Module Lexer

The lexical analyzer

Warning: this module is unstable and part of compiler-libs.

val init : unit -> unit
val skip_hash_bang : Lexing.lexbuf -> unit
type error =
  1. | Illegal_character of char
  2. | Illegal_escape of string * string option
  3. | Reserved_sequence of string * string option
  4. | Unterminated_comment of Location.t
  5. | Unterminated_string
  6. | Unterminated_string_in_comment of Location.t * Location.t
  7. | Empty_character_literal
  8. | Keyword_as_label of string
  9. | Invalid_literal of string
  10. | Invalid_directive of string * string option
exception Error of error * Location.t
val in_comment : unit -> bool
val in_string : unit -> bool
val is_keyword : string -> 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