From fb216e955f04a803f11953be27e76bd4d2c9e76d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Hill <bruce@bruce-hill.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2025 15:11:26 -0400
Subject: Use colons instead of '=' for tables (e.g. {1: 2})

---
 src/parse/containers.c | 2 +-
 src/parse/types.c      | 5 ++---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/parse')

diff --git a/src/parse/containers.c b/src/parse/containers.c
index 73d30ecd..c6362623 100644
--- a/src/parse/containers.c
+++ b/src/parse/containers.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ ast_t *parse_table(parse_ctx_t *ctx, const char *pos) {
         ast_t *key = optional(ctx, &pos, parse_extended_expr);
         if (!key) break;
         whitespace(ctx, &pos);
-        if (!match(&pos, "=")) return NULL;
+        if (!match(&pos, ":")) return NULL;
         ast_t *value = expect(ctx, pos - 1, &pos, parse_expr, "I couldn't parse the value for this table entry");
         ast_t *entry = NewAST(ctx->file, entry_start, pos, TableEntry, .key = key, .value = value);
         ast_t *suffixed = parse_comprehension_suffix(ctx, entry);
diff --git a/src/parse/types.c b/src/parse/types.c
index ffb7d869..987be7a1 100644
--- a/src/parse/types.c
+++ b/src/parse/types.c
@@ -23,15 +23,14 @@ type_ast_t *parse_table_type(parse_ctx_t *ctx, const char *pos) {
     pos = key_type->end;
     whitespace(ctx, &pos);
     type_ast_t *value_type = NULL;
-    if (match(&pos, "=")) {
+    if (match(&pos, ":")) {
         value_type = expect(ctx, start, &pos, parse_type, "I couldn't parse the rest of this table type");
     } else {
         return NULL;
     }
     spaces(&pos);
     ast_t *default_value = NULL;
-    if (match(&pos, ";") && match_word(&pos, "default")) {
-        expect_str(ctx, pos, &pos, "=", "I expected an '=' here");
+    if (match(&pos, "=")) {
         default_value =
             expect(ctx, start, &pos, parse_extended_expr, "I couldn't parse the default value for this table");
     }
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