swift-syntax

# Swift Syntax

The swift-syntax package is a set of libraries that work on a source-accurate tree representation of Swift source code, called the SwiftSyntax tree. The SwiftSyntax tree forms the backbone of Swift’s macro system – the macro expansion nodes are represented as SwiftSyntax nodes and a macro generates a SwiftSyntax tree to be inserted into the source file.

## Documentation

You can read SwiftSyntax’s documentation on [swiftpackageindex.com](https://swiftpackageindex.com/swiftlang/swift-syntax/documentation).

A great way to interactively explore the SwiftSyntax tree of a source file is https://swift-ast-explorer.com, developed by [@kishikawakatsumi](https://github.com/kishikawakatsumi).

A set of example usages of swift-syntax can be found in [Examples](Examples).

## Releases

Releases of SwiftSyntax are aligned with corresponding language and tooling releases, for example the major version 509 of swift-syntax is aligned with Swift 5.9. 
 
To depend on swift-syntax in a SwiftPM package, add the following to your `Package.swift`.


```swift
dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-syntax.git", from: "<#latest swift-syntax tag#>"),
],
```
 
To add swift-syntax as a dependency of your Xcode project, go to the *Package Dependencies* tab of your Xcode project, click the plus button and search for https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-syntax.git.

## Reporting Issues

If you should hit any issues while using SwiftSyntax, we appreciate bug reports on [GitHub Issue](https://github.com/swiftlang/swift-syntax/issues).

## Contributing

Start contributing to SwiftSyntax see [this guide](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.

## Bazel

SwiftSyntax provides an experimental [Bazel](https://bazel.build) build configuration, maintained by Keith Smiley. 
To use it, you can pull the source archive from the relevant release tag
into your `MODULE.bazel` file (preferred and recommended) with `bazel_dep`. Bzlmod support was added starting release of `509.0.0` and above. All available versions can be found in the [Bazel Central Registry](https://registry.bazel.build/modules/swift-syntax)

```python3
bazel_dep(name = "swift-syntax", version = "600.0.1")
```

You can also pull source archive with `WORKSPACE` but note that it is preferred to use `MODULE.bazel`. To use `WORKSPACE` and swift-syntax, you can use `http_archive` as such

```python3
http_archive(
    name = "SwiftSyntax",
    sha256 = "f070fd44db9b33f430fd5b5d2700f1e2001c0028711859600e80cc975074fab0",
    strip_prefix = "swift-syntax-509.1.0",
    url = "https://github.com/apple/swift-syntax/archive/refs/tags/509.1.0.tar.gz",
)
```

and depend on the libraries you need from the
[`BUILD.bazel`](BUILD.bazel) file. Each library also has an associated
`Library_opt` target (such as `SwiftSyntax_opt`) which forces
SwiftSyntax to always build with optimizations enabled. This may help
local runtime performance at the cost of debuggability, and initial
build time. Please tag any [