From 1aa4c042401afd1f7027364cbb9f82821ea9a90e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: multipleof4 <planetrenox@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:14:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Resolve ambiguity in statement rule with GATE

---
 src/parser.js | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/parser.js b/src/parser.js
index 33a4b62..4200d14 100644
--- a/src/parser.js
+++ b/src/parser.js
@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ class HiParser extends CstParser {
         $.RULE('statement', () => {
             $.OR([
                 { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.declaration) },
-                { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.assignment) },
+                // Gated lookahead to resolve ambiguity. An assignment must be
+                // an `assignable` expression followed by an `Eq` token.
+                {
+                    GATE: () => this.BACKTRACK($.assignable) && this.LA(1).tokenType === T.Eq,
+                    ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.assignment)
+                },
                 { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.returnStatement) },
                 { ALT: () => $.SUBRULE($.expressionStatement) },
             ]);
@@ -223,4 +228,3 @@ class HiParser extends CstParser {
 }
 
 export const parser = new HiParser();
-