added : prefix operator for self assignment in table lits

moonscript/parse.lua

@@ -251,6 +251,11 @@ local build_grammar = wrap(function()
 		return #left == #right
 	end
 
+	-- :name in table literal
+	local function self_assign(name)
+		return {name, name}
+	end
+
 	-- can't have P(false) because it causes preceding patterns not to run
 	local Cut = P(function() return false end)
 
@@ -402,7 +407,7 @@ local build_grammar = wrap(function()
 		ClassDecl = key"class" * Name * (key"extends" * Exp + C"")^-1 * TableBlock / mark"class",
 		Export = key"export" * Ct(NameList) / mark"export",
 
-		KeyValue = Ct((SimpleName + sym"[" * Exp * sym"]") * symx":" * (Exp + TableBlock)),
+		KeyValue = (sym":" * Name) / self_assign + Ct((SimpleName + sym"[" * Exp * sym"]") * symx":" * (Exp + TableBlock)),
 		KeyValueList = KeyValue * (sym"," * KeyValue)^0,
 		KeyValueLine = CheckIndent * KeyValueList * sym","^-1,
 

tests/inputs/tables.moon

@@ -81,5 +81,12 @@ x =
 -- okay
 
 
+x = { :something, something: something }
 
+y = {
+  :hi, :there, :how, :you
+  :thing
+}
+
+call_me "hello", :x, :y, :z
 

tests/outputs/tables.lua

@@ -100,4 +100,20 @@ x = {
   name = function(self, node)
     return self:value(node)
   end
-}
+}
+x = {
+  something = something,
+  something = something
+}
+local y = {
+  hi = hi,
+  there = there,
+  how = how,
+  you = you,
+  thing = thing
+}
+call_me("hello", {
+  x = x,
+  y = y,
+  z = z
+})