[ritter2a]

I tried to use this to ease the front end work load of students in a compiler project (building a C compiler) for a University course, so that the project could be focused on the more interesting middle and back end parts of the compiler. However, reported bugs in the C grammar that saw no activity at all [1] made this impossible. From this small sample of experiences, I was left with the impression that Tree Sitter is great for things like syntax highlighting, where wrong results are annoying but not dramatic, but not so suitable for tools that need a really correct syntax tree.

--- [1] https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-c/issues/51

[dcreager]

Hi there! You're right that the C grammar in particular is one that could use some love. C is not one of the languages that we're syntax highlighting with tree-sitter yet, nor is it one of the languages that we support Code Navigation for. That means that my team has had to prioritize their work in other places, and no community members have stepped up to take over or help out with maintenance of the C grammar. Not a satisfying answer, I realize, but an honest one.