Merge pull request #12152 from bruchar1/ast-preserve-all

Preserve whitespaces and comments in AST

18 files changed, 920 insertions, 272 deletions

diff --git a/docs/markdown/Syntax.md b/docs/markdown/Syntax.md
index b69ad00..59ec5f7 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Syntax.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Syntax.md
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Strings in Meson are declared with single quotes. To enter a literal
 single quote do it like this:
 
 ```meson
-single quote = 'contains a \' character'
+single_quote = 'contains a \' character'
 ```
 
 The full list of escape sequences is:
diff --git a/mesonbuild/ast/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/ast/interpreter.py
index 9e098d0..c51af09 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/ast/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/ast/interpreter.py
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ class AstInterpreter(InterpreterBase):
 
     def evaluate_dictstatement(self, node: mparser.DictNode) -> TYPE_nkwargs:
         def resolve_key(node: mparser.BaseNode) -> str:
-            if isinstance(node, mparser.StringNode):
+            if isinstance(node, mparser.BaseStringNode):
                 return node.value
             return '__AST_UNKNOWN__'
         arguments, kwargs = self.reduce_arguments(node.args, key_resolver=resolve_key)
@@ -254,10 +254,10 @@ class AstInterpreter(InterpreterBase):
     def evaluate_plusassign(self, node: PlusAssignmentNode) -> None:
         assert isinstance(node, PlusAssignmentNode)
         # Cheat by doing a reassignment
-        self.assignments[node.var_name] = node.value  # Save a reference to the value node
+        self.assignments[node.var_name.value] = node.value  # Save a reference to the value node
         if node.value.ast_id:
             self.reverse_assignment[node.value.ast_id] = node
-        self.assign_vals[node.var_name] = self.evaluate_statement(node.value)
+        self.assign_vals[node.var_name.value] = self.evaluate_statement(node.value)
 
     def evaluate_indexing(self, node: IndexNode) -> int:
         return 0
@@ -312,17 +312,17 @@ class AstInterpreter(InterpreterBase):
         for i in node.ifs:
             self.evaluate_codeblock(i.block)
         if not isinstance(node.elseblock, EmptyNode):
-            self.evaluate_codeblock(node.elseblock)
+            self.evaluate_codeblock(node.elseblock.block)
 
     def get_variable(self, varname: str) -> int:
         return 0
 
     def assignment(self, node: AssignmentNode) -> None:
         assert isinstance(node, AssignmentNode)
-        self.assignments[node.var_name] = node.value # Save a reference to the value node
+        self.assignments[node.var_name.value] = node.value # Save a reference to the value node
         if node.value.ast_id:
             self.reverse_assignment[node.value.ast_id] = node
-        self.assign_vals[node.var_name] = self.evaluate_statement(node.value) # Evaluate the value just in case
+        self.assign_vals[node.var_name.value] = self.evaluate_statement(node.value) # Evaluate the value just in case
 
     def resolve_node(self, node: BaseNode, include_unknown_args: bool = False, id_loop_detect: T.Optional[T.List[str]] = None) -> T.Optional[T.Any]:
         def quick_resolve(n: BaseNode, loop_detect: T.Optional[T.List[str]] = None) -> T.Any:
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ class AstInterpreter(InterpreterBase):
         elif isinstance(node, ArithmeticNode):
             if node.operation != 'add':
                 return None # Only handle string and array concats
-            l = quick_resolve(node.left)
-            r = quick_resolve(node.right)
+            l = self.resolve_node(node.left, include_unknown_args, id_loop_detect)
+            r = self.resolve_node(node.right, include_unknown_args, id_loop_detect)
             if isinstance(l, str) and isinstance(r, str):
                 result = l + r # String concatenation detected
             else:
@@ -382,17 +382,18 @@ class AstInterpreter(InterpreterBase):
             src = quick_resolve(node.source_object)
             margs = self.flatten_args(node.args.arguments, include_unknown_args, id_loop_detect)
             mkwargs: T.Dict[str, TYPE_nvar] = {}
+            method_name = node.name.value
             try:
                 if isinstance(src, str):
-                    result = StringHolder(src, T.cast('Interpreter', self)).method_call(node.name, margs, mkwargs)
+                    result = StringHolder(src, T.cast('Interpreter', self)).method_call(method_name, margs, mkwargs)
                 elif isinstance(src, bool):
-                    result = BooleanHolder(src, T.cast('Interpreter', self)).method_call(node.name, margs, mkwargs)
+                    result = BooleanHolder(src, T.cast('Interpreter', self)).method_call(method_name, margs, mkwargs)
                 elif isinstance(src, int):
-                    result = IntegerHolder(src, T.cast('Interpreter', self)).method_call(node.name, margs, mkwargs)
+                    result = IntegerHolder(src, T.cast('Interpreter', self)).method_call(method_name, margs, mkwargs)
                 elif isinstance(src, list):
-                    result = ArrayHolder(src, T.cast('Interpreter', self)).method_call(node.name, margs, mkwargs)
+                    result = ArrayHolder(src, T.cast('Interpreter', self)).method_call(method_name, margs, mkwargs)
                 elif isinstance(src, dict):
-                    result = DictHolder(src, T.cast('Interpreter', self)).method_call(node.name, margs, mkwargs)
+                    result = DictHolder(src, T.cast('Interpreter', self)).method_call(method_name, margs, mkwargs)
             except mesonlib.MesonException:
                 return None
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/ast/introspection.py b/mesonbuild/ast/introspection.py
index 987e355..1525a2d 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/ast/introspection.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/ast/introspection.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from ..build import Executable, Jar, SharedLibrary, SharedModule, StaticLibrary
 from ..compilers import detect_compiler_for
 from ..interpreterbase import InvalidArguments
 from ..mesonlib import MachineChoice, OptionKey
-from ..mparser import BaseNode, ArithmeticNode, ArrayNode, ElementaryNode, IdNode, FunctionNode, StringNode
+from ..mparser import BaseNode, ArithmeticNode, ArrayNode, ElementaryNode, IdNode, FunctionNode, BaseStringNode
 from .interpreter import AstInterpreter
 
 if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class IntrospectionInterpreter(AstInterpreter):
 
         if not self.is_subproject() and 'subproject_dir' in kwargs:
             spdirname = kwargs['subproject_dir']
-            if isinstance(spdirname, StringNode):
+            if isinstance(spdirname, BaseStringNode):
                 assert isinstance(spdirname.value, str)
                 self.subproject_dir = spdirname.value
         if not self.is_subproject():
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class IntrospectionInterpreter(AstInterpreter):
         for l in self.flatten_args(raw_langs):
             if isinstance(l, str):
                 langs.append(l)
-            elif isinstance(l, StringNode):
+            elif isinstance(l, BaseStringNode):
                 langs.append(l.value)
 
         for lang in sorted(langs, key=compilers.sort_clink):
@@ -261,9 +261,9 @@ class IntrospectionInterpreter(AstInterpreter):
                     continue
                 arg_nodes = arg_node.arguments.copy()
                 # Pop the first element if the function is a build target function
-                if isinstance(curr, FunctionNode) and curr.func_name in BUILD_TARGET_FUNCTIONS:
+                if isinstance(curr, FunctionNode) and curr.func_name.value in BUILD_TARGET_FUNCTIONS:
                     arg_nodes.pop(0)
-                elementary_nodes = [x for x in arg_nodes if isinstance(x, (str, StringNode))]
+                elementary_nodes = [x for x in arg_nodes if isinstance(x, (str, BaseStringNode))]
                 inqueue += [x for x in arg_nodes if isinstance(x, (FunctionNode, ArrayNode, IdNode, ArithmeticNode))]
                 if elementary_nodes:
                     res += [curr]
diff --git a/mesonbuild/ast/printer.py b/mesonbuild/ast/printer.py
index ebf63af..155b5fc 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/ast/printer.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/ast/printer.py
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .. import mparser
 from .visitor import AstVisitor
+
+from itertools import zip_longest
 import re
 import typing as T
 
@@ -84,7 +86,17 @@ class AstPrinter(AstVisitor):
 
     def visit_FormatStringNode(self, node: mparser.FormatStringNode) -> None:
         assert isinstance(node.value, str)
-        self.append("f'" + node.value + "'", node)
+        self.append("f'" + self.escape(node.value) + "'", node)
+        node.lineno = self.curr_line or node.lineno
+
+    def visit_MultilineStringNode(self, node: mparser.StringNode) -> None:
+        assert isinstance(node.value, str)
+        self.append("'''" + node.value + "'''", node)
+        node.lineno = self.curr_line or node.lineno
+
+    def visit_FormatMultilineStringNode(self, node: mparser.FormatStringNode) -> None:
+        assert isinstance(node.value, str)
+        self.append("f'''" + node.value + "'''", node)
         node.lineno = self.curr_line or node.lineno
 
     def visit_ContinueNode(self, node: mparser.ContinueNode) -> None:
@@ -152,30 +164,30 @@ class AstPrinter(AstVisitor):
     def visit_MethodNode(self, node: mparser.MethodNode) -> None:
         node.lineno = self.curr_line or node.lineno
         node.source_object.accept(self)
-        self.append('.' + node.name + '(', node)
+        self.append('.' + node.name.value + '(', node)
         node.args.accept(self)
         self.append(')', node)
 
     def visit_FunctionNode(self, node: mparser.FunctionNode) -> None:
         node.lineno = self.curr_line or node.lineno
-        self.append(node.func_name + '(', node)
+        self.append(node.func_name.value + '(', node)
         node.args.accept(self)
         self.append(')', node)
 
     def visit_AssignmentNode(self, node: mparser.AssignmentNode) -> None:
         node.lineno = self.curr_line or node.lineno
-        self.append(node.var_name + ' = ', node)
+        self.append(node.var_name.value + ' = ', node)
         node.value.accept(self)
 
     def visit_PlusAssignmentNode(self, node: mparser.PlusAssignmentNode) -> None:
         node.lineno = self.curr_line or node.lineno
-        self.append(node.var_name + ' += ', node)
+        self.append(node.var_name.value + ' += ', node)
         node.value.accept(self)
 
     def visit_ForeachClauseNode(self, node: mparser.ForeachClauseNode) -> None:
         node.lineno = self.curr_line or node.lineno
         self.append_padded('foreach', node)
-        self.append_padded(', '.join(node.varnames), node)
+        self.append_padded(', '.join(varname.value for varname in node.varnames), node)
         self.append_padded(':', node)
         node.items.accept(self)
         self.newline()
@@ -238,6 +250,223 @@ class AstPrinter(AstVisitor):
         else:
             self.result = re.sub(r', $', '', self.result)
 
+class RawPrinter(AstVisitor):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.result = ''
+
+    def visit_default_func(self, node: mparser.BaseNode):
+        self.result += node.value
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_unary_operator(self, node: mparser.UnaryOperatorNode):
+        node.operator.accept(self)
+        node.value.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_binary_operator(self, node: mparser.BinaryOperatorNode):
+        node.left.accept(self)
+        node.operator.accept(self)
+        node.right.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_BooleanNode(self, node: mparser.BooleanNode) -> None:
+        self.result += 'true' if node.value else 'false'
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_NumberNode(self, node: mparser.NumberNode) -> None:
+        self.result += node.raw_value
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_StringNode(self, node: mparser.StringNode) -> None:
+        self.result += f"'{node.raw_value}'"
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_MultilineStringNode(self, node: mparser.MultilineStringNode) -> None:
+        self.result += f"'''{node.value}'''"
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_FormatStringNode(self, node: mparser.FormatStringNode) -> None:
+        self.result += 'f'
+        self.visit_StringNode(node)
+
+    def visit_MultilineFormatStringNode(self, node: mparser.MultilineFormatStringNode) -> None:
+        self.result += 'f'
+        self.visit_MultilineStringNode(node)
+
+    def visit_ContinueNode(self, node: mparser.ContinueNode) -> None:
+        self.result += 'continue'
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_BreakNode(self, node: mparser.BreakNode) -> None:
+        self.result += 'break'
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_ArrayNode(self, node: mparser.ArrayNode) -> None:
+        node.lbracket.accept(self)
+        node.args.accept(self)
+        node.rbracket.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_DictNode(self, node: mparser.DictNode) -> None:
+        node.lcurl.accept(self)
+        node.args.accept(self)
+        node.rcurl.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_ParenthesizedNode(self, node: mparser.ParenthesizedNode) -> None:
+        node.lpar.accept(self)
+        node.inner.accept(self)
+        node.rpar.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_OrNode(self, node: mparser.OrNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_binary_operator(node)
+
+    def visit_AndNode(self, node: mparser.AndNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_binary_operator(node)
+
+    def visit_ComparisonNode(self, node: mparser.ComparisonNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_binary_operator(node)
+
+    def visit_ArithmeticNode(self, node: mparser.ArithmeticNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_binary_operator(node)
+
+    def visit_NotNode(self, node: mparser.NotNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_unary_operator(node)
+
+    def visit_CodeBlockNode(self, node: mparser.CodeBlockNode) -> None:
+        if node.pre_whitespaces:
+            node.pre_whitespaces.accept(self)
+        for i in node.lines:
+            i.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_IndexNode(self, node: mparser.IndexNode) -> None:
+        node.iobject.accept(self)
+        node.lbracket.accept(self)
+        node.index.accept(self)
+        node.rbracket.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_MethodNode(self, node: mparser.MethodNode) -> None:
+        node.source_object.accept(self)
+        node.dot.accept(self)
+        node.name.accept(self)
+        node.lpar.accept(self)
+        node.args.accept(self)
+        node.rpar.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_FunctionNode(self, node: mparser.FunctionNode) -> None:
+        node.func_name.accept(self)
+        node.lpar.accept(self)
+        node.args.accept(self)
+        node.rpar.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_AssignmentNode(self, node: mparser.AssignmentNode) -> None:
+        node.var_name.accept(self)
+        node.operator.accept(self)
+        node.value.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_PlusAssignmentNode(self, node: mparser.PlusAssignmentNode) -> None:
+        node.var_name.accept(self)
+        node.operator.accept(self)
+        node.value.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_ForeachClauseNode(self, node: mparser.ForeachClauseNode) -> None:
+        node.foreach_.accept(self)
+        for varname, comma in zip_longest(node.varnames, node.commas):
+            varname.accept(self)
+            if comma is not None:
+                comma.accept(self)
+        node.column.accept(self)
+        node.items.accept(self)
+        node.block.accept(self)
+        node.endforeach.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_IfClauseNode(self, node: mparser.IfClauseNode) -> None:
+        for i in node.ifs:
+            i.accept(self)
+        if not isinstance(node.elseblock, mparser.EmptyNode):
+            node.elseblock.accept(self)
+        node.endif.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_UMinusNode(self, node: mparser.UMinusNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_unary_operator(node)
+
+    def visit_IfNode(self, node: mparser.IfNode) -> None:
+        node.if_.accept(self)
+        node.condition.accept(self)
+        node.block.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_ElseNode(self, node: mparser.ElseNode) -> None:
+        node.else_.accept(self)
+        node.block.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_TernaryNode(self, node: mparser.TernaryNode) -> None:
+        node.condition.accept(self)
+        node.questionmark.accept(self)
+        node.trueblock.accept(self)
+        node.column.accept(self)
+        node.falseblock.accept(self)
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_ArgumentNode(self, node: mparser.ArgumentNode) -> None:
+        commas_iter = iter(node.commas)
+
+        for arg in node.arguments:
+            arg.accept(self)
+            try:
+                comma = next(commas_iter)
+                comma.accept(self)
+            except StopIteration:
+                pass
+
+        assert len(node.columns) == len(node.kwargs)
+        for (key, val), column in zip(node.kwargs.items(), node.columns):
+            key.accept(self)
+            column.accept(self)
+            val.accept(self)
+            try:
+                comma = next(commas_iter)
+                comma.accept(self)
+            except StopIteration:
+                pass
+
+        if node.whitespaces:
+            node.whitespaces.accept(self)
+
 class AstJSONPrinter(AstVisitor):
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         self.result: T.Dict[str, T.Any] = {}
@@ -342,28 +571,28 @@ class AstJSONPrinter(AstVisitor):
     def visit_MethodNode(self, node: mparser.MethodNode) -> None:
         self._accept('object', node.source_object)
         self._accept('args', node.args)
-        self.current['name'] = node.name
+        self.current['name'] = node.name.value
         self.setbase(node)
 
     def visit_FunctionNode(self, node: mparser.FunctionNode) -> None:
         self._accept('args', node.args)
-        self.current['name'] = node.func_name
+        self.current['name'] = node.func_name.value
         self.setbase(node)
 
     def visit_AssignmentNode(self, node: mparser.AssignmentNode) -> None:
         self._accept('value', node.value)
-        self.current['var_name'] = node.var_name
+        self.current['var_name'] = node.var_name.value
         self.setbase(node)
 
     def visit_PlusAssignmentNode(self, node: mparser.PlusAssignmentNode) -> None:
         self._accept('value', node.value)
-        self.current['var_name'] = node.var_name
+        self.current['var_name'] = node.var_name.value
         self.setbase(node)
 
     def visit_ForeachClauseNode(self, node: mparser.ForeachClauseNode) -> None:
         self._accept('items', node.items)
         self._accept('block', node.block)
-        self.current['varnames'] = node.varnames
+        self.current['varnames'] = [varname.value for varname in node.varnames]
         self.setbase(node)
 
     def visit_IfClauseNode(self, node: mparser.IfClauseNode) -> None:
diff --git a/mesonbuild/ast/visitor.py b/mesonbuild/ast/visitor.py
index 8a0e77b..d05d3ff 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/ast/visitor.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/ast/visitor.py
@@ -43,12 +43,24 @@ class AstVisitor:
     def visit_FormatStringNode(self, node: mparser.FormatStringNode) -> None:
         self.visit_default_func(node)
 
+    def visit_MultilineStringNode(self, node: mparser.StringNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_default_func(node)
+
+    def visit_FormatMultilineStringNode(self, node: mparser.FormatStringNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_default_func(node)
+
     def visit_ContinueNode(self, node: mparser.ContinueNode) -> None:
         self.visit_default_func(node)
 
     def visit_BreakNode(self, node: mparser.BreakNode) -> None:
         self.visit_default_func(node)
 
+    def visit_SymbolNode(self, node: mparser.SymbolNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_default_func(node)
+
+    def visit_WhitespaceNode(self, node: mparser.WhitespaceNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_default_func(node)
+
     def visit_ArrayNode(self, node: mparser.ArrayNode) -> None:
         self.visit_default_func(node)
         node.args.accept(self)
@@ -97,22 +109,28 @@ class AstVisitor:
     def visit_MethodNode(self, node: mparser.MethodNode) -> None:
         self.visit_default_func(node)
         node.source_object.accept(self)
+        node.name.accept(self)
         node.args.accept(self)
 
     def visit_FunctionNode(self, node: mparser.FunctionNode) -> None:
         self.visit_default_func(node)
+        node.func_name.accept(self)
         node.args.accept(self)
 
     def visit_AssignmentNode(self, node: mparser.AssignmentNode) -> None:
         self.visit_default_func(node)
+        node.var_name.accept(self)
         node.value.accept(self)
 
     def visit_PlusAssignmentNode(self, node: mparser.PlusAssignmentNode) -> None:
         self.visit_default_func(node)
+        node.var_name.accept(self)
         node.value.accept(self)
 
     def visit_ForeachClauseNode(self, node: mparser.ForeachClauseNode) -> None:
         self.visit_default_func(node)
+        for varname in node.varnames:
+            varname.accept(self)
         node.items.accept(self)
         node.block.accept(self)
 
@@ -131,6 +149,10 @@ class AstVisitor:
         node.condition.accept(self)
         node.block.accept(self)
 
+    def visit_ElseNode(self, node: mparser.IfNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_default_func(node)
+        node.block.accept(self)
+
     def visit_TernaryNode(self, node: mparser.TernaryNode) -> None:
         self.visit_default_func(node)
         node.condition.accept(self)
@@ -144,3 +166,7 @@ class AstVisitor:
         for key, val in node.kwargs.items():
             key.accept(self)
             val.accept(self)
+
+    def visit_ParenthesizedNode(self, node: mparser.ParenthesizedNode) -> None:
+        self.visit_default_func(node)
+        node.inner.accept(self)
diff --git a/mesonbuild/cargo/builder.py b/mesonbuild/cargo/builder.py
index fb086d1..3f7f688 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/cargo/builder.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/cargo/builder.py
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ def _token(tid: str, filename: str, value: mparser.TV_TokenTypes) -> mparser.Tok
     return mparser.Token(tid, filename, -1, -1, -1, (-1, -1), value)
 
 
+def _symbol(filename: str, val: str) -> mparser.SymbolNode:
+    return mparser.SymbolNode(_token('', filename, val))
+
+
 def string(value: str, filename: str) -> mparser.StringNode:
     """Build A StringNode
 
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ def number(value: int, filename: str) -> mparser.NumberNode:
     :param filename: the file that the value came from
     :return: A NumberNode
     """
-    return mparser.NumberNode(_token('number', filename, value))
+    return mparser.NumberNode(_token('number', filename, str(value)))
 
 
 def bool(value: builtins.bool, filename: str) -> mparser.BooleanNode:
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ def array(value: T.List[mparser.BaseNode], filename: str) -> mparser.ArrayNode:
     """
     args = mparser.ArgumentNode(_token('array', filename, 'unused'))
     args.arguments = value
-    return mparser.ArrayNode(args, -1, -1, -1, -1)
+    return mparser.ArrayNode(_symbol(filename, '['), args, _symbol(filename, ']'))
 
 
 def identifier(value: str, filename: str) -> mparser.IdNode:
@@ -97,7 +101,7 @@ def method(name: str, id_: mparser.IdNode,
         args.arguments = pos
     if kw is not None:
         args.kwargs = {identifier(k, id_.filename): v for k, v in kw.items()}
-    return mparser.MethodNode(id_.filename, -1, -1, id_, name, args)
+    return mparser.MethodNode(id_, _symbol(id_.filename, '.'), identifier(name, id_.filename), _symbol(id_.filename, '('), args, _symbol(id_.filename, ')'))
 
 
 def function(name: str, filename: str,
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ def function(name: str, filename: str,
         args.arguments = pos
     if kw is not None:
         args.kwargs = {identifier(k, filename): v for k, v in kw.items()}
-    return mparser.FunctionNode(filename, -1, -1, -1, -1, name, args)
+    return mparser.FunctionNode(identifier(name, filename), _symbol(filename, '('), args, _symbol(filename, ')'))
 
 
 def equal(lhs: mparser.BaseNode, rhs: mparser.BaseNode) -> mparser.ComparisonNode:
@@ -127,7 +131,7 @@ def equal(lhs: mparser.BaseNode, rhs: mparser.BaseNode) -> mparser.ComparisonNod
     :param rhs: the right hand side of the equal
     :return: A compraison node
     """
-    return mparser.ComparisonNode('==', lhs, rhs)
+    return mparser.ComparisonNode('==', lhs, _symbol(lhs.filename, '=='), rhs)
 
 
 def or_(lhs: mparser.BaseNode, rhs: mparser.BaseNode) -> mparser.OrNode:
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ def or_(lhs: mparser.BaseNode, rhs: mparser.BaseNode) -> mparser.OrNode:
     :param rhs: The Right of the Node
     :return: The OrNode
     """
-    return mparser.OrNode(lhs, rhs)
+    return mparser.OrNode(lhs, _symbol(lhs.filename, 'or'), rhs)
 
 
 def and_(lhs: mparser.BaseNode, rhs: mparser.BaseNode) -> mparser.AndNode:
@@ -147,7 +151,7 @@ def and_(lhs: mparser.BaseNode, rhs: mparser.BaseNode) -> mparser.AndNode:
     :param rhs: The right of the And
     :return: The AndNode
     """
-    return mparser.AndNode(lhs, rhs)
+    return mparser.AndNode(lhs, _symbol(lhs.filename, 'and'), rhs)
 
 
 def not_(value: mparser.BaseNode, filename: str) -> mparser.NotNode:
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ def not_(value: mparser.BaseNode, filename: str) -> mparser.NotNode:
     :param filename: the string filename
     :return: The NotNode
     """
-    return mparser.NotNode(_token('not', filename, ''), value)
+    return mparser.NotNode(_token('not', filename, ''), _symbol(filename, 'not'), value)
 
 
 def assign(value: mparser.BaseNode, varname: str, filename: str) -> mparser.AssignmentNode:
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ def assign(value: mparser.BaseNode, varname: str, filename: str) -> mparser.Assi
     :param filename: The filename
     :return: An AssignmentNode
     """
-    return mparser.AssignmentNode(filename, -1, -1, varname, value)
+    return mparser.AssignmentNode(identifier(varname, filename), _symbol(filename, '='), value)
 
 
 def block(filename: str) -> mparser.CodeBlockNode:
diff --git a/mesonbuild/cmake/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/cmake/interpreter.py
index f88d091..2f7cb69 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/cmake/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/cmake/interpreter.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ from ..mparser import (
     IndexNode,
     MethodNode,
     NumberNode,
+    SymbolNode,
 )
 
 
@@ -959,14 +960,17 @@ class CMakeInterpreter:
         def token(tid: str = 'string', val: TYPE_mixed = '') -> Token:
             return Token(tid, self.subdir.as_posix(), 0, 0, 0, None, val)
 
+        def symbol(val: str) -> SymbolNode:
+            return SymbolNode(token('', val))
+
         def string(value: str) -> StringNode:
-            return StringNode(token(val=value))
+            return StringNode(token(val=value), escape=False)
 
         def id_node(value: str) -> IdNode:
             return IdNode(token(val=value))
 
         def number(value: int) -> NumberNode:
-            return NumberNode(token(val=value))
+            return NumberNode(token(val=str(value)))
 
         def nodeify(value: TYPE_mixed_list) -> BaseNode:
             if isinstance(value, str):
@@ -984,14 +988,14 @@ class CMakeInterpreter:
             raise RuntimeError('invalid type of value: {} ({})'.format(type(value).__name__, str(value)))
 
         def indexed(node: BaseNode, index: int) -> IndexNode:
-            return IndexNode(node, nodeify(index))
+            return IndexNode(node, symbol('['), nodeify(index), symbol(']'))
 
         def array(elements: TYPE_mixed_list) -> ArrayNode:
             args = ArgumentNode(token())
             if not isinstance(elements, list):
                 elements = [args]
             args.arguments += [nodeify(x) for x in elements if x is not None]
-            return ArrayNode(args, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+            return ArrayNode(symbol('['), args, symbol(']'))
 
         def function(name: str, args: T.Optional[TYPE_mixed_list] = None, kwargs: T.Optional[TYPE_mixed_kwargs] = None) -> FunctionNode:
             args = [] if args is None else args
@@ -1002,7 +1006,7 @@ class CMakeInterpreter:
                 args = [args]
             args_n.arguments = [nodeify(x) for x in args if x is not None]
             args_n.kwargs = {id_node(k): nodeify(v) for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None}
-            func_n = FunctionNode(self.subdir.as_posix(), 0, 0, 0, 0, name, args_n)
+            func_n = FunctionNode(id_node(name), symbol('('), args_n, symbol(')'))
             return func_n
 
         def method(obj: BaseNode, name: str, args: T.Optional[TYPE_mixed_list] = None, kwargs: T.Optional[TYPE_mixed_kwargs] = None) -> MethodNode:
@@ -1014,10 +1018,10 @@ class CMakeInterpreter:
                 args = [args]
             args_n.arguments = [nodeify(x) for x in args if x is not None]
             args_n.kwargs = {id_node(k): nodeify(v) for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None}
-            return MethodNode(self.subdir.as_posix(), 0, 0, obj, name, args_n)
+            return MethodNode(obj, symbol('.'), id_node(name), symbol('('), args_n, symbol(')'))
 
         def assign(var_name: str, value: BaseNode) -> AssignmentNode:
-            return AssignmentNode(self.subdir.as_posix(), 0, 0, var_name, value)
+            return AssignmentNode(id_node(var_name), symbol('='), value)
 
         # Generate the root code block and the project function call
         root_cb = CodeBlockNode(token())
diff --git a/mesonbuild/coredata.py b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
index f151c7b..f91c583 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/coredata.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/coredata.py
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ class MachineFileParser():
         return section
 
     def _evaluate_statement(self, node: mparser.BaseNode) -> T.Union[str, bool, int, T.List[str]]:
-        if isinstance(node, (mparser.StringNode)):
+        if isinstance(node, (mparser.BaseStringNode)):
             return node.value
         elif isinstance(node, mparser.BooleanNode):
             return node.value
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
index 9b005cb..c637087 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ class Interpreter(InterpreterBase, HoldableObject):
             assert isinstance(kw, mparser.IdNode), 'for mypy'
             if kw.value == 'meson_version':
                 # mypy does not understand "and isinstance"
-                if isinstance(val, mparser.StringNode):
+                if isinstance(val, mparser.BaseStringNode):
                     self.handle_meson_version(val.value, val)
 
     def get_build_def_files(self) -> mesonlib.OrderedSet[str]:
@@ -2942,7 +2942,7 @@ class Interpreter(InterpreterBase, HoldableObject):
     def _add_global_arguments(self, node: mparser.FunctionNode, argsdict: T.Dict[str, T.List[str]],
                               args: T.List[str], kwargs: 'kwtypes.FuncAddProjectArgs') -> None:
         if self.is_subproject():
-            msg = f'Function \'{node.func_name}\' cannot be used in subprojects because ' \
+            msg = f'Function \'{node.func_name.value}\' cannot be used in subprojects because ' \
                   'there is no way to make that reliable.\nPlease only call ' \
                   'this if is_subproject() returns false. Alternatively, ' \
                   'define a variable that\ncontains your language-specific ' \
@@ -2962,7 +2962,7 @@ class Interpreter(InterpreterBase, HoldableObject):
     def _add_arguments(self, node: mparser.FunctionNode, argsdict: T.Dict[str, T.List[str]],
                        args_frozen: bool, args: T.List[str], kwargs: 'kwtypes.FuncAddProjectArgs') -> None:
         if args_frozen:
-            msg = f'Tried to use \'{node.func_name}\' after a build target has been declared.\n' \
+            msg = f'Tried to use \'{node.func_name.value}\' after a build target has been declared.\n' \
                   'This is not permitted. Please declare all arguments before your targets.'
             raise InvalidCode(msg)
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/helpers.py b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/helpers.py
index f2ee1b1..917969b 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/helpers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/helpers.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .baseobjects import TYPE_var, TYPE_kwargs, SubProject
 
 def flatten(args: T.Union['TYPE_var', T.List['TYPE_var']]) -> T.List['TYPE_var']:
-    if isinstance(args, mparser.StringNode):
+    if isinstance(args, mparser.BaseStringNode):
         assert isinstance(args.value, str)
         return [args.value]
     if not isinstance(args, collections.abc.Sequence):
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def flatten(args: T.Union['TYPE_var', T.List['TYPE_var']]) -> T.List['TYPE_var']
         if isinstance(a, list):
             rest = flatten(a)
             result = result + rest
-        elif isinstance(a, mparser.StringNode):
+        elif isinstance(a, mparser.BaseStringNode):
             result.append(a.value)
         else:
             result.append(a)
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py
index 902f84a..ea6e37c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class InterpreterBase:
         if not self.ast.lines:
             raise InvalidCode('No statements in code.')
         first = self.ast.lines[0]
-        if not isinstance(first, mparser.FunctionNode) or first.func_name != 'project':
+        if not isinstance(first, mparser.FunctionNode) or first.func_name.value != 'project':
             p = pathlib.Path(self.source_root).resolve()
             found = p
             for parent in p.parents:
@@ -192,12 +192,19 @@ class InterpreterBase:
         self.current_node = cur
         if isinstance(cur, mparser.FunctionNode):
             return self.function_call(cur)
+        elif isinstance(cur, mparser.PlusAssignmentNode):
+            self.evaluate_plusassign(cur)
         elif isinstance(cur, mparser.AssignmentNode):
             self.assignment(cur)
         elif isinstance(cur, mparser.MethodNode):
             return self.method_call(cur)
-        elif isinstance(cur, mparser.StringNode):
-            return self._holderify(cur.value)
+        elif isinstance(cur, mparser.BaseStringNode):
+            if isinstance(cur, mparser.MultilineFormatStringNode):
+                return self.evaluate_multiline_fstring(cur)
+            elif isinstance(cur, mparser.FormatStringNode):
+                return self.evaluate_fstring(cur)
+            else:
+                return self._holderify(cur.value)
         elif isinstance(cur, mparser.BooleanNode):
             return self._holderify(cur.value)
         elif isinstance(cur, mparser.IfClauseNode):
@@ -224,21 +231,16 @@ class InterpreterBase:
             return self.evaluate_arithmeticstatement(cur)
         elif isinstance(cur, mparser.ForeachClauseNode):
             self.evaluate_foreach(cur)
-        elif isinstance(cur, mparser.PlusAssignmentNode):
-            self.evaluate_plusassign(cur)
         elif isinstance(cur, mparser.IndexNode):
             return self.evaluate_indexing(cur)
         elif isinstance(cur, mparser.TernaryNode):
             return self.evaluate_ternary(cur)
-        elif isinstance(cur, mparser.FormatStringNode):
-            if isinstance(cur, mparser.MultilineFormatStringNode):
-                return self.evaluate_multiline_fstring(cur)
-            else:
-                return self.evaluate_fstring(cur)
         elif isinstance(cur, mparser.ContinueNode):
             raise ContinueRequest()
         elif isinstance(cur, mparser.BreakNode):
             raise BreakRequest()
+        elif isinstance(cur, mparser.ParenthesizedNode):
+            return self.evaluate_statement(cur.inner)
         elif isinstance(cur, mparser.TestCaseClauseNode):
             return self.evaluate_testcase(cur)
         else:
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ class InterpreterBase:
     @FeatureNew('dict', '0.47.0')
     def evaluate_dictstatement(self, cur: mparser.DictNode) -> InterpreterObject:
         def resolve_key(key: mparser.BaseNode) -> str:
-            if not isinstance(key, mparser.StringNode):
+            if not isinstance(key, mparser.BaseStringNode):
                 FeatureNew.single_use('Dictionary entry using non literal key', '0.53.0', self.subproject)
             key_holder = self.evaluate_statement(key)
             if key_holder is None:
@@ -301,7 +303,7 @@ class InterpreterBase:
                     mesonlib.project_meson_versions[self.subproject] = prev_meson_version
                 return None
         if not isinstance(node.elseblock, mparser.EmptyNode):
-            self.evaluate_codeblock(node.elseblock)
+            self.evaluate_codeblock(node.elseblock.block)
         return None
 
     def evaluate_testcase(self, node: mparser.TestCaseClauseNode) -> T.Optional[Disabler]:
@@ -426,9 +428,7 @@ class InterpreterBase:
         return self.evaluate_fstring(node)
 
     @FeatureNew('format strings', '0.58.0')
-    def evaluate_fstring(self, node: mparser.FormatStringNode) -> InterpreterObject:
-        assert isinstance(node, mparser.FormatStringNode)
-
+    def evaluate_fstring(self, node: T.Union[mparser.FormatStringNode, mparser.MultilineFormatStringNode]) -> InterpreterObject:
         def replace(match: T.Match[str]) -> str:
             var = str(match.group(1))
             try:
@@ -459,14 +459,14 @@ class InterpreterBase:
             if tsize is None:
                 if isinstance(i, tuple):
                     raise mesonlib.MesonBugException(f'Iteration of {items} returned a tuple even though iter_tuple_size() is None')
-                self.set_variable(node.varnames[0], self._holderify(i))
+                self.set_variable(node.varnames[0].value, self._holderify(i))
             else:
                 if not isinstance(i, tuple):
                     raise mesonlib.MesonBugException(f'Iteration of {items} did not return a tuple even though iter_tuple_size() is {tsize}')
                 if len(i) != tsize:
                     raise mesonlib.MesonBugException(f'Iteration of {items} did not return a tuple even though iter_tuple_size() is {tsize}')
                 for j in range(tsize):
-                    self.set_variable(node.varnames[j], self._holderify(i[j]))
+                    self.set_variable(node.varnames[j].value, self._holderify(i[j]))
             try:
                 self.evaluate_codeblock(node.block)
             except ContinueRequest:
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ class InterpreterBase:
 
     def evaluate_plusassign(self, node: mparser.PlusAssignmentNode) -> None:
         assert isinstance(node, mparser.PlusAssignmentNode)
-        varname = node.var_name
+        varname = node.var_name.value
         addition = self.evaluate_statement(node.value)
         if addition is None:
             raise InvalidCodeOnVoid('plus assign')
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class InterpreterBase:
         return self._holderify(iobject.operator_call(MesonOperator.INDEX, index))
 
     def function_call(self, node: mparser.FunctionNode) -> T.Optional[InterpreterObject]:
-        func_name = node.func_name
+        func_name = node.func_name.value
         (h_posargs, h_kwargs) = self.reduce_arguments(node.args)
         (posargs, kwargs) = self._unholder_args(h_posargs, h_kwargs)
         if is_disabled(posargs, kwargs) and func_name not in {'get_variable', 'set_variable', 'unset_variable', 'is_disabler'}:
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ class InterpreterBase:
         else:
             object_display_name = invocable.__class__.__name__
             obj = self.evaluate_statement(invocable)
-        method_name = node.name
+        method_name = node.name.value
         (h_args, h_kwargs) = self.reduce_arguments(node.args)
         (args, kwargs) = self._unholder_args(h_args, h_kwargs)
         if is_disabled(args, kwargs):
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ class InterpreterBase:
                 Tried to assign values inside an argument list.
                 To specify a keyword argument, use : instead of =.
             '''))
-        var_name = node.var_name
+        var_name = node.var_name.value
         if not isinstance(var_name, str):
             raise InvalidArguments('Tried to assign value to a non-variable.')
         value = self.evaluate_statement(node.value)
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mintro.py b/mesonbuild/mintro.py
index 0391535..7bd4205 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mintro.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mintro.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ from .dependencies import Dependency
 from . import environment
 from .interpreterbase import ObjectHolder
 from .mesonlib import OptionKey
-from .mparser import FunctionNode, ArrayNode, ArgumentNode, StringNode
+from .mparser import FunctionNode, ArrayNode, ArgumentNode, BaseStringNode
 
 if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
     import argparse
@@ -187,14 +187,14 @@ def list_targets_from_source(intr: IntrospectionInterpreter) -> T.List[T.Dict[st
             args: T.List[BaseNode] = []
             if isinstance(n, FunctionNode):
                 args = list(n.args.arguments)
-                if n.func_name in BUILD_TARGET_FUNCTIONS:
+                if n.func_name.value in BUILD_TARGET_FUNCTIONS:
                     args.pop(0)
             elif isinstance(n, ArrayNode):
                 args = n.args.arguments
             elif isinstance(n, ArgumentNode):
                 args = n.arguments
             for j in args:
-                if isinstance(j, StringNode):
+                if isinstance(j, BaseStringNode):
                     assert isinstance(j.value, str)
                     res += [Path(j.value)]
                 elif isinstance(j, str):
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mparser.py b/mesonbuild/mparser.py
index fb4e433..0f63c9e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mparser.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mparser.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
 
     from .ast import AstVisitor
 
+    BaseNodeT = T.TypeVar('BaseNodeT', bound='BaseNode')
+
 # This is the regex for the supported escape sequences of a regular string
 # literal, like 'abc\x00'
 ESCAPE_SEQUENCE_SINGLE_RE = re.compile(r'''
@@ -114,12 +116,12 @@ class Lexer:
             self.keywords.update({'testcase', 'endtestcase'})
         self.token_specification = [
             # Need to be sorted longest to shortest.
-            ('ignore', re.compile(r'[ \t]')),
+            ('whitespace', re.compile(r'[ \t]+')),
             ('multiline_fstring', re.compile(r"f'''(.|\n)*?'''", re.M)),
             ('fstring', re.compile(r"f'([^'\\]|(\\.))*'")),
             ('id', re.compile('[_a-zA-Z][_0-9a-zA-Z]*')),
             ('number', re.compile(r'0[bB][01]+|0[oO][0-7]+|0[xX][0-9a-fA-F]+|0|[1-9]\d*')),
-            ('eol_cont', re.compile(r'\\\n')),
+            ('eol_cont', re.compile(r'\\[ \t]*(#.*)?\n')),
             ('eol', re.compile(r'\n')),
             ('multiline_string', re.compile(r"'''(.|\n)*?'''", re.M)),
             ('comment', re.compile(r'#.*')),
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ class Lexer:
         col = 0
         while loc < len(self.code):
             matched = False
-            value: T.Union[str, bool, int] = None
+            value: str = ''
             for (tid, reg) in self.token_specification:
                 mo = reg.match(self.code, loc)
                 if mo:
@@ -175,10 +177,8 @@ class Lexer:
                     loc = mo.end()
                     span_end = loc
                     bytespan = (span_start, span_end)
-                    match_text = mo.group()
-                    if tid in {'ignore', 'comment'}:
-                        break
-                    elif tid == 'lparen':
+                    value = mo.group()
+                    if tid == 'lparen':
                         par_count += 1
                     elif tid == 'rparen':
                         par_count -= 1
@@ -193,48 +193,34 @@ class Lexer:
                     elif tid == 'dblquote':
                         raise ParseException('Double quotes are not supported. Use single quotes.', self.getline(line_start), lineno, col)
                     elif tid in {'string', 'fstring'}:
-                        # Handle here and not on the regexp to give a better error message.
-                        if match_text.find("\n") != -1:
+                        if value.find("\n") != -1:
                             msg = ("Newline character in a string detected, use ''' (three single quotes) "
                                    "for multiline strings instead.\n"
                                    "This will become a hard error in a future Meson release.")
                             mlog.warning(mlog.code_line(msg, self.getline(line_start), col), location=BaseNode(lineno, col, filename))
-                        value = match_text[2 if tid == 'fstring' else 1:-1]
-                        value = ESCAPE_SEQUENCE_SINGLE_RE.sub(decode_match, value)
+                        value = value[2 if tid == 'fstring' else 1:-1]
                     elif tid in {'multiline_string', 'multiline_fstring'}:
-                        # For multiline strings, parse out the value and pass
-                        # through the normal string logic.
-                        # For multiline format strings, we have to emit a
-                        # different AST node so we can add a feature check,
-                        # but otherwise, it follows the normal fstring logic.
-                        if tid == 'multiline_string':
-                            value = match_text[3:-3]
-                            tid = 'string'
-                        else:
-                            value = match_text[4:-3]
-                        lines = match_text.split('\n')
+                        value = value[4 if tid == 'multiline_fstring' else 3:-3]
+                        lines = value.split('\n')
                         if len(lines) > 1:
                             lineno += len(lines) - 1
                             line_start = mo.end() - len(lines[-1])
-                    elif tid == 'number':
-                        value = int(match_text, base=0)
                     elif tid == 'eol_cont':
                         lineno += 1
                         line_start = loc
-                        break
+                        tid = 'whitespace'
                     elif tid == 'eol':
                         lineno += 1
                         line_start = loc
                         if par_count > 0 or bracket_count > 0 or curl_count > 0:
-                            break
+                            tid = 'whitespace'
                     elif tid == 'id':
-                        if match_text in self.keywords:
-                            tid = match_text
+                        if value in self.keywords:
+                            tid = value
                         else:
-                            if match_text in self.future_keywords:
-                                mlog.warning(f"Identifier '{match_text}' will become a reserved keyword in a future release. Please rename it.",
+                            if value in self.future_keywords:
+                                mlog.warning(f"Identifier '{value}' will become a reserved keyword in a future release. Please rename it.",
                                              location=BaseNode(lineno, col, filename))
-                            value = match_text
                     yield Token(tid, filename, curline_start, curline, col, bytespan, value)
                     break
             if not matched:
@@ -247,13 +233,16 @@ class BaseNode:
     filename: str = field(hash=False)
     end_lineno: int = field(hash=False)
     end_colno: int = field(hash=False)
+    whitespaces: T.Optional[WhitespaceNode] = field(hash=False)
 
-    def __init__(self, lineno: int, colno: int, filename: str, end_lineno: T.Optional[int] = None, end_colno: T.Optional[int] = None) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, lineno: int, colno: int, filename: str,
+                 end_lineno: T.Optional[int] = None, end_colno: T.Optional[int] = None) -> None:
         self.lineno = lineno
         self.colno = colno
         self.filename = filename
         self.end_lineno = end_lineno if end_lineno is not None else lineno
         self.end_colno = end_colno if end_colno is not None else colno
+        self.whitespaces = None
 
         # Attributes for the visitors
         self.level = 0
@@ -267,6 +256,26 @@ class BaseNode:
             if callable(func):
                 func(self)
 
+    def append_whitespaces(self, token: Token) -> None:
+        if self.whitespaces is None:
+            self.whitespaces = WhitespaceNode(token)
+        else:
+            self.whitespaces.append(token)
+
+
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
+class WhitespaceNode(BaseNode):
+
+    value: str
+
+    def __init__(self, token: Token[str]):
+        super().__init__(token.lineno, token.colno, token.filename)
+        self.value = ''
+        self.append(token)
+
+    def append(self, token: Token[str]) -> None:
+        self.value += token.value
+
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class ElementaryNode(T.Generic[TV_TokenTypes], BaseNode):
 
@@ -282,23 +291,44 @@ class BooleanNode(ElementaryNode[bool]):
     pass
 
 class IdNode(ElementaryNode[str]):
-    def __str__(self) -> str:
-        return "Id node: '%s' (%d, %d)." % (self.value, self.lineno, self.colno)
+    pass
 
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class NumberNode(ElementaryNode[int]):
+
+    raw_value: str = field(hash=False)
+
+    def __init__(self, token: Token[str]):
+        BaseNode.__init__(self, token.lineno, token.colno, token.filename)
+        self.raw_value = token.value
+        self.value = int(token.value, base=0)
+        self.bytespan = token.bytespan
+
+class BaseStringNode(ElementaryNode[str]):
     pass
 
-class StringNode(ElementaryNode[str]):
-    def __str__(self) -> str:
-        return "String node: '%s' (%d, %d)." % (self.value, self.lineno, self.colno)
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
+class StringNode(BaseStringNode):
+
+    raw_value: str = field(hash=False)
 
-class FormatStringNode(ElementaryNode[str]):
-    def __str__(self) -> str:
-        return f"Format string node: '{self.value}' ({self.lineno}, {self.colno})."
+    def __init__(self, token: Token[str], escape: bool = True):
+        super().__init__(token)
+        self.value = ESCAPE_SEQUENCE_SINGLE_RE.sub(decode_match, token.value) if escape else token.value
+        self.raw_value = token.value
 
-class MultilineFormatStringNode(FormatStringNode):
-    def __str__(self) -> str:
-        return f"Multiline Format string node: '{self.value}' ({self.lineno}, {self.colno})."
+class FormatStringNode(StringNode):
+    pass
+
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
+class MultilineStringNode(BaseStringNode):
+
+    def __init__(self, token: Token[str]):
+        super().__init__(token)
+        self.value = token.value
+
+class MultilineFormatStringNode(MultilineStringNode):
+    pass
 
 class ContinueNode(ElementaryNode):
     pass
@@ -306,17 +336,22 @@ class ContinueNode(ElementaryNode):
 class BreakNode(ElementaryNode):
     pass
 
+class SymbolNode(ElementaryNode[str]):
+    pass
+
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class ArgumentNode(BaseNode):
 
     arguments: T.List[BaseNode] = field(hash=False)
-    commas: T.List[Token] = field(hash=False)
+    commas: T.List[SymbolNode] = field(hash=False)
+    columns: T.List[SymbolNode] = field(hash=False)
     kwargs: T.Dict[BaseNode, BaseNode] = field(hash=False)
 
     def __init__(self, token: Token[TV_TokenTypes]):
         super().__init__(token.lineno, token.colno, token.filename)
         self.arguments = []
         self.commas = []
+        self.columns = []
         self.kwargs = {}
         self.order_error = False
 
@@ -356,227 +391,277 @@ class ArgumentNode(BaseNode):
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class ArrayNode(BaseNode):
 
+    lbracket: SymbolNode
     args: ArgumentNode
+    rbracket: SymbolNode
 
-    def __init__(self, args: ArgumentNode, lineno: int, colno: int, end_lineno: int, end_colno: int):
-        super().__init__(lineno, colno, args.filename, end_lineno=end_lineno, end_colno=end_colno)
+    def __init__(self, lbracket: SymbolNode, args: ArgumentNode, rbracket: SymbolNode):
+        super().__init__(lbracket.lineno, lbracket.colno, args.filename, end_lineno=rbracket.lineno, end_colno=rbracket.colno+1)
+        self.lbracket = lbracket
         self.args = args
+        self.rbracket = rbracket
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class DictNode(BaseNode):
 
+    lcurl: SymbolNode
     args: ArgumentNode
+    rcurl: SymbolNode
 
-    def __init__(self, args: ArgumentNode, lineno: int, colno: int, end_lineno: int, end_colno: int):
-        super().__init__(lineno, colno, args.filename, end_lineno=end_lineno, end_colno=end_colno)
+    def __init__(self, lcurl: SymbolNode, args: ArgumentNode, rcurl: SymbolNode):
+        super().__init__(lcurl.lineno, lcurl.colno, args.filename, end_lineno=rcurl.lineno, end_colno=rcurl.colno+1)
+        self.lcurl = lcurl
         self.args = args
+        self.rcurl = rcurl
 
 class EmptyNode(BaseNode):
     pass
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
-class OrNode(BaseNode):
+class BinaryOperatorNode(BaseNode):
 
     left: BaseNode
+    operator: SymbolNode
     right: BaseNode
 
-    def __init__(self, left: BaseNode, right: BaseNode):
+    def __init__(self, left: BaseNode, operator: SymbolNode, right: BaseNode):
         super().__init__(left.lineno, left.colno, left.filename)
         self.left = left
+        self.operator = operator
         self.right = right
 
-@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
-class AndNode(BaseNode):
-
-    left: BaseNode
-    right: BaseNode
+class OrNode(BinaryOperatorNode):
+    pass
 
-    def __init__(self, left: BaseNode, right: BaseNode):
-        super().__init__(left.lineno, left.colno, left.filename)
-        self.left = left
-        self.right = right
+class AndNode(BinaryOperatorNode):
+    pass
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
-class ComparisonNode(BaseNode):
+class ComparisonNode(BinaryOperatorNode):
 
-    left: BaseNode
-    right: BaseNode
     ctype: COMPARISONS
 
-    def __init__(self, ctype: COMPARISONS, left: BaseNode, right: BaseNode):
-        super().__init__(left.lineno, left.colno, left.filename)
-        self.left = left
-        self.right = right
+    def __init__(self, ctype: COMPARISONS, left: BaseNode, operator: SymbolNode, right: BaseNode):
+        super().__init__(left, operator, right)
         self.ctype = ctype
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
-class ArithmeticNode(BaseNode):
+class ArithmeticNode(BinaryOperatorNode):
 
-    left: BaseNode
-    right: BaseNode
     # TODO: use a Literal for operation
     operation: str
 
-    def __init__(self, operation: str, left: BaseNode, right: BaseNode):
-        super().__init__(left.lineno, left.colno, left.filename)
-        self.left = left
-        self.right = right
+    def __init__(self, operation: str, left: BaseNode, operator: SymbolNode, right: BaseNode):
+        super().__init__(left, operator, right)
         self.operation = operation
 
-
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
-class NotNode(BaseNode):
+class UnaryOperatorNode(BaseNode):
 
+    operator: SymbolNode
     value: BaseNode
 
-    def __init__(self, token: Token[TV_TokenTypes], value: BaseNode):
+    def __init__(self, token: Token[TV_TokenTypes], operator: SymbolNode, value: BaseNode):
         super().__init__(token.lineno, token.colno, token.filename)
+        self.operator = operator
         self.value = value
 
+class NotNode(UnaryOperatorNode):
+    pass
+
+class UMinusNode(UnaryOperatorNode):
+    pass
+
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class CodeBlockNode(BaseNode):
 
+    pre_whitespaces: T.Optional[WhitespaceNode] = field(hash=False)
     lines: T.List[BaseNode] = field(hash=False)
 
     def __init__(self, token: Token[TV_TokenTypes]):
         super().__init__(token.lineno, token.colno, token.filename)
+        self.pre_whitespaces = None
         self.lines = []
 
+    def append_whitespaces(self, token: Token) -> None:
+        if self.lines:
+            self.lines[-1].append_whitespaces(token)
+        elif self.pre_whitespaces is None:
+            self.pre_whitespaces = WhitespaceNode(token)
+        else:
+            self.pre_whitespaces.append(token)
+
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class IndexNode(BaseNode):
 
     iobject: BaseNode
+    lbracket: SymbolNode
     index: BaseNode
+    rbracket: SymbolNode
 
-    def __init__(self, iobject: BaseNode, index: BaseNode):
+    def __init__(self, iobject: BaseNode, lbracket: SymbolNode, index: BaseNode, rbracket: SymbolNode):
         super().__init__(iobject.lineno, iobject.colno, iobject.filename)
         self.iobject = iobject
+        self.lbracket = lbracket
         self.index = index
+        self.rbracket = rbracket
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class MethodNode(BaseNode):
 
     source_object: BaseNode
-    name: str
+    dot: SymbolNode
+    name: IdNode
+    lpar: SymbolNode
     args: ArgumentNode
+    rpar: SymbolNode
 
-    def __init__(self, filename: str, lineno: int, colno: int, source_object: BaseNode, name: str, args: ArgumentNode):
-        super().__init__(lineno, colno, filename)
+    def __init__(self, source_object: BaseNode, dot: SymbolNode, name: IdNode, lpar: SymbolNode, args: ArgumentNode, rpar: SymbolNode):
+        super().__init__(name.lineno, name.colno, name.filename, end_lineno=rpar.lineno, end_colno=rpar.colno+1)
         self.source_object = source_object
+        self.dot = dot
         self.name = name
-        assert isinstance(self.name, str)
+        self.lpar = lpar
         self.args = args
+        self.rpar = rpar
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class FunctionNode(BaseNode):
 
-    func_name: str
+    func_name: IdNode
+    lpar: SymbolNode
     args: ArgumentNode
+    rpar: SymbolNode
 
-    def __init__(self, filename: str, lineno: int, colno: int, end_lineno: int, end_colno: int, func_name: str, args: ArgumentNode):
-        super().__init__(lineno, colno, filename, end_lineno=end_lineno, end_colno=end_colno)
+    def __init__(self, func_name: IdNode, lpar: SymbolNode, args: ArgumentNode, rpar: SymbolNode):
+        super().__init__(func_name.lineno, func_name.colno, func_name.filename, end_lineno=rpar.end_lineno, end_colno=rpar.end_colno+1)
         self.func_name = func_name
-        assert isinstance(func_name, str)
+        self.lpar = lpar
         self.args = args
-
+        self.rpar = rpar
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class AssignmentNode(BaseNode):
 
-    var_name: str
+    var_name: IdNode
+    operator: SymbolNode
     value: BaseNode
 
-    def __init__(self, filename: str, lineno: int, colno: int, var_name: str, value: BaseNode):
-        super().__init__(lineno, colno, filename)
+    def __init__(self, var_name: IdNode, operator: SymbolNode, value: BaseNode):
+        super().__init__(var_name.lineno, var_name.colno, var_name.filename)
         self.var_name = var_name
-        assert isinstance(var_name, str)
-        self.value = value
-
-
-@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
-class PlusAssignmentNode(BaseNode):
-
-    var_name: str
-    value: BaseNode
-
-    def __init__(self, filename: str, lineno: int, colno: int, var_name: str, value: BaseNode):
-        super().__init__(lineno, colno, filename)
-        self.var_name = var_name
-        assert isinstance(var_name, str)
+        self.operator = operator
         self.value = value
 
+class PlusAssignmentNode(AssignmentNode):
+    pass
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class ForeachClauseNode(BaseNode):
 
-    varnames: T.List[str] = field(hash=False)
+    foreach_: SymbolNode = field(hash=False)
+    varnames: T.List[IdNode] = field(hash=False)
+    commas: T.List[SymbolNode] = field(hash=False)
+    column: SymbolNode = field(hash=False)
     items: BaseNode
     block: CodeBlockNode
+    endforeach: SymbolNode = field(hash=False)
 
-    def __init__(self, token: Token, varnames: T.List[str], items: BaseNode, block: CodeBlockNode):
-        super().__init__(token.lineno, token.colno, token.filename)
+    def __init__(self, foreach_: SymbolNode, varnames: T.List[IdNode], commas: T.List[SymbolNode], column: SymbolNode, items: BaseNode, block: CodeBlockNode, endforeach: SymbolNode):
+        super().__init__(foreach_.lineno, foreach_.colno, foreach_.filename)
+        self.foreach_ = foreach_
         self.varnames = varnames
+        self.commas = commas
+        self.column = column
         self.items = items
         self.block = block
+        self.endforeach = endforeach
 
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class IfNode(BaseNode):
 
+    if_: SymbolNode
     condition: BaseNode
     block: CodeBlockNode
 
-    def __init__(self, linenode: BaseNode, condition: BaseNode, block: CodeBlockNode):
+    def __init__(self, linenode: BaseNode, if_node: SymbolNode, condition: BaseNode, block: CodeBlockNode):
         super().__init__(linenode.lineno, linenode.colno, linenode.filename)
+        self.if_ = if_node
         self.condition = condition
         self.block = block
 
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
+class ElseNode(BaseNode):
+
+    else_: SymbolNode
+    block: CodeBlockNode
+
+    def __init__(self, else_: SymbolNode, block: CodeBlockNode):
+        super().__init__(block.lineno, block.colno, block.filename)
+        self.else_ = else_
+        self.block = block
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class IfClauseNode(BaseNode):
 
     ifs: T.List[IfNode] = field(hash=False)
-    elseblock: T.Union[EmptyNode, CodeBlockNode]
+    elseblock: T.Union[EmptyNode, ElseNode]
+    endif: SymbolNode
 
     def __init__(self, linenode: BaseNode):
         super().__init__(linenode.lineno, linenode.colno, linenode.filename)
         self.ifs = []
-        self.elseblock = None
+        self.elseblock = EmptyNode(linenode.lineno, linenode.colno, linenode.filename)
+        self.endif = None
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class TestCaseClauseNode(BaseNode):
 
+    testcase: SymbolNode
     condition: BaseNode
     block: CodeBlockNode
+    endtestcase: SymbolNode
 
-    def __init__(self, condition: BaseNode, block: CodeBlockNode):
+    def __init__(self, testcase: SymbolNode, condition: BaseNode, block: CodeBlockNode, endtestcase: SymbolNode):
         super().__init__(condition.lineno, condition.colno, condition.filename)
+        self.testcase = testcase
         self.condition = condition
         self.block = block
-
-@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
-class UMinusNode(BaseNode):
-
-    value: BaseNode
-
-    def __init__(self, current_location: Token, value: BaseNode):
-        super().__init__(current_location.lineno, current_location.colno, current_location.filename)
-        self.value = value
-
+        self.endtestcase = endtestcase
 
 @dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
 class TernaryNode(BaseNode):
 
     condition: BaseNode
+    questionmark: SymbolNode
     trueblock: BaseNode
+    column: SymbolNode
     falseblock: BaseNode
 
-    def __init__(self, condition: BaseNode, trueblock: BaseNode, falseblock: BaseNode):
+    def __init__(self, condition: BaseNode, questionmark: SymbolNode, trueblock: BaseNode, column: SymbolNode, falseblock: BaseNode):
         super().__init__(condition.lineno, condition.colno, condition.filename)
         self.condition = condition
+        self.questionmark = questionmark
         self.trueblock = trueblock
+        self.column = column
         self.falseblock = falseblock
 
+
+@dataclass(unsafe_hash=True)
+class ParenthesizedNode(BaseNode):
+
+    lpar: SymbolNode = field(hash=False)
+    inner: BaseNode
+    rpar: SymbolNode = field(hash=False)
+
+    def __init__(self, lpar: SymbolNode, inner: BaseNode, rpar: SymbolNode):
+        super().__init__(lpar.lineno, lpar.colno, inner.filename, end_lineno=rpar.lineno, end_colno=rpar.colno+1)
+        self.lpar = lpar
+        self.inner = inner
+        self.rpar = rpar
+
+
 if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
     COMPARISONS = Literal['==', '!=', '<', '<=', '>=', '>', 'in', 'notin']
 
@@ -611,12 +696,30 @@ class Parser:
         self.lexer = Lexer(code)
         self.stream = self.lexer.lex(filename)
         self.current: Token = Token('eof', '', 0, 0, 0, (0, 0), None)
+        self.previous = self.current
+        self.current_ws: T.List[Token] = []
+
         self.getsym()
         self.in_ternary = False
 
+    def create_node(self, node_type: T.Type[BaseNodeT], *args: T.Any, **kwargs: T.Any) -> BaseNodeT:
+        node = node_type(*args, **kwargs)
+        for ws_token in self.current_ws:
+            node.append_whitespaces(ws_token)
+        self.current_ws = []
+        return node
+
     def getsym(self) -> None:
+        self.previous = self.current
         try:
             self.current = next(self.stream)
+
+            while self.current.tid in {'eol', 'comment', 'whitespace'}:
+                self.current_ws.append(self.current)
+                if self.current.tid == 'eol':
+                    break
+                self.current = next(self.stream)
+
         except StopIteration:
             self.current = Token('eof', '', self.current.line_start, self.current.lineno, self.current.colno + self.current.bytespan[1] - self.current.bytespan[0], (0, 0), None)
 
@@ -661,55 +764,75 @@ class Parser:
     def e1(self) -> BaseNode:
         left = self.e2()
         if self.accept('plusassign'):
+            operator = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
             value = self.e1()
             if not isinstance(left, IdNode):
                 raise ParseException('Plusassignment target must be an id.', self.getline(), left.lineno, left.colno)
             assert isinstance(left.value, str)
-            return PlusAssignmentNode(left.filename, left.lineno, left.colno, left.value, value)
+            return self.create_node(PlusAssignmentNode, left, operator, value)
         elif self.accept('assign'):
+            operator = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
             value = self.e1()
             if not isinstance(left, IdNode):
                 raise ParseException('Assignment target must be an id.',
                                      self.getline(), left.lineno, left.colno)
             assert isinstance(left.value, str)
-            return AssignmentNode(left.filename, left.lineno, left.colno, left.value, value)
+            return self.create_node(AssignmentNode, left, operator, value)
         elif self.accept('questionmark'):
             if self.in_ternary:
                 raise ParseException('Nested ternary operators are not allowed.',
                                      self.getline(), left.lineno, left.colno)
+
+            qm_node = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
             self.in_ternary = True
             trueblock = self.e1()
             self.expect('colon')
+            column_node = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
             falseblock = self.e1()
             self.in_ternary = False
-            return TernaryNode(left, trueblock, falseblock)
+            return self.create_node(TernaryNode, left, qm_node, trueblock, column_node, falseblock)
         return left
 
     def e2(self) -> BaseNode:
         left = self.e3()
         while self.accept('or'):
+            operator = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
             if isinstance(left, EmptyNode):
                 raise ParseException('Invalid or clause.',
                                      self.getline(), left.lineno, left.colno)
-            left = OrNode(left, self.e3())
+            left = self.create_node(OrNode, left, operator, self.e3())
         return left
 
     def e3(self) -> BaseNode:
         left = self.e4()
         while self.accept('and'):
+            operator = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
             if isinstance(left, EmptyNode):
                 raise ParseException('Invalid and clause.',
                                      self.getline(), left.lineno, left.colno)
-            left = AndNode(left, self.e4())
+            left = self.create_node(AndNode, left, operator, self.e4())
         return left
 
     def e4(self) -> BaseNode:
         left = self.e5()
         for nodename, operator_type in comparison_map.items():
             if self.accept(nodename):
-                return ComparisonNode(operator_type, left, self.e5())
-        if self.accept('not') and self.accept('in'):
-            return ComparisonNode('notin', left, self.e5())
+                operator = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
+                return self.create_node(ComparisonNode, operator_type, left, operator, self.e5())
+        if self.accept('not'):
+            ws = self.current_ws.copy()
+            not_token = self.previous
+            if self.accept('in'):
+                in_token = self.previous
+                self.current_ws = self.current_ws[len(ws):]  # remove whitespaces between not and in
+                temp_node = EmptyNode(in_token.lineno, in_token.colno, in_token.filename)
+                for w in ws:
+                    temp_node.append_whitespaces(w)
+
+                not_token.bytespan = (not_token.bytespan[0], in_token.bytespan[1])
+                not_token.value += temp_node.whitespaces.value + in_token.value
+                operator = self.create_node(SymbolNode, not_token)
+                return self.create_node(ComparisonNode, 'notin', left, operator, self.e5())
         return left
 
     def e5(self) -> BaseNode:
@@ -724,7 +847,8 @@ class Parser:
         while True:
             op = self.accept_any(tuple(op_map.keys()))
             if op:
-                left = ArithmeticNode(op_map[op], left, self.e5muldiv())
+                operator = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
+                left = self.create_node(ArithmeticNode, op_map[op], left, operator, self.e5muldiv())
             else:
                 break
         return left
@@ -739,29 +863,34 @@ class Parser:
         while True:
             op = self.accept_any(tuple(op_map.keys()))
             if op:
-                left = ArithmeticNode(op_map[op], left, self.e6())
+                operator = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
+                left = self.create_node(ArithmeticNode, op_map[op], left, operator, self.e6())
             else:
                 break
         return left
 
     def e6(self) -> BaseNode:
         if self.accept('not'):
-            return NotNode(self.current, self.e7())
+            operator = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
+            return self.create_node(NotNode, self.current, operator, self.e7())
         if self.accept('dash'):
-            return UMinusNode(self.current, self.e7())
+            operator = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
+            return self.create_node(UMinusNode, self.current, operator, self.e7())
         return self.e7()
 
     def e7(self) -> BaseNode:
         left = self.e8()
         block_start = self.current
         if self.accept('lparen'):
+            lpar = self.create_node(SymbolNode, block_start)
             args = self.args()
             self.block_expect('rparen', block_start)
+            rpar = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
             if not isinstance(left, IdNode):
                 raise ParseException('Function call must be applied to plain id',
                                      self.getline(), left.lineno, left.colno)
             assert isinstance(left.value, str)
-            left = FunctionNode(left.filename, left.lineno, left.colno, self.current.lineno, self.current.colno, left.value, args)
+            left = self.create_node(FunctionNode, left, lpar, args, rpar)
         go_again = True
         while go_again:
             go_again = False
@@ -776,17 +905,23 @@ class Parser:
     def e8(self) -> BaseNode:
         block_start = self.current
         if self.accept('lparen'):
+            lpar = self.create_node(SymbolNode, block_start)
             e = self.statement()
             self.block_expect('rparen', block_start)
-            return e
+            rpar = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
+            return ParenthesizedNode(lpar, e, rpar)
         elif self.accept('lbracket'):
+            lbracket = self.create_node(SymbolNode, block_start)
             args = self.args()
             self.block_expect('rbracket', block_start)
-            return ArrayNode(args, block_start.lineno, block_start.colno, self.current.lineno, self.current.colno)
+            rbracket = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
+            return self.create_node(ArrayNode, lbracket, args, rbracket)
         elif self.accept('lcurl'):
+            lcurl = self.create_node(SymbolNode, block_start)
             key_values = self.key_values()
             self.block_expect('rcurl', block_start)
-            return DictNode(key_values, block_start.lineno, block_start.colno, self.current.lineno, self.current.colno)
+            rcurl = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
+            return self.create_node(DictNode, lcurl, key_values, rcurl)
         else:
             return self.e9()
 
@@ -794,33 +929,35 @@ class Parser:
         t = self.current
         if self.accept('true'):
             t.value = True
-            return BooleanNode(t)
+            return self.create_node(BooleanNode, t)
         if self.accept('false'):
             t.value = False
-            return BooleanNode(t)
+            return self.create_node(BooleanNode, t)
         if self.accept('id'):
-            return IdNode(t)
+            return self.create_node(IdNode, t)
         if self.accept('number'):
-            return NumberNode(t)
+            return self.create_node(NumberNode, t)
         if self.accept('string'):
-            return StringNode(t)
+            return self.create_node(StringNode, t)
         if self.accept('fstring'):
-            return FormatStringNode(t)
+            return self.create_node(FormatStringNode, t)
+        if self.accept('multiline_string'):
+            return self.create_node(MultilineStringNode, t)
         if self.accept('multiline_fstring'):
-            return MultilineFormatStringNode(t)
+            return self.create_node(MultilineFormatStringNode, t)
         return EmptyNode(self.current.lineno, self.current.colno, self.current.filename)
 
     def key_values(self) -> ArgumentNode:
         s = self.statement()
-        a = ArgumentNode(self.current)
+        a = self.create_node(ArgumentNode, self.current)
 
         while not isinstance(s, EmptyNode):
             if self.accept('colon'):
+                a.columns.append(self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous))
                 a.set_kwarg_no_check(s, self.statement())
-                potential = self.current
                 if not self.accept('comma'):
                     return a
-                a.commas.append(potential)
+                a.commas.append(self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous))
             else:
                 raise ParseException('Only key:value pairs are valid in dict construction.',
                                      self.getline(), s.lineno, s.colno)
@@ -829,22 +966,21 @@ class Parser:
 
     def args(self) -> ArgumentNode:
         s = self.statement()
-        a = ArgumentNode(self.current)
+        a = self.create_node(ArgumentNode, self.current)
 
         while not isinstance(s, EmptyNode):
-            potential = self.current
             if self.accept('comma'):
-                a.commas.append(potential)
+                a.commas.append(self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous))
                 a.append(s)
             elif self.accept('colon'):
+                a.columns.append(self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous))
                 if not isinstance(s, IdNode):
                     raise ParseException('Dictionary key must be a plain identifier.',
                                          self.getline(), s.lineno, s.colno)
                 a.set_kwarg(s, self.statement())
-                potential = self.current
                 if not self.accept('comma'):
                     return a
-                a.commas.append(potential)
+                a.commas.append(self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous))
             else:
                 a.append(s)
                 return a
@@ -852,70 +988,87 @@ class Parser:
         return a
 
     def method_call(self, source_object: BaseNode) -> MethodNode:
+        dot = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
         methodname = self.e9()
         if not isinstance(methodname, IdNode):
+            if isinstance(source_object, NumberNode) and isinstance(methodname, NumberNode):
+                raise ParseException('meson does not support float numbers',
+                                     self.getline(), source_object.lineno, source_object.colno)
             raise ParseException('Method name must be plain id',
                                  self.getline(), self.current.lineno, self.current.colno)
         assert isinstance(methodname.value, str)
         self.expect('lparen')
+        lpar = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
         args = self.args()
+        rpar = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.current)
         self.expect('rparen')
-        method = MethodNode(methodname.filename, methodname.lineno, methodname.colno, source_object, methodname.value, args)
+        method = self.create_node(MethodNode, source_object, dot, methodname, lpar, args, rpar)
         if self.accept('dot'):
             return self.method_call(method)
         return method
 
     def index_call(self, source_object: BaseNode) -> IndexNode:
+        lbracket = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
         index_statement = self.statement()
         self.expect('rbracket')
-        return IndexNode(source_object, index_statement)
+        rbracket = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
+        return self.create_node(IndexNode, source_object, lbracket, index_statement, rbracket)
 
     def foreachblock(self) -> ForeachClauseNode:
-        t = self.current
+        foreach_ = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
         self.expect('id')
-        assert isinstance(t.value, str)
-        varname = t
-        varnames = [t.value]
+        assert isinstance(self.previous.value, str)
+        varnames = [self.create_node(IdNode, self.previous)]
+        commas = []
 
         if self.accept('comma'):
-            t = self.current
+            commas.append(self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous))
             self.expect('id')
-            assert isinstance(t.value, str)
-            varnames.append(t.value)
+            assert isinstance(self.previous.value, str)
+            varnames.append(self.create_node(IdNode, self.previous))
 
         self.expect('colon')
+        column = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
         items = self.statement()
         block = self.codeblock()
-        return ForeachClauseNode(varname, varnames, items, block)
+        endforeach = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.current)
+        return self.create_node(ForeachClauseNode, foreach_, varnames, commas, column, items, block, endforeach)
 
     def ifblock(self) -> IfClauseNode:
+        if_node = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
         condition = self.statement()
-        clause = IfClauseNode(condition)
+        clause = self.create_node(IfClauseNode, condition)
         self.expect('eol')
         block = self.codeblock()
-        clause.ifs.append(IfNode(clause, condition, block))
+        clause.ifs.append(self.create_node(IfNode, clause, if_node, condition, block))
         self.elseifblock(clause)
         clause.elseblock = self.elseblock()
+        clause.endif = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.current)
         return clause
 
     def elseifblock(self, clause: IfClauseNode) -> None:
         while self.accept('elif'):
+            elif_ = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
             s = self.statement()
             self.expect('eol')
             b = self.codeblock()
-            clause.ifs.append(IfNode(s, s, b))
+            clause.ifs.append(self.create_node(IfNode, s, elif_, s, b))
 
-    def elseblock(self) -> T.Union[CodeBlockNode, EmptyNode]:
+    def elseblock(self) -> T.Union[ElseNode, EmptyNode]:
         if self.accept('else'):
+            else_ = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
             self.expect('eol')
-            return self.codeblock()
+            block = self.codeblock()
+            return ElseNode(else_, block)
         return EmptyNode(self.current.lineno, self.current.colno, self.current.filename)
 
     def testcaseblock(self) -> TestCaseClauseNode:
+        testcase = self.create_node(SymbolNode, self.previous)
         condition = self.statement()
         self.expect('eol')
         block = self.codeblock()
-        return TestCaseClauseNode(condition, block)
+        endtestcase = SymbolNode(self.current)
+        return self.create_node(TestCaseClauseNode, testcase, condition, block, endtestcase)
 
     def line(self) -> BaseNode:
         block_start = self.current
@@ -930,9 +1083,9 @@ class Parser:
             self.block_expect('endforeach', block_start)
             return forblock
         if self.accept('continue'):
-            return ContinueNode(self.current)
+            return self.create_node(ContinueNode, self.current)
         if self.accept('break'):
-            return BreakNode(self.current)
+            return self.create_node(BreakNode, self.current)
         if self.lexer.in_unit_test and self.accept('testcase'):
             block = self.testcaseblock()
             self.block_expect('endtestcase', block_start)
@@ -940,15 +1093,29 @@ class Parser:
         return self.statement()
 
     def codeblock(self) -> CodeBlockNode:
-        block = CodeBlockNode(self.current)
+        block = self.create_node(CodeBlockNode, self.current)
         cond = True
+
         try:
             while cond:
+                for ws_token in self.current_ws:
+                    block.append_whitespaces(ws_token)
+                self.current_ws = []
+
                 curline = self.line()
+
                 if not isinstance(curline, EmptyNode):
                     block.lines.append(curline)
+
                 cond = self.accept('eol')
+
         except ParseException as e:
             e.ast = block
             raise
+
+        # Remaining whitespaces will not be catched since there are no more nodes
+        for ws_token in self.current_ws:
+            block.append_whitespaces(ws_token)
+        self.current_ws = []
+
         return block
diff --git a/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py b/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py
index 8ad84aa..895cada 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/optinterpreter.py
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ class OptionInterpreter:
     def reduce_single(self, arg: T.Union[str, mparser.BaseNode]) -> 'TYPE_var':
         if isinstance(arg, str):
             return arg
-        elif isinstance(arg, (mparser.StringNode, mparser.BooleanNode,
+        if isinstance(arg, mparser.ParenthesizedNode):
+            return self.reduce_single(arg.inner)
+        elif isinstance(arg, (mparser.BaseStringNode, mparser.BooleanNode,
                               mparser.NumberNode)):
             return arg.value
         elif isinstance(arg, mparser.ArrayNode):
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ class OptionInterpreter:
         elif isinstance(arg, mparser.DictNode):
             d = {}
             for k, v in arg.args.kwargs.items():
-                if not isinstance(k, mparser.StringNode):
+                if not isinstance(k, mparser.BaseStringNode):
                     raise OptionException('Dictionary keys must be a string literal')
                 d[k.value] = self.reduce_single(v)
             return d
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ class OptionInterpreter:
     def evaluate_statement(self, node: mparser.BaseNode) -> None:
         if not isinstance(node, mparser.FunctionNode):
             raise OptionException('Option file may only contain option definitions')
-        func_name = node.func_name
+        func_name = node.func_name.value
         if func_name != 'option':
             raise OptionException('Only calls to option() are allowed in option files.')
         (posargs, kwargs) = self.reduce_arguments(node.args)
diff --git a/mesonbuild/rewriter.py b/mesonbuild/rewriter.py
index a9b2e88..a86b97e 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/rewriter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/rewriter.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from .ast import IntrospectionInterpreter, BUILD_TARGET_FUNCTIONS, AstConditionL
 from mesonbuild.mesonlib import MesonException, setup_vsenv
 from . import mlog, environment
 from functools import wraps
-from .mparser import Token, ArrayNode, ArgumentNode, AssignmentNode, BooleanNode, ElementaryNode, IdNode, FunctionNode, StringNode
+from .mparser import Token, ArrayNode, ArgumentNode, AssignmentNode, BaseStringNode, BooleanNode, ElementaryNode, IdNode, FunctionNode, StringNode, SymbolNode
 import json, os, re, sys
 import typing as T
 
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ class RequiredKeys:
 
         return wrapped
 
+def _symbol(val: str) -> SymbolNode:
+    return SymbolNode(Token('', '', 0, 0, 0, (0, 0), val))
+
 class MTypeBase:
     def __init__(self, node: T.Optional[BaseNode] = None):
         if node is None:
@@ -189,7 +192,7 @@ class MTypeList(MTypeBase):
         super().__init__(node)
 
     def _new_node(self):
-        return ArrayNode(ArgumentNode(Token('', '', 0, 0, 0, None, '')), 0, 0, 0, 0)
+        return ArrayNode(_symbol('['), ArgumentNode(Token('', '', 0, 0, 0, None, '')), _symbol(']'))
 
     def _new_element_node(self, value):
         # Overwrite in derived class
@@ -267,12 +270,12 @@ class MTypeStrList(MTypeList):
         return StringNode(Token('', '', 0, 0, 0, None, str(value)))
 
     def _check_is_equal(self, node, value) -> bool:
-        if isinstance(node, StringNode):
+        if isinstance(node, BaseStringNode):
             return node.value == value
         return False
 
     def _check_regex_matches(self, node, regex: str) -> bool:
-        if isinstance(node, StringNode):
+        if isinstance(node, BaseStringNode):
             return re.match(regex, node.value) is not None
         return False
 
@@ -292,7 +295,7 @@ class MTypeIDList(MTypeList):
         return False
 
     def _check_regex_matches(self, node, regex: str) -> bool:
-        if isinstance(node, StringNode):
+        if isinstance(node, BaseStringNode):
             return re.match(regex, node.value) is not None
         return False
 
@@ -420,7 +423,7 @@ class Rewriter:
         if target in self.interpreter.assignments:
             node = self.interpreter.assignments[target]
             if isinstance(node, FunctionNode):
-                if node.func_name in {'executable', 'jar', 'library', 'shared_library', 'shared_module', 'static_library', 'both_libraries'}:
+                if node.func_name.value in {'executable', 'jar', 'library', 'shared_library', 'shared_module', 'static_library', 'both_libraries'}:
                     tgt = self.interpreter.assign_vals[target]
 
         return tgt
@@ -440,7 +443,7 @@ class Rewriter:
         if dependency in self.interpreter.assignments:
             node = self.interpreter.assignments[dependency]
             if isinstance(node, FunctionNode):
-                if node.func_name == 'dependency':
+                if node.func_name.value == 'dependency':
                     name = self.interpreter.flatten_args(node.args)[0]
                     dep = check_list(name)
 
@@ -630,7 +633,7 @@ class Rewriter:
             args = []
             if isinstance(n, FunctionNode):
                 args = list(n.args.arguments)
-                if n.func_name in BUILD_TARGET_FUNCTIONS:
+                if n.func_name.value in BUILD_TARGET_FUNCTIONS:
                     args.pop(0)
             elif isinstance(n, ArrayNode):
                 args = n.args.arguments
@@ -652,7 +655,7 @@ class Rewriter:
             src_list = []
             for i in target['sources']:
                 for j in arg_list_from_node(i):
-                    if isinstance(j, StringNode):
+                    if isinstance(j, BaseStringNode):
                         src_list += [j.value]
 
             # Generate the new String nodes
@@ -686,7 +689,7 @@ class Rewriter:
             def find_node(src):
                 for i in target['sources']:
                     for j in arg_list_from_node(i):
-                        if isinstance(j, StringNode):
+                        if isinstance(j, BaseStringNode):
                             if j.value == src:
                                 return i, j
                 return None, None
@@ -728,7 +731,7 @@ class Rewriter:
                     node = tgt_function.args.kwargs[extra_files_key]
                 except StopIteration:
                     # Target has no extra_files kwarg, create one
-                    node = ArrayNode(ArgumentNode(Token('', tgt_function.filename, 0, 0, 0, None, '[]')), tgt_function.end_lineno, tgt_function.end_colno, tgt_function.end_lineno, tgt_function.end_colno)
+                    node = ArrayNode(_symbol('['), ArgumentNode(Token('', tgt_function.filename, 0, 0, 0, None, '[]')), _symbol(']'))
                     tgt_function.args.kwargs[IdNode(Token('string', tgt_function.filename, 0, 0, 0, None, 'extra_files'))] = node
                     mark_array = False
                     if tgt_function not in self.modified_nodes:
@@ -745,7 +748,7 @@ class Rewriter:
             extra_files_list = []
             for i in target['extra_files']:
                 for j in arg_list_from_node(i):
-                    if isinstance(j, StringNode):
+                    if isinstance(j, BaseStringNode):
                         extra_files_list += [j.value]
 
             # Generate the new String nodes
@@ -776,7 +779,7 @@ class Rewriter:
             def find_node(src):
                 for i in target['extra_files']:
                     for j in arg_list_from_node(i):
-                        if isinstance(j, StringNode):
+                        if isinstance(j, BaseStringNode):
                             if j.value == src:
                                 return i, j
                 return None, None
@@ -812,17 +815,17 @@ class Rewriter:
 
             # Build src list
             src_arg_node = ArgumentNode(Token('string', filename, 0, 0, 0, None, ''))
-            src_arr_node = ArrayNode(src_arg_node, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+            src_arr_node = ArrayNode(_symbol('['), src_arg_node, _symbol(']'))
             src_far_node = ArgumentNode(Token('string', filename, 0, 0, 0, None, ''))
-            src_fun_node = FunctionNode(filename, 0, 0, 0, 0, 'files', src_far_node)
-            src_ass_node = AssignmentNode(filename, 0, 0, source_id, src_fun_node)
+            src_fun_node = FunctionNode(IdNode(Token('id', filename, 0, 0, 0, (0, 0), 'files')), _symbol('('), src_far_node, _symbol(')'))
+            src_ass_node = AssignmentNode(IdNode(Token('id', filename, 0, 0, 0, (0, 0), source_id)), _symbol('='), src_fun_node)
             src_arg_node.arguments = [StringNode(Token('string', filename, 0, 0, 0, None, x)) for x in cmd['sources']]
             src_far_node.arguments = [src_arr_node]
 
             # Build target
             tgt_arg_node = ArgumentNode(Token('string', filename, 0, 0, 0, None, ''))
-            tgt_fun_node = FunctionNode(filename, 0, 0, 0, 0, cmd['target_type'], tgt_arg_node)
-            tgt_ass_node = AssignmentNode(filename, 0, 0, target_id, tgt_fun_node)
+            tgt_fun_node = FunctionNode(IdNode(Token('id', filename, 0, 0, 0, (0, 0), cmd['target_type'])), _symbol('('), tgt_arg_node, _symbol(')'))
+            tgt_ass_node = AssignmentNode(IdNode(Token('id', filename, 0, 0, 0, (0, 0), target_id)), _symbol('='), tgt_fun_node)
             tgt_arg_node.arguments = [
                 StringNode(Token('string', filename, 0, 0, 0, None, cmd['target'])),
                 IdNode(Token('string', filename, 0, 0, 0, None, source_id))
@@ -845,12 +848,12 @@ class Rewriter:
             src_list = []
             for i in target['sources']:
                 for j in arg_list_from_node(i):
-                    if isinstance(j, StringNode):
+                    if isinstance(j, BaseStringNode):
                         src_list += [j.value]
             extra_files_list = []
             for i in target['extra_files']:
                 for j in arg_list_from_node(i):
-                    if isinstance(j, StringNode):
+                    if isinstance(j, BaseStringNode):
                         extra_files_list += [j.value]
             test_data = {
                 'name': target['name'],
@@ -865,8 +868,8 @@ class Rewriter:
             alphanum_key = lambda key: [convert(c) for c in re.split('([0-9]+)', key)]
             path_sorter = lambda key: ([(key.count('/') <= idx, alphanum_key(x)) for idx, x in enumerate(key.split('/'))])
 
-            unknown = [x for x in i.arguments if not isinstance(x, StringNode)]
-            sources = [x for x in i.arguments if isinstance(x, StringNode)]
+            unknown = [x for x in i.arguments if not isinstance(x, BaseStringNode)]
+            sources = [x for x in i.arguments if isinstance(x, BaseStringNode)]
             sources = sorted(sources, key=lambda x: path_sorter(x.value))
             i.arguments = unknown + sources
 
diff --git a/run_format_tests.py b/run_format_tests.py
index 1f41f3d..1bf997c 100644
--- a/run_format_tests.py
+++ b/run_format_tests.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def check_format() -> None:
         'work area',
         '.eggs', '_cache',              # e.g. .mypy_cache
         'venv',                         # virtualenvs have DOS line endings
+        '118 rewrite',                  # we explicitly test for tab in meson.build file
     }
     for (root, _, filenames) in os.walk('.'):
         if any([x in root for x in skip_dirs]):
diff --git a/test cases/unit/118 rewrite/meson.build b/test cases/unit/118 rewrite/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d0330b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/unit/118 rewrite/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+# This file should expose all possible meson syntaxes
+  #   and ensure the AstInterpreter and RawPrinter are able
+  
+  # to parse and write a file identical to the original.
+
+  project  (       # project comment 1
+    # project comment 2
+    'rewrite'  ,  # argument comment
+    # project comment 3
+        'cpp',
+    'c',
+    default_options: [
+        'unity=on',
+        'unity_size=50',  # number of cpp / unity. default is 4...
+        'warning_level=2',  # eqv to /W3
+        'werror=true',  # treat warnings as errors
+        'b_ndebug=if-release',  # disable assert in Release
+        'cpp_eh=a',  # /EHa exception handling
+        'cpp_std=c++17',
+        'cpp_winlibs=' + ','.join([ # array comment
+        # in array
+          # comment
+            'kernel32.lib',
+            'user32.lib',
+            'gdi32.lib',
+            'winspool.lib',
+            'comdlg32.lib',
+            'advapi32.lib',
+            'shell32.lib'
+            # before comma comment
+            ,
+            # after comma comment
+            'ole32.lib',
+            'oleaut32.lib',
+            'uuid.lib',
+            'odbc32.lib',
+            'odbccp32.lib',
+            'Delayimp.lib',  # For delay loaded dll
+            'OLDNAMES.lib',
+            'dbghelp.lib',
+            'psapi.lib',
+        ]),
+    ],
+    meson_version: '>=1.2',
+    version: '1.0.0',
+ )  # project comment 4
+
+cppcoro_dep = dependency('andreasbuhr-cppcoro-cppcoro')
+cppcoro = declare_dependency(
+    dependencies: [cppcoro_dep.partial_dependency(
+        includes: true,
+        link_args: true,
+        links: true,
+        sources: true,
+    )],
+    # '/await:strict' allows to use <coroutine> rather than <experimental/coroutine> with C++17.
+    # We can remove '/await:strict' once we update to C++20.
+    compile_args: ['/await:strict'],
+    # includes:true doesn't work for now in partial_dependency()
+    # This line could be removed once https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/pull/10122 is released.
+    include_directories: cppcoro_dep.get_variable('includedir1'),
+)
+
+
+if get_option('unicode')  #if comment
+#if comment 2
+  mfc=cpp_compiler.find_library(get_option('debug')?'mfc140ud':'mfc140u')
+       # if comment 3
+else#elsecommentnowhitespaces
+       # else  comment 1
+  mfc = cpp_compiler.find_library( get_option( 'debug' ) ? 'mfc140d' : 'mfc140')
+# else comment 2
+endif  #endif comment
+
+
+assert(1 in [1, 2], '''1 should be in [1, 2]''')
+assert(3 not in [1, 2], '''3 shouldn't be in [1, 2]''')
+assert(not (3 in [1, 2]), '''3 shouldn't be in [1, 2]''')
+
+assert('b' in ['a', 'b'], ''''b' should be in ['a', 'b']''')
+assert('c' not in ['a', 'b'], ''''c' shouldn't be in ['a', 'b']''')
+
+assert(exe1 in [exe1, exe2], ''''exe1 should be in [exe1, exe2]''')
+assert(exe3 not in [exe1, exe2], ''''exe3 shouldn't be in [exe1, exe2]''')
+
+assert('a' in {'a': 'b'}, '''1 should be in {'a': 'b'}''')
+assert('b'not in{'a':'b'}, '''1 should be in {'a': 'b'}''')
+
+assert('a'in'abc')
+assert('b'  not   in    'def')
+
+
+w = 'world'
+d = {'a': 1, 'b': 0b10101010, 'c': 'pi', 'd': '''a
+b
+c''', 'e': f'hello @w@', 'f': f'''triple
+  formatted
+    string # this is not a comment
+      hello @w@
+''', 'g': [1, 2, 3], 
+
+    'h' # comment a
+    : # comment b
+0xDEADBEEF # comment c
+, # comment d
+'hh': 0xfeedc0de, # lowercase hexa
+'hhh': 0XaBcD0123,  # mixed case hexa
+'oo': 0O123456,  # upper O octa
+'bb': 0B1111,  # upper B binary
+'i': {'aa': 11, # this is a comment
+  'bb': 22}, # a comment inside a dict
+'o': 0o754,
+'m': -12,  # minus number
+'eq': 1 + 3 - 3 % 4 + -( 7 * 8 ),
+}  # end of dict comment
+
+hw = d['e']
+one = d['g'][0]
+  w  +=  '!'
+
+
+components = {
+  'foo': ['foo.c'],
+  'bar': ['bar.c'],
+	'baz': ['baz.c'], # this line is indented with a tab!
+}
+
+# compute a configuration based on system dependencies, custom logic
+conf = configuration_data()
+conf.set('USE_FOO', 1)
+
+# Determine the sources to compile
+sources_to_compile = []
+foreach name, sources : components
+  if conf.get('USE_@0@'.format(name.to_upper()), 0) == 1
+    sources_to_compile += sources
+  endif
+endforeach
+
+
+items = ['a', 'continue', 'b', 'break', 'c']
+result = []
+foreach i : items
+  if i == 'continue'
+    continue
+  elif i == 'break'
+    break
+  endif
+  result += i
+endforeach
+# result is ['a', 'b']
+
+
+
+if a and b
+  # do something
+endif
+if c or d
+  # do something
+endif
+if not e
+  # do something
+endif
+if not (f or g)
+  # do something
+endif
+
+single_quote = 'contains a \' character'
+string_escapes = '\\\'\a\b\f\n\r\t\v\046\x26\u2D4d\U00002d4d\N{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA}'
+no_string_escapes = '''\\\'\a\b\f\n\r\t\v\046\x26\u2D4d\U00002d4d\N{GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA}'''
+
+# FIXME: is it supposed to work? (cont_eol inside string)
+# cont_string = 'blablabla\
+# blablabla'
+
+# cont_eol with whitespace and comments after
+if a \  # comment in cont 1
+    and b \  # comment in cont 2
+    or c  # comment in cont 3
+  message('ok')
+endif
+
+if a \
+    or b
+  debug('help!')
+endif
+
+
+# End of file comment with no linebreak
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/unittests/rewritetests.py b/unittests/rewritetests.py
index ca30fe9..c338844 100644
--- a/unittests/rewritetests.py
+++ b/unittests/rewritetests.py
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import subprocess
+from itertools import zip_longest
 import json
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 import shutil
 import unittest
 
+from mesonbuild.ast import IntrospectionInterpreter, AstIDGenerator
+from mesonbuild.ast.printer import RawPrinter
 from mesonbuild.mesonlib import windows_proof_rmtree
 from .baseplatformtests import BasePlatformTests
 
@@ -396,3 +400,21 @@ class RewriterTests(BasePlatformTests):
         # Check the written file
         out = self.rewrite(self.builddir, os.path.join(self.builddir, 'info.json'))
         self.assertDictEqual(out, expected)
+
+    def test_raw_printer_is_idempotent(self):
+        test_path = Path(self.unit_test_dir, '118 rewrite')
+        meson_build_file = test_path / 'meson.build'
+        # original_contents = meson_build_file.read_bytes()
+        original_contents = meson_build_file.read_text(encoding='utf-8')
+
+        interpreter = IntrospectionInterpreter(test_path, '', 'ninja', visitors = [AstIDGenerator()])
+        interpreter.analyze()
+
+        printer = RawPrinter()
+        interpreter.ast.accept(printer)
+        # new_contents = printer.result.encode('utf-8')
+        new_contents = printer.result
+
+        # Do it line per line because it is easier to debug like that
+        for orig_line, new_line in zip_longest(original_contents.splitlines(), new_contents.splitlines()):
+            self.assertEqual(orig_line, new_line)