": "comment.block.code.ballerina.documentation"
             },
             {
-              "begin": "\\`",
-              "end": "\\`",
+              "begin": "`",
+              "end": "`",
               "name": "comment.block.code.ballerina.documentation"
             },
             {
@@ -551,13 +551,13 @@
     "documentationDef": {
       "patterns": [
         {
-          "begin": "\\b(?:documentation|deprecated)\\b",
+          "begin": "\\bd(?:ocumentation|eprecated)\\b",
           "beginCaptures": {
             "0": {
               "name": "keyword.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "end": "\\}",
+          "end": "}",
           "endCaptures": {
             "0": {
               "name": "delimiter.curly"
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
           "name": "entity.name.type.enum.ballerina"
         }
       },
-      "end": "(?<=\\})",
+      "end": "(?<=})",
       "name": "meta.enum.declaration.ballerina",
       "patterns": [
         {
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@
               "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina"
             }
           },
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+          "end": "}",
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@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@
                   "name": "variable.other.enummember.ballerina"
                 }
               },
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+              "end": "(?=[,}]|$)",
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                   "include": "#comment"
@@ -634,8 +634,8 @@
               ]
             },
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-              "end": "(?=,|\\}|$)",
+              "begin": "(?=(('([^'\\\\]|\\\\.)*')|(\"([^\"\\\\]|\\\\.)*\")|(`([^`\\\\]|\\\\.)*`)|(\\[([^\\[\\]]|\\[[^\\[\\]]*])+])))",
+              "end": "(?=[,}]|$)",
               "patterns": [
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                   "include": "#string"
@@ -695,11 +695,11 @@
     "expression-operators": {
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         {
-          "match": "\\*=|(?<!\\()/=|%=|\\+=|\\-=",
+          "match": "\\*=|(?<!\\()/=|%=|\\+=|-=",
           "name": "keyword.operator.assignment.compound.ballerina"
         },
         {
-          "match": "\\&=|\\^=|<<=|>>=|>>>=|\\|=",
+          "match": "&=|\\^=|<<=|>>=|>>>=|\\|=",
           "name": "keyword.operator.assignment.compound.bitwise.ballerina"
         },
         {
@@ -707,11 +707,11 @@
           "name": "keyword.operator.bitwise.shift.ballerina"
         },
         {
-          "match": "===|!==|==|!=",
+          "match": "(?:==|!=)(?:=|)",
           "name": "keyword.operator.comparison.ballerina"
         },
         {
-          "match": "<=|>=|<>|<|>",
+          "match": "<=|>=|<>|[<>]",
           "name": "keyword.operator.relational.ballerina"
         },
         {
@@ -726,18 +726,18 @@
               "name": "keyword.operator.arithmetic.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "match": "(?<=[_$[:alnum:]])(\\!)\\s*(?:(/=)|(?:(/)(?![/*])))"
+          "match": "(?<=[_$[:alnum:]])(!)\\s*(?:(/=)|(/)(?![/*]))"
         },
         {
-          "match": "\\!|&&|\\|\\||\\?\\?",
+          "match": "!|&&|\\|\\||\\?\\?",
           "name": "keyword.operator.logical.ballerina"
         },
         {
-          "match": "\\&|~|\\^|\\|",
+          "match": "[\\&~\\^|]",
           "name": "keyword.operator.bitwise.ballerina"
         },
         {
-          "match": "\\=",
+          "match": "=",
           "name": "keyword.operator.assignment.ballerina"
         },
         {
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@
           "name": "keyword.operator.increment.ballerina"
         },
         {
-          "match": "%|\\*|/|-|\\+",
+          "match": "[%*/\\-+]",
           "name": "keyword.operator.arithmetic.ballerina"
         }
       ]
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@
               "name": "punctuation.definition.block.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "end": "(?=\\})",
+          "end": "(?=})",
           "patterns": [
             {
               "include": "#workerDef"
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@
               "name": "keyword.control.ballerina"
             }
           },
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+          "end": "}",
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@@ -906,13 +906,13 @@
           "include": "#decl-block"
         },
         {
-          "begin": "\\=>",
+          "begin": "=>",
           "beginCaptures": {
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               "name": "meta.arrow.ballerina storage.type.function.arrow.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "end": "(?=\\;)|(?=\\,)|(?=)(?=\\);)",
+          "end": "(?=;)|(?=,)|(?=)(?=\\);)",
           "name": "meta.block.ballerina",
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             {
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@
       ]
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+      "begin": "(?:(p(?:ublic|rivate))\\s+)?(function\\b)",
       "beginCaptures": {
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@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@
           "name": "keyword.other.ballerina"
         }
       },
-      "end": "(?<=\\;)|(?<=\\})|(?<=\\,)|(?=)(?=\\);)",
+      "end": "(?<=;)|(?<=})|(?<=,)|(?=)(?=\\);)",
       "name": "meta.function.ballerina",
       "patterns": [
         {
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@
           "include": "#regex"
         },
         {
-          "match": "\\,",
+          "match": ",",
           "name": "punctuation.separator.parameter.ballerina"
         }
       ]
@@ -1051,13 +1051,13 @@
       ]
     },
     "functionParameters": {
-      "begin": "\\(|\\[",
+      "begin": "[(\\[]",
       "beginCaptures": {
         "0": {
           "name": "punctuation.definition.parameters.begin.ballerina"
         }
       },
-      "end": "\\)|\\]",
+      "end": "[)\\]]",
       "endCaptures": {
         "0": {
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@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@
           "name": "keyword.other.ballerina"
         }
       },
-      "end": "(?==>)|(\\=)|(?=\\{)|(\\))|(?=\\;)",
+      "end": "(?==>)|(=)|(?=\\{)|(\\))|(?=;)",
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           "name": "keyword.operator.ballerina"
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@
               "name": "support.type.primitive.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "match": "\\s*\\b(var)(?=\\s+|\\[|\\?)"
+          "match": "\\s*\\b(var)(?=\\s+|[\\[?])"
         },
         {
           "match": "\\|",
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@
               "name": "keyword.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "end": "(?=\\,)|(?=\\|)|(?=\\:)|(?==>)|(?=\\))|(?=\\])",
+          "end": "(?=,)|(?=\\|)|(?=:)|(?==>)|(?=\\))|(?=])",
           "patterns": [
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               "include": "#comment"
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@
               "name": "keyword"
             }
           },
-          "end": "(?=\\,)|(?:\\|)|(?=\\])|(?=\\))",
+          "end": "(?=,)|\\||(?=])|(?=\\))",
           "patterns": [
             {
               "include": "#functionTypeReturnsParameter"
@@ -1230,13 +1230,13 @@
     "functionTypeReturnsParameter": {
       "patterns": [
         {
-          "begin": "((?=record|object|function)|(?:[_$[:alpha:]][_$[:alnum:]]*))",
+          "begin": "((?=record|object|function)|[_$[:alpha:]][_$[:alnum:]]*)",
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             "0": {
               "name": "storage.type.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "end": "(?=\\,)|(?:\\|)|(?:\\:)|(?==>)|(?=\\))|(?=\\])",
+          "end": "(?=,)|[|:]|(?==>)|(?=\\))|(?=])",
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@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@
               "name": "storage.type.ballerina"
             }
           },
-          "end": "(?=\\,)|(?:\\|)|(?=\\])|(?=\\))"
+          "end": "(?=,)|\\||(?=])|(?=\\))"
         }
       ]
     },
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@
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@@ -1907,7 +1907,7 @@
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             }
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+          "match": "[_$[:alpha:]][_$[:alnum:]]*\\s*(?=(/\\*([^*]|(\\*[^/]))*\\*/\\s*)*:)",
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@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@
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             }
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@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@
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             }
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+          "match": "([_$[:alpha:]][_$[:alnum:]]*)\\s*(?=[,}]|$|//|/\\*)",
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@@ -1953,12 +1953,12 @@
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+          "end": "(?=[,}]|$|//|/\\*)",
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@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@
               "name": "keyword.other.ballerina"
             }
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@@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@
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             }
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+          "end": "(?=})",
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@@ -2072,13 +2072,13 @@
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+          "end": "[,|:]|(?==>)|(?=\\))|(?=])",
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@@ -2152,7 +2152,7 @@
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@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@
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+          "end": "(?=,)|(?=\\|)|(?=:)|(?==>)|(?=\\))",
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@@ -2184,8 +2184,8 @@
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+          "begin": "]",
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@@ -2207,20 +2207,20 @@
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             }
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+          "begin": "&",
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+          "end": "(?=,)|(?=\\|)|(?=\\))",
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@@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@
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+          "match": ",",
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@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@
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-          "end": "\\]",
+          "end": "]",
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@@ -2328,7 +2328,7 @@
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             }
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+          "match": "(?:(\\.)|(\\?\\.(?!\\s*\\d)))"
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@@ -2355,7 +2355,7 @@
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@@ -2520,7 +2520,7 @@
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@@ -2600,7 +2600,7 @@
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@@ -2642,7 +2642,7 @@
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@@ -2656,7 +2656,7 @@
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             }
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@@ -2677,7 +2677,7 @@
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             }
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-          "end": "(?=\\,)|(?=\\;)"
+          "end": "(?=,)|(?=;)"
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@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@
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             }
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+          "match": "\\\\(x\\h{2}|u\\h{4}|u\\{\\h+}|[0-2][0-7]{0,2}|3[0-6][0-7]?|37[0-7]?|[4-7][0-7]?|.|$)",
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@@ -2792,13 +2792,13 @@
     "strings": {
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-          "begin": "\\\"",
+          "begin": "\"",
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             }
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-          "end": "\\\"",
+          "end": "\"",
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@@ -2827,7 +2827,7 @@
             }
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-          "end": "\\}",
+          "end": "}",
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@@ -2845,7 +2845,7 @@
     "templateVariable": {
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         {
-          "begin": "\\${",
+          "begin": "\\$\\{",
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@@ -2866,7 +2866,7 @@
       ]
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+      "begin": "(?!\\?\\.\\s*\\D)(\\?)(?!\\?)",
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@@ -2888,7 +2888,7 @@
       "patterns": [
         {
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-          "end": "(?=\\]|;)",
+          "end": "(?=[\\];])",
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@@ -2929,13 +2929,13 @@
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         {
-          "begin": "(\\:)",
+          "begin": "(:)",
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