1 files changed, 85 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/extensions/string.lua b/src/extensions/string.lua
index 247d31a..5cbb4ec 100644
--- a/src/extensions/string.lua
+++ b/src/extensions/string.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+function string:starts_with(s)
+	return self:sub(1, #s) == s
+end
+
 function string:flag_name()
 	if self:sub(1, 2) ~= "--" then
 		return nil
@@ -16,11 +20,91 @@ function string:split(sep)
 	return splits
 end
 
+-- NOTE: This function is for certain not complete and not very efficient
+--       but for now it works good enough to proceed with development.
+--       We might need to rewrite this function in the future if it is a bottleneck.
+function string:split_into_template_blocks()
+	local splits = { { kind = 'text', content = '' } }
+	local stack = {}
+	local current = self
+
+	local matching = {
+		["{"] = "}",
+		["["] = "]",
+		["("] = ")",
+	}
+
+	while #current > 0 do
+		local add = true
+		if #stack == 0 and current:starts_with("@{") then
+			current = current:sub(2, #current)
+			stack[#stack + 1] = "}"
+			splits[#splits + 1] = { kind = 'code', content = '' }
+			add = false
+		elseif #stack > 0 and (
+			current:starts_with('"') or
+			current:starts_with("'") or
+			current:starts_with('[[')
+		) then
+			local string_end = current:starts_with('"') and '"' or (current:starts_with("'") and "'" or ']]')
+			splits[#splits].content = splits[#splits].content .. current:sub(1, 1)
+			current = current:sub(2)
+
+			while #current > 0 do
+				if current:starts_with('\\') then
+					splits[#splits].content = splits[#splits].content .. current:sub(1, 1)
+					current = current:sub(2)
+				elseif current:starts_with(string_end) then
+					break
+				end
+				splits[#splits].content = splits[#splits].content .. current:sub(1, 1)
+				current = current:sub(2)
+			end
+
+		elseif #stack > 0 and current:starts_with("--") then
+			local comment_end = current:starts_with('--[[') and ']]' or '\n'
+			splits[#splits].content = splits[#splits].content .. current:sub(1, (current:find(comment_end) + #comment_end) or #current + 1)
+			current = current:sub((current:find(comment_end) + #comment_end) or #current + 1)
+			add = false
+		elseif #stack > 0 then
+			local start = current:sub(1, 1)
+			local closing = matching[start]
+			
+			if start == stack[#stack] then
+				stack[#stack] = nil
+
+				if #stack == 0 then
+					current = current:sub(2, #current)
+					splits[#splits + 1] = { kind = 'text', content = '' }
+				end
+			elseif closing then
+				stack[#stack + 1] = closing
+			end
+		end
+
+		if add then
+			splits[#splits].content = splits[#splits].content .. current:sub(1, 1)
+		end
+		current = current:sub(2)
+	end
+
+	return splits
+end
+
 return {
 	tests = {
 		function()
 			local path = 'some/path/here'
-			assert.equals({ 'some', 'path', 'here' }, path.split("/"))
+			assert.equals({ 'some', 'path', 'here' }, path:split("/"))
 		end,
+		function()
+			local f = Path:new("example/test.py"):open("r")
+			local raw = f:read("*all")
+			f:close()
+
+			for _, value in ipairs(raw:split_into_template_blocks()) do
+				print(require('inspect')(value))
+			end
+		end
 	}
 }