From 7d1944ab9d2307f2736afe8520436872db1c7617 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zuhaitz Méndez Fernández de Aránguiz <zuhaitz@debian>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:12:12 +0000
Subject: 'let' it be

---
 src/parser/parser_core.c |  6 +++---
 src/parser/parser_stmt.c | 16 ++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/parser')

diff --git a/src/parser/parser_core.c b/src/parser/parser_core.c
index 7468bfb..746fc38 100644
--- a/src/parser/parser_core.c
+++ b/src/parser/parser_core.c
@@ -341,14 +341,14 @@ ASTNode *parse_program_nodes(ParserContext *ctx, Lexer *l)
             {
                 s = parse_var_decl(ctx, l);
             }
-            else if (t.len == 3 && strncmp(t.start, "def", 3) == 0)
+            else if (t.len == 3 && strncmp(t.start, "let", 3) == 0)
             {
-                s = parse_def(ctx, l);
+                s = parse_var_decl(ctx, l);
             }
             else if (t.len == 5 && strncmp(t.start, "const", 5) == 0)
             {
                 zpanic_at(t, "'const' for declarations is deprecated. Use 'def' for constants or "
-                             "'var x: const T' for read-only variables.");
+                             "'let x: const T' for read-only variables.");
             }
             else if (t.len == 6 && strncmp(t.start, "extern", 6) == 0)
             {
diff --git a/src/parser/parser_stmt.c b/src/parser/parser_stmt.c
index 4b09c83..6441161 100644
--- a/src/parser/parser_stmt.c
+++ b/src/parser/parser_stmt.c
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ ASTNode *parse_for(ParserContext *ctx, Lexer *l)
     ASTNode *init = NULL;
     if (lexer_peek(l).type != TOK_SEMICOLON)
     {
-        if (lexer_peek(l).type == TOK_IDENT && strncmp(lexer_peek(l).start, "var", 3) == 0)
+        if (lexer_peek(l).type == TOK_IDENT && strncmp(lexer_peek(l).start, "let", 3) == 0)
         {
             init = parse_var_decl(ctx, l);
         }
@@ -1922,9 +1922,9 @@ ASTNode *parse_statement(ParserContext *ctx, Lexer *l)
     if (tk.type == TOK_AUTOFREE)
     {
         lexer_next(l);
-        if (lexer_peek(l).type != TOK_IDENT || strncmp(lexer_peek(l).start, "var", 3) != 0)
+        if (lexer_peek(l).type != TOK_IDENT || strncmp(lexer_peek(l).start, "let", 3) != 0)
         {
-            zpanic_at(lexer_peek(l), "Expected 'var' after autofree");
+            zpanic_at(lexer_peek(l), "Expected 'let' after autofree");
         }
         s = parse_var_decl(ctx, l);
         s->var_decl.is_autofree = 1;
@@ -2063,28 +2063,28 @@ ASTNode *parse_statement(ParserContext *ctx, Lexer *l)
             return parse_plugin(ctx, l);
         }
 
-        if (strncmp(tk.start, "var", 3) == 0 && tk.len == 3)
+        if (strncmp(tk.start, "let", 3) == 0 && tk.len == 3)
         {
             return parse_var_decl(ctx, l);
         }
 
-        // Static local variable: static var x = 0;
+        // Static local variable: static let x = 0;
         if (strncmp(tk.start, "static", 6) == 0 && tk.len == 6)
         {
             lexer_next(l); // eat 'static'
             Token next = lexer_peek(l);
-            if (strncmp(next.start, "var", 3) == 0 && next.len == 3)
+            if (strncmp(next.start, "let", 3) == 0 && next.len == 3)
             {
                 ASTNode *v = parse_var_decl(ctx, l);
                 v->var_decl.is_static = 1;
                 return v;
             }
-            zpanic_at(next, "Expected 'var' after 'static'");
+            zpanic_at(next, "Expected 'let' after 'static'");
         }
 
         if (strncmp(tk.start, "const", 5) == 0 && tk.len == 5)
         {
-            zpanic_at(tk, "'const' for declarations is deprecated. Use 'def' for constants or 'var "
+            zpanic_at(tk, "'const' for declarations is deprecated. Use 'def' for constants or 'let "
                           "x: const T' for read-only variables.");
         }
         if (strncmp(tk.start, "return", 6) == 0 && tk.len == 6)
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