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+local common <const> = require("cyan.tlcommon")
+local cs <const> = require("cyan.colorstring")
+local fs <const> = require("cyan.fs")
+local log <const> = require("cyan.log")
+local util <const> = require("cyan.util")
+
+local function lint()
+   local has_ltreesitter <const>, ts <const> = pcall(require, "ltreesitter")
+   if not has_ltreesitter then
+      log.warn("lint requires the ltreesitter module, which lua was unable to find\n", ts as string)
+      return
+   end
+
+   local has_teal_parser <const>, teal_parser <const> = pcall(ts.require, "teal")
+   if not has_teal_parser then
+      log.warn("lint requires tree-sitter-teal, which ltreesitter could not find:\n", teal_parser as string)
+      return
+   end
+
+   local record Point -- one based, ts.Point is zero based
+      row: integer
+      column: integer
+   end
+   local function to_one_indexed(p: ts.Point): Point
+      return { row = p.row + 1, column = p.column + 1 }
+   end
+
+   local record Error
+      location: Point
+      what: string
+      helpful_message: string
+   end
+   local errors: {Error}
+
+   local query <const> = teal_parser:query [[
+      ((if_statement condition: (_)
+         [ (return_statement) (break) ] @return
+         .
+         [ (elseif_block) (else_block) ] @else)
+       (#else-after-diverge @else @return))
+
+      (((elseif_block condition: (_)
+         [ (return_statement) (break) ] @return . )
+         .
+         [ (elseif_block) (else_block) ] @else)
+       (#else-after-diverge @else @return))
+
+      ((var_declaration
+         (var_declarators
+            (var (identifier) @name) @declarator)
+         (expressions
+            (function_call
+               called_object: (identifier) @req
+               (_))))
+
+        (#eq? @req "require")
+        (#require-should-be-const @name @declarator))
+
+      ((generic_for_statement
+         variable: (identifier) @underscore
+         iterator: (function_call called_object: (identifier) @ipairs))
+
+       (#eq? @underscore "_")
+       (#eq? @ipairs "ipairs")
+       (#use-ivalues-to-ignore-key @ipairs))
+
+      ((identifier) @id
+       (#match? @id "^[_a-z].*[a-z][A-Z]")
+       (#use-snake-case @id))
+   ]]:with {
+      ["else-after-diverge"] = function(else_: ts.Node, ret_or_break: ts.Node)
+         local start = else_:start_point()
+         local name = ret_or_break:name() == "break" and "break" or "return"
+         table.insert(errors, {
+            location = to_one_indexed(start),
+            what = "else-after-diverge",
+            helpful_message = else_:name() == "elseif_block"
+               and "This elseif is directly after a " .. name .. " and could be simplified to a new if statement"
+               or "This else is directly after a " .. name .. " and could be removed"
+         })
+      end,
+
+      ["require-should-be-const"] = function(name: ts.Node, declarator: ts.Node)
+         local attr = declarator:child_by_field_name("attribute")
+         if not attr or attr:source() ~= "const" then
+            local start = name:start_point()
+            table.insert(errors, {
+               location = to_one_indexed(start),
+               what = "require-should-be-const",
+               helpful_message = "Required modules should be annotated as <const>",
+            })
+         end
+      end,
+
+      ["use-ivalues-to-ignore-key"] = function(ipairs_node: ts.Node)
+         local start = ipairs_node:start_point()
+         table.insert(errors, {
+            location = to_one_indexed(start),
+            what = "use-ivalues-to-ignore-key",
+            helpful_message = "cyan.util.tab provides the ivalues function to discard keys from ipairs",
+         })
+      end,
+
+      ["use-snake-case"] = function(id: ts.Node)
+         local start = id:start_point()
+         table.insert(errors, {
+            location = to_one_indexed(start),
+            what = "use-snake-case",
+            helpful_message = "This codebase uses snake_case for variable names, and PascalCase for types",
+         })
+      end,
+   }
+
+   local total_errors = 0
+   local counts: {string:integer} = {}
+
+   for path in fs.scan_dir(".", {"src/cyan/**/*"}) do
+      errors = {}
+      local real_path <const> = path:to_real_path()
+      local disp_path <const> = cs.highlight(cs.colors.file, real_path)
+      local text <const> = fs.read(real_path)
+      local root <const> = teal_parser:parse_string(text):root()
+      query:exec(root)
+      total_errors = total_errors + #errors
+      if #errors > 0 then
+         log.warn(common.make_error_header(real_path, #errors, "lint"))
+         for err in util.tab.values(errors) do
+            counts[err.what] = 1 + (counts[err.what] or 0)
+            log.warn:cont(
+               disp_path, ":", err.location.row, ":", err.location.column, " [", cs.highlight(cs.colors.emphasis, err.what),
+               "]\n         ┌"
+            )
+
+            for line_number in util.tab.values{ err.location.row - 1, err.location.row, err.location.row + 1 } do
+               if line_number > 0 then
+                  local line <const> = fs.get_line(real_path, line_number)
+                  log.warn:cont(
+                     line_number == err.location.row
+                        and cs.highlight(cs.colors.error, ">>> ")
+                        or cs.highlight({}, "    "),
+                     cs.highlight(cs.colors.number, util.str.pad_left(tostring(line_number), 4)), " │ ", common.syntax_highlight(line)
+                  )
+               end
+            end
+
+            log.warn:cont(
+               "         │\n",
+               "         └ ", cs.highlight(cs.colors.error, err.helpful_message), "\n"
+            )
+         end
+      else
+         log.info("Checked ", cs.highlight(cs.colors.file, real_path))
+      end
+   end
+
+   if total_errors > 0 then
+      log.warn("Found a total of ", cs.highlight(cs.colors.emphasis, total_errors .. " lint" .. (total_errors ~= 1 and "s" or "")))
+      for k, v in pairs(counts) do
+         log.warn:cont("   [", cs.highlight(cs.colors.emphasis, k), "] = ", v)
+      end
+   end
+end
+
+lint()