val declaration parsed as postfix expression at start of anonymous lambda

[stumash]

notice the val is not highlighted

Here's what tree-sitter thinks the code is

notice that it thinks that the left-hand side of the assignment_expression is a postfix_expression instead of that the entire assignment_expression is actually just a val_definition.

This issue appears to go away if I simply precede the val_definition with any line of code

However, even though the highlighting is correct, tree-sitter no longer thinks the now-correctly-identified val_definition is even within the lambda_expression at all!

[stoufexis]

i have the same issue, is there any way to just force treesitter to always highlight val the same?

[stumash]

i have the same issue, is there any way to just force treesitter to always highlight val the same?

no, at least not without submitting a PR to this repo and just directly making a change to the parser.

I haven't had time recently to do it, feel free to take a crack at it if you also know about parsers and whatnot

[stoufexis]

no, at last not without submitting a PR to this repo and just directly making a change to the parser.

I dont know much about parsers so i dont think i can contribute any time soon :p

[stoufexis]

This is a non ideal solution but it seems like its fine for now, so ill post it here for anyone interested.

additional_vim_regex_highlighting = {"scala"}