Zed code editor introduces rainbow brackets, a highly-requested feature that colors nested brackets at different levels for improved code readability. The implementation uses a chunk-based approach with tree-sitter queries rather than maintaining full syntax trees in memory. Brackets are colored in 50-row chunks that invalidate on buffer changes but only re-query when visible, avoiding the complexity of global state management. The feature is opt-in per language, reuses theme accent colors, and includes performance optimizations to tree-sitter's query execution.
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