diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c2e7935..07e40c0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,15 +3,22 @@ mod token;
 mod parser;
 
 use token::*;
+use parser::*;
 
 fn main() {
-    
+
     let source =
 r"
-main() {
+foo = 5 * 6 + 4
+
+foo() = {
+    c
+}
+
+main()(x) {
     3 * 5 # comment
 }
 ";
 
-    tokenize(source).iter().for_each(|t| print!("{:?}", t));
+    parse(&mut tokenize(source));
 }
diff --git a/src/parser/mod.rs b/src/parser/mod.rs
index 6e5c2ae..5c9abd2 100644
--- a/src/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -1,25 +1,124 @@
+use std::collections::{VecDeque, HashSet};
 
+use crate::token::Token;
+
+#[derive(Eq, Hash)]
 pub struct Function<'a> {
-    /// name
-    name: &'a str,
     /// parameter names
-    params: Vec<&'a str>,  
-    /// wether this function returns a single value or not
-    ret: bool,
+    pub params: Option<Vec<&'a str>>,
+    /// raw tokens
+    pub raw: Option<VecDeque<Token<'a>>>
+}
+
+impl<'a> Function<'a> {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            params: None,
+            raw: None
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> PartialEq for Function<'a> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        self.params == other.params
+    }
+}
+
+/// simple brace-counting parser to detect abstract token syntaxes
+fn discover_functions<'a>(tokens: &mut VecDeque<crate::Token<'a>>) -> HashSet<Function<'a>> {
+    let mut funcs = HashSet::new();
+
+    let mut name = None;
+    let mut cur_fun = Function::new();
+
+    let mut assigned = false;
+    let mut brace_cnt = 0;
+    let mut parent_cnt = 0;
+
+    while let Some(top) = tokens.pop_front() {
+        
+        match &top {
+            crate::Token::Operator(op) => {
+                match op {
+                    crate::Operator::Assign => if cur_fun.raw.is_none() {
+                        assigned = true;
+                        cur_fun.raw = Some(VecDeque::new());
+                        continue;
+                    },
+                    _ => ()
+                }
+            }
+            crate::Token::LineBreak => if name.is_some() && cur_fun.raw.is_some() && assigned {
+                funcs.insert(cur_fun);
+                cur_fun = Function::new();
+                continue;
+            }
+            crate::Token::Delemiter(char) => {
+                match char {
+
+                    '{' => {
+                        brace_cnt += 1;
+                        if brace_cnt == 1 {
+                            // start a new body
+                            cur_fun.raw = Some(VecDeque::new());
+                            assigned = false;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    },
+                    '}' => {
+                        brace_cnt -= 1;
+                        
+                        // we have a full body!
+                        if brace_cnt == 0 {
+                            funcs.insert(cur_fun);
+                            cur_fun = Function::new();
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    },
+
+                    '(' => if cur_fun.raw.is_none() {
+                        parent_cnt += 1;
+                        if parent_cnt == 1 {
+                            // start a new arg list
+                            cur_fun.params = Some(Vec::new());
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    },
+                    ')' => if cur_body.is_none() {
+                        parent_cnt -= 1;
+                        
+                        // we have a full body!
+                        if parent_cnt == 0 {
+                            funcs.insert(cur_fun);
+                            cur_fun = Function::new();
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    },
+                    _ => ()
+                }
+            }
+            _ => (),
+        }
+
+        if let Some(body) = &mut cur_body {
+            body.push_back(top);
+        } else if let Some(args) = &mut cur_args {
+            match &top {
+                Token::Word(text) => args.push(text),
+                _ => panic!("Argument in list is not a word")
+            }
+        } else {
+            body.push_back(top)
+        }
+    }
+    
+    funcs
 }
 
 /// reorder and organize a listing of instructions to a RPN based format:
 /// any program is made out of functions.
 /// A function has a name followed by an optional parameter list, followed by an optional equal sign and block.
-/// ```python
-/// foo(a) = {
-///  # function
-/// }
-/// ```
-pub fn parse<'a>(tokens: &Vec<crate::Token<'a>>) -> Vec<Function<'a>> {
-    let mut functions = vec![];
-
+pub fn parse<'a>(tokens: &mut VecDeque<crate::Token<'a>>)  {
     
-
-    functions
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/token/mod.rs b/src/token/mod.rs
index b0ea9c9..b3890f3 100644
--- a/src/token/mod.rs
+++ b/src/token/mod.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,51 @@
+use std::collections::{VecDeque};
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Operator {
+    Assign,
+
+    Add,
+    Sub,
+    Mul,
+    Div
+}
+
+impl Operator {
+    pub fn parse<'a>(str: &'a str) -> Self {
+        return match str {
+            "=" => Operator::Assign,
+
+            "+" => Operator::Add,
+            "-" => Operator::Sub,
+            "*" => Operator::Mul,
+            "/" => Operator::Div,
+
+            _ => panic!("Unspecified operator")
+        };
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq)]
 /// A token represents a basic building block for source code.
 /// They give a meaning to patterns of chars allowing to interpret them.
 pub enum Token<'a> {
+    // base tokens that can simply be split to from raw source code
     Word(&'a str),
     Delemiter(char),
-    Operator,
+    Operator(Operator),
     Number(&'a str),
+    LineBreak
 }
 
-const TOKEN_REGEX_SRC: &'static str = r"(#.*)|([A-Za-z_]+)|(\d*\.?\d+)|([+\-*])|([(){}])";
+const TOKEN_REGEX_SRC: &'static str = r"(#.*)|([A-Za-z_]+)|(\d*\.?\d+)|([+\-*=])|([(){}])|(\n)";
  
 lazy_static::lazy_static! {
     static ref TOKEN_REGEX: regex::Regex = regex::Regex::new(TOKEN_REGEX_SRC).unwrap();
 }
 
 /// creates a vector of tokens from the specified str.
-pub fn tokenize<'a>(source: &'a str) -> Vec<Token<'a>> {
-    let mut tokens = vec![];
+pub fn tokenize<'a>(source: &'a str) -> VecDeque<Token<'a>> {
+    let mut tokens = VecDeque::new();
 
     for cap in TOKEN_REGEX.captures_iter(source) {
         for (i, group) in cap.iter().enumerate() {
@@ -30,11 +58,12 @@ pub fn tokenize<'a>(source: &'a str) -> Vec<Token<'a>> {
 
             // if we have a match, save it as token
             if let Some(mat) = group  {
-                tokens.push(match i  {
+                tokens.push_back(match i  {
                     2 => Token::Word(mat.as_str()),
                     3 => Token::Number(mat.as_str()),
-                    4 => Token::Operator,
+                    4 => Token::Operator(Operator::parse(mat.as_str())),
                     5 => Token::Delemiter(mat.as_str().chars().nth(0).unwrap()),
+                    6 => Token::LineBreak,
 
                     _ => panic!("Unknown match to tokenize: {}", mat.as_str())
                 });