Add config toggle

Author: sovdeeth

src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/SkriptConfig.java

@@ -375,6 +375,9 @@ private static void userDisableHooks(Class<? extends Hook<?>> hookClass, boolean
 	public static final Option<Integer> variableChangesUntilSave = new Option<>("variable changes until save", 1000)
 		.setter(FlatFileStorage::setRequiredChangesForResave);
 
+	public static final Option<Boolean> simplifySyntaxesOnParse = new Option<>("simplify syntax on parse", true)
+		.optional(true);
+
 	/**
 	 * This should only be used in special cases
 	 */

src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/lang/SkriptParser.java

@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ public class SkriptParser {
 	public final static int ALL_FLAGS = PARSE_EXPRESSIONS | PARSE_LITERALS;
 	private final int flags;
 
+	public final boolean doSimplification = SkriptConfig.simplifySyntaxesOnParse.value();
+
 	public final ParseContext context;
 
 	public SkriptParser(String expr) {
@@ -253,7 +255,7 @@ public boolean hasTag(String tag) {
 							boolean success = element.init(parseResult.exprs, patternIndex, getParser().getHasDelayBefore(), parseResult);
 							if (success) {
 								log.printLog();
-								if (element instanceof Simplifiable<?> simplifiable)
+								if (doSimplification && element instanceof Simplifiable<?> simplifiable)
 									//noinspection unchecked
 									return (T) simplifiable.simplify();
 								return element;

src/main/resources/config.sk

@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ variable changes until save: 1000
 #          This setting can lag your server depending on how often variables get saved and
 #          the number of variables needing to be saved.
 
+simplify syntax on parse: true
+# This setting controls whether Skript should try to simplify the syntax of a statement
+#   when parsing it. For example, 'set {a} to 1 + 10 * 5^2' will be simplified to 'set {a} to 251'.
+# This can be useful for performance, but could cause issues with some older addons. If you are encountering strange
+# issues, try disabling this setting and see if it helps. Otherwise, you can leave it enabled for better performance.
+
 # ==== Runtime Errors ====
 
 runtime errors: