More of Intellij core question, but in the context...

# compiler

[kralli]

More of Intellij core question, but in the context of the Kotlin compiler:
I am looking into fixing the parse error, that arises when writing something like val a: List<String>= listOf(), where there is no whitespace in between the type parameter and the assignment.
Am I right when I conclude, that the PsiBuilder does not allow for splitting tokens but only for remapping? So is it really not (trivially) possible to convert a GTEQ into a GT and an EQ?

[kralli]

Upon further investigation I am now certain that splitting tokens is currently not possible. It would involve altering the array inside of the PsiBuilderImpl, which would require a (substantial) change in the core.
However, I think, I found a viable solution to the problem by handling it analogous to the SAFE_CALL or ELVIS token types.