diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
index 9545f7d..5ece824 100644
--- a/parser.c
+++ b/parser.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -9,6 +10,12 @@
 const AstNodeIndex null_node = 0;
 const AstTokenIndex null_token = ~(AstTokenIndex)(0);
 
+static AstNodeIndex parsePrefixExpr(Parser*);
+static AstNodeIndex parseTypeExpr(Parser*);
+static AstNodeIndex parseBlock(Parser* p);
+static AstNodeIndex parseLabeledStatement(Parser*);
+static AstNodeIndex parseExpr(Parser*);
+
 typedef struct {
     enum { FIELD_STATE_NONE, FIELD_STATE_SEEN, FIELD_STATE_END } tag;
     union {
@@ -75,6 +82,12 @@ static AstTokenIndex eatToken(Parser* p, TokenizerTag tag) {
     }
 }
 
+static AstTokenIndex assertToken(Parser* p, TokenizerTag tag) {
+    const AstTokenIndex token = nextToken(p);
+    assert(p->token_tags[token] == tag);
+    return token;
+}
+
 static void eatDocComments(Parser* p) {
     while (eatToken(p, TOKEN_DOC_COMMENT) != null_token) { }
 }
@@ -150,8 +163,6 @@ static AstNodeIndex parseCallconv(Parser* p) {
     return 0; // tcc
 }
 
-static AstNodeIndex parseTypeExpr(Parser*);
-
 typedef struct {
     AstNodeIndex align_expr, value_expr;
 } NodeContainerField;
@@ -207,6 +218,29 @@ static AstNodeIndex expectContainerField(Parser* p) {
     }
 }
 
+static AstNodeIndex parseBuiltinCall(Parser* p) {
+    const AstNodeIndex builtin_token = assertToken(p, TOKEN_BUILTIN);
+    eatToken(p, TOKEN_L_PAREN);
+
+    CleanupScratch scratch_top __attribute__((__cleanup__(cleanupScratch)))
+    = initCleanupScratch(p);
+
+    while (true) {
+        if (eatToken(p, TOKEN_R_PAREN) != null_token)
+            break;
+
+        const AstNodeIndex param = parseExpr(p);
+        SLICE_APPEND(AstNodeIndex, &p->scratch, param);
+        // TODO finish
+    }
+
+    (void)builtin_token;
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "parseBuiltinCall not implemented\n");
+    exit(1);
+    return 0; // tcc
+}
+
 static AstNodeIndex parsePrimaryTypeExpr(Parser* p) {
     const TokenizerTag tok = p->token_tags[p->tok_i];
     switch (tok) {
@@ -216,6 +250,7 @@ static AstNodeIndex parsePrimaryTypeExpr(Parser* p) {
     case TOKEN_KEYWORD_ANYFRAME:
     case TOKEN_STRING_LITERAL:
     case TOKEN_BUILTIN:
+        return parseBuiltinCall(p);
     case TOKEN_KEYWORD_FN:
     case TOKEN_KEYWORD_IF:
     case TOKEN_KEYWORD_SWITCH:
@@ -516,11 +551,56 @@ static AstNodeIndex parseAssignExpr(Parser* p) {
 }
 
 static AstNodeIndex parseVarDeclProto(Parser* p) {
-    if (eatToken(p, TOKEN_KEYWORD_CONST) == null_token
-        || eatToken(p, TOKEN_KEYWORD_VAR) == null_token)
+    AstTokenIndex mut_token;
+    if ((mut_token = eatToken(p, TOKEN_KEYWORD_CONST)) == null_token)
+        if ((mut_token = eatToken(p, TOKEN_KEYWORD_VAR)) == null_token)
+            return null_node;
+
+    expectToken(p, TOKEN_IDENTIFIER);
+    const AstNodeIndex type_node
+        = eatToken(p, TOKEN_COLON) == null_token ? 0 : parseTypeExpr(p);
+    const AstNodeIndex align_node = parseByteAlign(p);
+    const AstNodeIndex addrspace_node = parseAddrSpace(p);
+    const AstNodeIndex section_node = parseLinkSection(p);
+
+    if (section_node == 0 && addrspace_node == 0) {
+        if (align_node == 0) {
+            return addNode(
+                &p->nodes,
+                (AstNodeItem) {
+                    .tag = AST_NODE_SIMPLE_VAR_DECL,
+                    .main_token = mut_token,
+                    .data = {
+                        .lhs = type_node,
+                        .rhs = 0,
+                    },
+                });
+        }
+        fprintf(stderr, "parseVarDecl got something too complicated\n");
+        exit(1);
+    } else {
+        fprintf(stderr, "parseVarDecl got something too complicated\n");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    return 0; // tcc
+}
+
+static AstTokenIndex parseBreakLabel(Parser* p) {
+    if (eatToken(p, TOKEN_COLON) == null_node)
+        return null_node;
+    return expectToken(p, TOKEN_IDENTIFIER);
+}
+
+static AstNodeIndex parseCurlySuffixExpr(Parser* p) {
+    const AstNodeIndex lhs = parseTypeExpr(p);
+    if (lhs == 0)
         return null_node;
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "parseVarDeclProto: parsing vars is not supported\n");
+    const AstTokenIndex lbrace = eatToken(p, TOKEN_L_BRACE);
+    if (lbrace == null_token)
+        return lhs;
+
+    fprintf(stderr, "parseCurlySuffixExpr is not implemented\n");
     exit(1);
     return 0; // tcc
 }
@@ -619,25 +699,184 @@ static OperInfo operTable(TokenizerTag tok_tag) {
     }
 }
 
+static AstNodeIndex parseExprPrecedence(Parser* p, int32_t min_prec) {
+    (void)p;
+    assert(min_prec >= 0);
+
+    AstNodeIndex node = parsePrefixExpr(p);
+    if (node == 0)
+        return null_node;
+
+    int8_t banned_prec = -1;
+
+    while (true) {
+        const TokenizerTag tok_tag = p->token_tags[p->tok_i];
+        const OperInfo info = operTable(tok_tag);
+        if (info.prec < min_prec)
+            break;
+
+        assert(info.prec != banned_prec);
+
+        const AstTokenIndex oper_token = nextToken(p);
+        if (tok_tag == TOKEN_KEYWORD_CATCH) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "parsePayload not supported\n");
+            exit(1);
+            return 0; // tcc
+        }
+        const AstNodeIndex rhs = parseExprPrecedence(p, info.prec + 1);
+        assert(rhs != 0);
+
+        node = addNode(
+                &p->nodes,
+                (AstNodeItem) {
+                    .tag = info.tag,
+                    .main_token = oper_token,
+                    .data = {
+                        .lhs = node,
+                        .rhs = rhs,
+                    },
+                });
+
+        if (info.assoc == ASSOC_NONE)
+            banned_prec = info.prec;
+    }
+
+    return node;
+}
+
+static AstNodeIndex parseExpr(Parser* p) { return parseExprPrecedence(p, 0); }
+
+static AstNodeIndex parsePrimaryExpr(Parser* p) {
+    const char* tok = tokenizerGetTagString(p->token_tags[p->tok_i]);
+    switch (p->token_tags[p->tok_i]) {
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_ASM:
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_IF:
+        fprintf(stderr, "parsePrimaryExpr does not implement %s\n", tok);
+        exit(1);
+        break;
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_BREAK:
+        return addNode(
+                &p->nodes,
+                (AstNodeItem) {
+                    .tag = AST_NODE_BREAK,
+                    .main_token = nextToken(p),
+                    .data = {
+                        .lhs = parseBreakLabel(p),
+                        .rhs = parseExpr(p),
+                    },
+                });
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_CONTINUE:
+        return addNode(
+                &p->nodes,
+                (AstNodeItem) {
+                    .tag = AST_NODE_CONTINUE,
+                    .main_token = nextToken(p),
+                    .data = {
+                        .lhs = parseBreakLabel(p),
+                        .rhs = parseExpr(p),
+                    },
+                });
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_COMPTIME:
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_NOSUSPEND:
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_RESUME:
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_RETURN:
+        fprintf(stderr, "parsePrimaryExpr does not implement %s\n", tok);
+        exit(1);
+        return 0; // tcc
+    case TOKEN_IDENTIFIER:
+        if (p->token_tags[p->tok_i + 1] == TOKEN_COLON) {
+            switch (p->token_tags[p->tok_i + 2]) {
+            case TOKEN_KEYWORD_INLINE:
+            case TOKEN_KEYWORD_FOR:
+            case TOKEN_KEYWORD_WHILE:
+                fprintf(stderr, "parsePrimaryExpr NotImplemented\n");
+                exit(1);
+                return 0; // tcc
+            case TOKEN_L_BRACE:
+                p->tok_i += 2;
+                return parseBlock(p);
+            default:
+                return parseCurlySuffixExpr(p);
+            }
+        } else {
+            return parseCurlySuffixExpr(p);
+        }
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_INLINE:
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_FOR:
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_WHILE:
+        fprintf(stderr, "parsePrimaryExpr does not implement %s\n", tok);
+        exit(1);
+        return 0; // tcc
+    case TOKEN_L_BRACE:
+        return parseBlock(p);
+    default:
+        return parseCurlySuffixExpr(p);
+    }
+}
+
+static AstNodeIndex parsePrefixExpr(Parser* p) {
+    AstNodeTag tag;
+    switch (p->token_tags[p->tok_i]) {
+    case TOKEN_BANG:
+        tag = AST_NODE_BOOL_NOT;
+        break;
+    case TOKEN_MINUS:
+        tag = AST_NODE_NEGATION;
+        break;
+    case TOKEN_TILDE:
+        tag = AST_NODE_BIT_NOT;
+        break;
+    case TOKEN_MINUS_PERCENT:
+        tag = AST_NODE_NEGATION_WRAP;
+        break;
+    case TOKEN_AMPERSAND:
+        tag = AST_NODE_ADDRESS_OF;
+        break;
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_TRY:
+        tag = AST_NODE_TRY;
+        break;
+    case TOKEN_KEYWORD_AWAIT:
+        tag = AST_NODE_AWAIT;
+        break;
+    default:
+        return parsePrimaryExpr(p);
+    }
+    return addNode(
+        &p->nodes,
+        (AstNodeItem) {
+            .tag = tag,
+            .main_token = nextToken(p),
+            .data = {
+                .lhs = parsePrefixExpr(p),
+                .rhs = 0,
+            },
+        });
+}
+
 static AstNodeIndex expectVarDeclExprStatement(Parser* p) {
     CleanupScratch scratch_top __attribute__((__cleanup__(cleanupScratch)))
     = initCleanupScratch(p);
 
-    // while(true) {
-    //     const AstNodeIndex var_decl_proto = parseVarDeclProto(p);
-    //     if (var_decl_proto != 0) {
-    //         SLICE_APPEND(AstNodeIndex, &p->scratch, var_decl_proto);
-    //     } else {
+    while (true) {
+        const AstNodeIndex var_decl_proto = parseVarDeclProto(p);
+        if (var_decl_proto != 0) {
+            SLICE_APPEND(AstNodeIndex, &p->scratch, var_decl_proto);
+        } else {
+            const AstNodeIndex expr = parseExpr(p);
+            SLICE_APPEND(AstNodeIndex, &p->scratch, expr);
+        }
+        if (eatToken(p, TOKEN_COMMA) == null_node)
+            break;
+    }
 
-    //    }
-    //}
+    const uint32_t lhs_count = p->scratch.len - scratch_top.old_len;
+    assert(lhs_count > 0);
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "expectVarDeclExprStatement not implemented\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "expectVarDeclExprStatement only partially implemented\n");
     exit(1);
     return 0; // tcc
 }
 
-static AstNodeIndex parseLabeledStatement(Parser*);
 static AstNodeIndex expectStatement(Parser* p, bool allow_defer_var) {
     if (eatToken(p, TOKEN_KEYWORD_COMPTIME) != null_token) {
         fprintf(stderr, "expectStatement: comptime keyword not supported\n");