Structural Search

Problem

Text search cannot express "an addition inside a multiplication" or "all calls with three arguments".

Why tree-sitter.zig helps

Patterns describe nesting directly: (term (_) @a "*" @op (_) @b) finds multiplications regardless of formatting.

API

Query with nested patterns, fields, and quantifiers; QueryCursor with match limits.

Architecture

Pattern → compile once → execute per file → ranked matches

Next steps

• Queries, Source Indexing