Lexer(3)

NAME
Lexer - The lexical analyzer

Module
Module Lexer

Documentation

Module Lexer
 : sig end

The lexical analyzer

Warning: this module is unstable and part of Compiler_libs .

val init : unit -> unit

val token : Lexing.lexbuf -> Parser.token

val skip_hash_bang : Lexing.lexbuf -> unit

type error =
 | Illegal_character of char
 | Illegal_escape of string * string option
 | Reserved_sequence of string * string option
 | Unterminated_comment of Location.t
 | Unterminated_string
 | Unterminated_string_in_comment of Location.t * Location.t
 | Empty_character_literal
 | Keyword_as_label of string
 | Invalid_literal of string
 | Invalid_directive of string * string option

exception Error of error * Location.t

val in_comment : unit -> bool

val in_string : unit -> bool

val print_warnings : bool ref

val handle_docstrings : bool ref

val comments : unit -> (string * Location.t) list

val token_with_comments : Lexing.lexbuf -> Parser.token

val set_preprocessor : (unit -> unit) -> ((Lexing.lexbuf -> Parser.token) -> Lexing.lexbuf -> Parser.token) -> unit