From 1801afdbd0058cc9cc040b977de0d5652d65aab9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tolmachev Igor <me@igorek.dev>
Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 12:47:18 +0300
Subject: Remove Quote from parser

Dropped to make the language simpler.
---
 compiler/src/lex/lexer.rs |  6 +----
 compiler/src/lex/tests.rs | 63 -----------------------------------------------
 compiler/src/lex/token.rs |  1 -
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 69 deletions(-)

(limited to 'compiler/src/lex')

diff --git a/compiler/src/lex/lexer.rs b/compiler/src/lex/lexer.rs
index 801d382..6efbca0 100644
--- a/compiler/src/lex/lexer.rs
+++ b/compiler/src/lex/lexer.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 fn is_terminator(ch: char) -> bool {
-    ch.is_whitespace() || matches!(ch, '(' | ')' | '\'' | '"' | ';')
+    ch.is_whitespace() || matches!(ch, '(' | ')' | '"' | ';')
 }
 
 pub struct Lexer<'a> {
@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ impl<'a> Iterator for Lexer<'a> {
                 self.consume();
                 Token::RightPar
             }
-            '\'' => {
-                self.consume();
-                Token::Quote
-            }
 
             // Number
             ch if ch.is_ascii_digit()
diff --git a/compiler/src/lex/tests.rs b/compiler/src/lex/tests.rs
index 2d872a2..d0ed658 100644
--- a/compiler/src/lex/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/src/lex/tests.rs
@@ -37,24 +37,6 @@ fn test_parens() {
     }
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn test_quote() {
-    let cases = vec![
-        ("'", vec![Quote]),
-        ("'a", vec![Quote, Symbol("a")]),
-        ("''a", vec![Quote, Quote, Symbol("a")]),
-        ("'()", vec![Quote, LeftPar, RightPar]),
-        (
-            "'(1 2)",
-            vec![Quote, LeftPar, Number("1"), Number("2"), RightPar],
-        ),
-        ("(' )", vec![LeftPar, Quote, RightPar]),
-    ];
-    for (code, tokens) in cases {
-        assert_eq!(tokenize(code), tokens);
-    }
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn test_numbers() {
     let cases = vec![
@@ -83,7 +65,6 @@ fn test_strings() {
         (r#""hello""#, vec![String("hello")]),
         (r#""hello world""#, vec![String("hello world")]),
         (r#""(not a list)""#, vec![String("(not a list)")]),
-        (r#""'not a quote""#, vec![String("'not a quote")]),
         (r#""; not a comment""#, vec![String("; not a comment")]),
         (r#""  spaces  ""#, vec![String("  spaces  ")]),
     ];
@@ -96,7 +77,6 @@ fn test_strings() {
 fn test_string_escapes() {
     let cases = vec![
         (r#""line\nbreak""#, vec![String(r"line\nbreak")]),
-        (r#""with \"quotes\"""#, vec![String(r#"with \"quotes\""#)]),
         (r#""\\""#, vec![String(r"\\")]),
         ("\"single\\\nline\"", vec![String("single\\\nline")]),
     ];
@@ -169,7 +149,6 @@ fn test_no_separators() {
         ("(foo)", vec![LeftPar, Symbol("foo"), RightPar]),
         ("(1)", vec![LeftPar, Number("1"), RightPar]),
         ("(a)b", vec![LeftPar, Symbol("a"), RightPar, Symbol("b")]),
-        ("'(a)", vec![Quote, LeftPar, Symbol("a"), RightPar]),
         (r#"("s")"#, vec![LeftPar, String("s"), RightPar]),
     ];
     for (code, tokens) in cases {
@@ -211,23 +190,6 @@ fn test_expressions() {
             "(+ 1 2)",
             vec![LeftPar, Symbol("+"), Number("1"), Number("2"), RightPar],
         ),
-        (
-            "(if (= x 0) 'zero 'nonzero)",
-            vec![
-                LeftPar,
-                Symbol("if"),
-                LeftPar,
-                Symbol("="),
-                Symbol("x"),
-                Number("0"),
-                RightPar,
-                Quote,
-                Symbol("zero"),
-                Quote,
-                Symbol("nonzero"),
-                RightPar,
-            ],
-        ),
         (
             r#"(print "hello, world")"#,
             vec![LeftPar, Symbol("print"), String("hello, world"), RightPar],
@@ -248,17 +210,6 @@ fn test_expressions() {
                 RightPar,
             ],
         ),
-        (
-            "'(1 2 3)",
-            vec![
-                Quote,
-                LeftPar,
-                Number("1"),
-                Number("2"),
-                Number("3"),
-                RightPar,
-            ],
-        ),
     ];
     for (code, tokens) in cases {
         assert_eq!(tokenize(code), tokens);
@@ -367,17 +318,3 @@ fn test_span_after_comment() {
     let s = spans("; cm\nfoo");
     assert_eq!(s, vec![(Pos::new(2, 0, 5), Pos::new(2, 3, 8))]);
 }
-
-#[test]
-fn test_span_after_quote() {
-    // 'hello
-    // 0123456
-    let s = spans("'hello");
-    assert_eq!(
-        s,
-        vec![
-            (Pos::new(1, 0, 0), Pos::new(1, 1, 1)),
-            (Pos::new(1, 1, 1), Pos::new(1, 6, 6))
-        ]
-    );
-}
diff --git a/compiler/src/lex/token.rs b/compiler/src/lex/token.rs
index 2d07885..910c8ff 100644
--- a/compiler/src/lex/token.rs
+++ b/compiler/src/lex/token.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 pub enum Token<'a> {
     LeftPar,
     RightPar,
-    Quote,
     Number(&'a str),
     String(&'a str),
     UnclosedString(&'a str),
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