Source Code Analysis

Problem

Counting constructs, measuring nesting, and extracting structure from text with regex breaks on nesting and comments.

Why tree-sitter.zig helps

The tree already encodes nesting; a cursor walk with depth tracking yields exact metrics.

API

TreeCursor (depth, nodeType), Node.descendantCount.

Architecture

Parse → cursor walk → classify by type → aggregate metrics

Example

Count binary operations and max nesting depth in one pass over a + b * (c - d).

Next steps

• Static Analysis, Tree Cursors