Exemple #1
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STATIC void mp_lexer_next_token_into(mp_lexer_t *lex, mp_token_t *tok, bool first_token) {
    // skip white space and comments
    bool had_physical_newline = false;
    while (!is_end(lex)) {
        if (is_physical_newline(lex)) {
            had_physical_newline = true;
            next_char(lex);
        } else if (is_whitespace(lex)) {
            next_char(lex);
        } else if (is_char(lex, '#')) {
            next_char(lex);
            while (!is_end(lex) && !is_physical_newline(lex)) {
                next_char(lex);
            }
            // had_physical_newline will be set on next loop
        } else if (is_char(lex, '\\')) {
            // backslash (outside string literals) must appear just before a physical newline
            next_char(lex);
            if (!is_physical_newline(lex)) {
                // SyntaxError: unexpected character after line continuation character
                tok->src_line = lex->line;
                tok->src_column = lex->column;
                tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_BAD_LINE_CONTINUATION;
                vstr_reset(&lex->vstr);
                tok->str = vstr_str(&lex->vstr);
                tok->len = 0;
                return;
            } else {
                next_char(lex);
            }
        } else {
            break;
        }
    }

    // set token source information
    tok->src_line = lex->line;
    tok->src_column = lex->column;

    // start new token text
    vstr_reset(&lex->vstr);

    if (first_token && lex->line == 1 && lex->column != 1) {
        // check that the first token is in the first column
        // if first token is not on first line, we get a physical newline and
        // this check is done as part of normal indent/dedent checking below
        // (done to get equivalence with CPython)
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_INDENT;

    } else if (lex->emit_dent < 0) {
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_DEDENT;
        lex->emit_dent += 1;

    } else if (lex->emit_dent > 0) {
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_INDENT;
        lex->emit_dent -= 1;

    } else if (had_physical_newline && lex->nested_bracket_level == 0) {
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_NEWLINE;

        uint num_spaces = lex->column - 1;
        lex->emit_dent = 0;
        if (num_spaces == indent_top(lex)) {
        } else if (num_spaces > indent_top(lex)) {
            indent_push(lex, num_spaces);
            lex->emit_dent += 1;
        } else {
            while (num_spaces < indent_top(lex)) {
                indent_pop(lex);
                lex->emit_dent -= 1;
            }
            if (num_spaces != indent_top(lex)) {
                tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_DEDENT_MISMATCH;
            }
        }

    } else if (is_end(lex)) {
        if (indent_top(lex) > 0) {
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_NEWLINE;
            lex->emit_dent = 0;
            while (indent_top(lex) > 0) {
                indent_pop(lex);
                lex->emit_dent -= 1;
            }
        } else {
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_END;
        }

    } else if (is_char_or(lex, '\'', '\"')
               || (is_char_or3(lex, 'r', 'u', 'b') && is_char_following_or(lex, '\'', '\"'))
               || ((is_char_and(lex, 'r', 'b') || is_char_and(lex, 'b', 'r')) && is_char_following_following_or(lex, '\'', '\"'))) {
        // a string or bytes literal

        // parse type codes
        bool is_raw = false;
        bool is_bytes = false;
        if (is_char(lex, 'u')) {
            next_char(lex);
        } else if (is_char(lex, 'b')) {
            is_bytes = true;
            next_char(lex);
            if (is_char(lex, 'r')) {
                is_raw = true;
                next_char(lex);
            }
        } else if (is_char(lex, 'r')) {
            is_raw = true;
            next_char(lex);
            if (is_char(lex, 'b')) {
                is_bytes = true;
                next_char(lex);
            }
        }

        // set token kind
        if (is_bytes) {
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_BYTES;
        } else {
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_STRING;
        }

        // get first quoting character
        char quote_char = '\'';
        if (is_char(lex, '\"')) {
            quote_char = '\"';
        }
        next_char(lex);

        // work out if it's a single or triple quoted literal
        int num_quotes;
        if (is_char_and(lex, quote_char, quote_char)) {
            // triple quotes
            next_char(lex);
            next_char(lex);
            num_quotes = 3;
        } else {
            // single quotes
            num_quotes = 1;
        }

        // parse the literal
        int n_closing = 0;
        while (!is_end(lex) && (num_quotes > 1 || !is_char(lex, '\n')) && n_closing < num_quotes) {
            if (is_char(lex, quote_char)) {
                n_closing += 1;
                vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
            } else {
                n_closing = 0;
                if (is_char(lex, '\\')) {
                    next_char(lex);
                    unichar c = CUR_CHAR(lex);
                    if (is_raw) {
                        // raw strings allow escaping of quotes, but the backslash is also emitted
                        vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, '\\');
                    } else {
                        switch (c) {
                            case MP_LEXER_CHAR_EOF: break; // TODO a proper error message?
                            case '\n': c = MP_LEXER_CHAR_EOF; break; // TODO check this works correctly (we are supposed to ignore it
                            case '\\': break;
                            case '\'': break;
                            case '"': break;
                            case 'a': c = 0x07; break;
                            case 'b': c = 0x08; break;
                            case 't': c = 0x09; break;
                            case 'n': c = 0x0a; break;
                            case 'v': c = 0x0b; break;
                            case 'f': c = 0x0c; break;
                            case 'r': c = 0x0d; break;
                            case 'u':
                            case 'U':
                                if (is_bytes) {
                                    // b'\u1234' == b'\\u1234'
                                    vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, '\\');
                                    break;
                                }
                                // Otherwise fall through.
                            case 'x':
                            {
                                uint num = 0;
                                if (!get_hex(lex, (c == 'x' ? 2 : c == 'u' ? 4 : 8), &num)) {
                                    // TODO error message
                                    assert(0);
                                }
                                c = num;
                                break;
                            }
                            case 'N':
                                // Supporting '\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER A}' == 'a' would require keeping the
                                // entire Unicode name table in the core. As of Unicode 6.3.0, that's nearly
                                // 3MB of text; even gzip-compressed and with minimal structure, it'll take
                                // roughly half a meg of storage. This form of Unicode escape may be added
                                // later on, but it's definitely not a priority right now. -- CJA 20140607
                                assert(!"Unicode name escapes not supported");
                                break;
                            default:
                                if (c >= '0' && c <= '7') {
                                    // Octal sequence, 1-3 chars
                                    int digits = 3;
                                    int num = c - '0';
                                    while (is_following_odigit(lex) && --digits != 0) {
                                        next_char(lex);
                                        num = num * 8 + (CUR_CHAR(lex) - '0');
                                    }
                                    c = num;
                                } else {
                                    // unrecognised escape character; CPython lets this through verbatim as '\' and then the character
                                    vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, '\\');
                                }
                                break;
                        }
                    }
                    if (c != MP_LEXER_CHAR_EOF) {
                        if (c < 0x110000 && !is_bytes) {
                            vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, c);
                        } else if (c < 0x100 && is_bytes) {
                            vstr_add_byte(&lex->vstr, c);
                        } else {
                            assert(!"TODO: Throw an error, invalid escape code probably");
                        }
                    }
                } else {
                    vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
                }
            }
            next_char(lex);
        }

        // check we got the required end quotes
        if (n_closing < num_quotes) {
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_LONELY_STRING_OPEN;
        }

        // cut off the end quotes from the token text
        vstr_cut_tail_bytes(&lex->vstr, n_closing);

    } else if (is_head_of_identifier(lex)) {
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_NAME;

        // get first char
        vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
        next_char(lex);

        // get tail chars
        while (!is_end(lex) && is_tail_of_identifier(lex)) {
            vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
            next_char(lex);
        }

    } else if (is_digit(lex) || (is_char(lex, '.') && is_following_digit(lex))) {
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_NUMBER;

        // get first char
        vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
        next_char(lex);

        // get tail chars
        while (!is_end(lex)) {
            if (is_char_or(lex, 'e', 'E')) {
                vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, 'e');
                next_char(lex);
                if (is_char(lex, '+') || is_char(lex, '-')) {
                    vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
                    next_char(lex);
                }
            } else if (is_letter(lex) || is_digit(lex) || is_char_or(lex, '_', '.')) {
                vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
                next_char(lex);
            } else {
                break;
            }
        }

    } else if (is_char(lex, '.')) {
        // special handling for . and ... operators, because .. is not a valid operator

        // get first char
        vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, '.');
        next_char(lex);

        if (is_char_and(lex, '.', '.')) {
            vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, '.');
            vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, '.');
            next_char(lex);
            next_char(lex);
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_ELLIPSIS;
        } else {
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_DEL_PERIOD;
        }

    } else {
        // search for encoded delimiter or operator

        const char *t = tok_enc;
        uint tok_enc_index = 0;
        for (; *t != 0 && !is_char(lex, *t); t += 1) {
            if (*t == 'e' || *t == 'c') {
                t += 1;
            } else if (*t == 'E') {
                tok_enc_index -= 1;
                t += 1;
            }
            tok_enc_index += 1;
        }

        next_char(lex);

        if (*t == 0) {
            // didn't match any delimiter or operator characters
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_INVALID;

        } else {
            // matched a delimiter or operator character

            // get the maximum characters for a valid token
            t += 1;
            uint t_index = tok_enc_index;
            for (;;) {
                for (; *t == 'e'; t += 1) {
                    t += 1;
                    t_index += 1;
                    if (is_char(lex, *t)) {
                        next_char(lex);
                        tok_enc_index = t_index;
                        break;
                    }
                }

                if (*t == 'E') {
                    t += 1;
                    if (is_char(lex, *t)) {
                        next_char(lex);
                        tok_enc_index = t_index;
                    } else {
                        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_INVALID;
                        goto tok_enc_no_match;
                    }
                    break;
                }

                if (*t == 'c') {
                    t += 1;
                    t_index += 1;
                    if (is_char(lex, *t)) {
                        next_char(lex);
                        tok_enc_index = t_index;
                        t += 1;
                    } else {
                        break;
                    }
                } else {
                    break;
                }
            }

            // set token kind
            tok->kind = tok_enc_kind[tok_enc_index];

            tok_enc_no_match:

            // compute bracket level for implicit line joining
            if (tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_PAREN_OPEN || tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACKET_OPEN || tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACE_OPEN) {
                lex->nested_bracket_level += 1;
            } else if (tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_PAREN_CLOSE || tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACKET_CLOSE || tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACE_CLOSE) {
                lex->nested_bracket_level -= 1;
            }
        }
    }

    // point token text to vstr buffer
    tok->str = vstr_str(&lex->vstr);
    tok->len = vstr_len(&lex->vstr);

    // check for keywords
    if (tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_NAME) {
        // We check for __debug__ here and convert it to its value.  This is so
        // the parser gives a syntax error on, eg, x.__debug__.  Otherwise, we
        // need to check for this special token in many places in the compiler.
        // TODO improve speed of these string comparisons
        //for (int i = 0; tok_kw[i] != NULL; i++) {
        for (int i = 0; i < MP_ARRAY_SIZE(tok_kw); i++) {
            if (str_strn_equal(tok_kw[i], tok->str, tok->len)) {
                if (i == MP_ARRAY_SIZE(tok_kw) - 1) {
                    // tok_kw[MP_ARRAY_SIZE(tok_kw) - 1] == "__debug__"
                    tok->kind = (mp_optimise_value == 0 ? MP_TOKEN_KW_TRUE : MP_TOKEN_KW_FALSE);
                } else {
                    tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_KW_FALSE + i;
                }
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}
Exemple #2
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STATIC bool is_string_or_bytes(mp_lexer_t *lex) {
    return is_char_or(lex, '\'', '\"')
        || (is_char_or3(lex, 'r', 'u', 'b') && is_char_following_or(lex, '\'', '\"'))
        || ((is_char_and(lex, 'r', 'b') || is_char_and(lex, 'b', 'r'))
            && is_char_following_following_or(lex, '\'', '\"'));
}
Exemple #3
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void mp_lexer_to_next(mp_lexer_t *lex) {
    // start new token text
    vstr_reset(&lex->vstr);

    // skip white space and comments
    bool had_physical_newline = skip_whitespace(lex, false);

    // set token source information
    lex->tok_line = lex->line;
    lex->tok_column = lex->column;

    if (lex->emit_dent < 0) {
        lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_DEDENT;
        lex->emit_dent += 1;

    } else if (lex->emit_dent > 0) {
        lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_INDENT;
        lex->emit_dent -= 1;

    } else if (had_physical_newline && lex->nested_bracket_level == 0) {
        lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_NEWLINE;

        size_t num_spaces = lex->column - 1;
        if (num_spaces == indent_top(lex)) {
        } else if (num_spaces > indent_top(lex)) {
            indent_push(lex, num_spaces);
            lex->emit_dent += 1;
        } else {
            while (num_spaces < indent_top(lex)) {
                indent_pop(lex);
                lex->emit_dent -= 1;
            }
            if (num_spaces != indent_top(lex)) {
                lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_DEDENT_MISMATCH;
            }
        }

    } else if (is_end(lex)) {
        lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_END;

    } else if (is_string_or_bytes(lex)) {
        // a string or bytes literal

        // Python requires adjacent string/bytes literals to be automatically
        // concatenated.  We do it here in the tokeniser to make efficient use of RAM,
        // because then the lexer's vstr can be used to accumulate the string literal,
        // in contrast to creating a parse tree of strings and then joining them later
        // in the compiler.  It's also more compact in code size to do it here.

        // MP_TOKEN_END is used to indicate that this is the first string token
        lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_END;

        // Loop to accumulate string/bytes literals
        do {
            // parse type codes
            bool is_raw = false;
            mp_token_kind_t kind = MP_TOKEN_STRING;
            int n_char = 0;
            if (is_char(lex, 'u')) {
                n_char = 1;
            } else if (is_char(lex, 'b')) {
                kind = MP_TOKEN_BYTES;
                n_char = 1;
                if (is_char_following(lex, 'r')) {
                    is_raw = true;
                    n_char = 2;
                }
            } else if (is_char(lex, 'r')) {
                is_raw = true;
                n_char = 1;
                if (is_char_following(lex, 'b')) {
                    kind = MP_TOKEN_BYTES;
                    n_char = 2;
                }
            }

            // Set or check token kind
            if (lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_END) {
                lex->tok_kind = kind;
            } else if (lex->tok_kind != kind) {
                // Can't concatenate string with bytes
                break;
            }

            // Skip any type code characters
            if (n_char != 0) {
                next_char(lex);
                if (n_char == 2) {
                    next_char(lex);
                }
            }

            // Parse the literal
            parse_string_literal(lex, is_raw);

            // Skip whitespace so we can check if there's another string following
            skip_whitespace(lex, true);

        } while (is_string_or_bytes(lex));

    } else if (is_head_of_identifier(lex)) {
        lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_NAME;

        // get first char (add as byte to remain 8-bit clean and support utf-8)
        vstr_add_byte(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
        next_char(lex);

        // get tail chars
        while (!is_end(lex) && is_tail_of_identifier(lex)) {
            vstr_add_byte(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
            next_char(lex);
        }

        // Check if the name is a keyword.
        // We also check for __debug__ here and convert it to its value.  This is
        // so the parser gives a syntax error on, eg, x.__debug__.  Otherwise, we
        // need to check for this special token in many places in the compiler.
        const char *s = vstr_null_terminated_str(&lex->vstr);
        for (size_t i = 0; i < MP_ARRAY_SIZE(tok_kw); i++) {
            int cmp = strcmp(s, tok_kw[i]);
            if (cmp == 0) {
                lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_KW_FALSE + i;
                if (lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_KW___DEBUG__) {
                    lex->tok_kind = (MP_STATE_VM(mp_optimise_value) == 0 ? MP_TOKEN_KW_TRUE : MP_TOKEN_KW_FALSE);
                }
                break;
            } else if (cmp < 0) {
                // Table is sorted and comparison was less-than, so stop searching
                break;
            }
        }

    } else if (is_digit(lex) || (is_char(lex, '.') && is_following_digit(lex))) {
        bool forced_integer = false;
        if (is_char(lex, '.')) {
            lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_FLOAT_OR_IMAG;
        } else {
            lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_INTEGER;
            if (is_char(lex, '0') && is_following_base_char(lex)) {
                forced_integer = true;
            }
        }

        // get first char
        vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
        next_char(lex);

        // get tail chars
        while (!is_end(lex)) {
            if (!forced_integer && is_char_or(lex, 'e', 'E')) {
                lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_FLOAT_OR_IMAG;
                vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, 'e');
                next_char(lex);
                if (is_char(lex, '+') || is_char(lex, '-')) {
                    vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
                    next_char(lex);
                }
            } else if (is_letter(lex) || is_digit(lex) || is_char(lex, '.')) {
                if (is_char_or3(lex, '.', 'j', 'J')) {
                    lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_FLOAT_OR_IMAG;
                }
                vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
                next_char(lex);
            } else {
                break;
            }
        }

    } else {
        // search for encoded delimiter or operator

        const char *t = tok_enc;
        size_t tok_enc_index = 0;
        for (; *t != 0 && !is_char(lex, *t); t += 1) {
            if (*t == 'e' || *t == 'c') {
                t += 1;
            }
            tok_enc_index += 1;
        }

        next_char(lex);

        if (*t == 0) {
            // didn't match any delimiter or operator characters
            lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_INVALID;

        } else if (*t == '!') {
            // "!=" is a special case because "!" is not a valid operator
            if (is_char(lex, '=')) {
                next_char(lex);
                lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_OP_NOT_EQUAL;
            } else {
                lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_INVALID;
            }

        } else if (*t == '.') {
            // "." and "..." are special cases because ".." is not a valid operator
            if (is_char_and(lex, '.', '.')) {
                next_char(lex);
                next_char(lex);
                lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_ELLIPSIS;
            } else {
                lex->tok_kind = MP_TOKEN_DEL_PERIOD;
            }

        } else {
            // matched a delimiter or operator character

            // get the maximum characters for a valid token
            t += 1;
            size_t t_index = tok_enc_index;
            while (*t == 'c' || *t == 'e') {
                t_index += 1;
                if (is_char(lex, t[1])) {
                    next_char(lex);
                    tok_enc_index = t_index;
                    if (*t == 'e') {
                        break;
                    }
                } else if (*t == 'c') {
                    break;
                }
                t += 2;
            }

            // set token kind
            lex->tok_kind = tok_enc_kind[tok_enc_index];

            // compute bracket level for implicit line joining
            if (lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_PAREN_OPEN || lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACKET_OPEN || lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACE_OPEN) {
                lex->nested_bracket_level += 1;
            } else if (lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_PAREN_CLOSE || lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACKET_CLOSE || lex->tok_kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACE_CLOSE) {
                lex->nested_bracket_level -= 1;
            }
        }
    }
}
Exemple #4
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static void mp_lexer_next_token_into(mp_lexer_t *lex, mp_token_t *tok, bool first_token) {
    // skip white space and comments
    bool had_physical_newline = false;
    while (!is_end(lex)) {
        if (is_physical_newline(lex)) {
            had_physical_newline = true;
            next_char(lex);
        } else if (is_whitespace(lex)) {
            next_char(lex);
        } else if (is_char(lex, '#')) {
            next_char(lex);
            while (!is_end(lex) && !is_physical_newline(lex)) {
                next_char(lex);
            }
            // had_physical_newline will be set on next loop
        } else if (is_char(lex, '\\')) {
            // backslash (outside string literals) must appear just before a physical newline
            next_char(lex);
            if (!is_physical_newline(lex)) {
                // TODO SyntaxError
                assert(0);
            } else {
                next_char(lex);
            }
        } else {
            break;
        }
    }

    // set token source information
    tok->src_name = lex->name;
    tok->src_line = lex->line;
    tok->src_column = lex->column;

    // start new token text
    vstr_reset(&lex->vstr);

    if (first_token && lex->line == 1 && lex->column != 1) {
        // check that the first token is in the first column
        // if first token is not on first line, we get a physical newline and
        // this check is done as part of normal indent/dedent checking below
        // (done to get equivalence with CPython)
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_INDENT;

    } else if (lex->emit_dent < 0) {
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_DEDENT;
        lex->emit_dent += 1;

    } else if (lex->emit_dent > 0) {
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_INDENT;
        lex->emit_dent -= 1;

    } else if (had_physical_newline && lex->nested_bracket_level == 0) {
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_NEWLINE;

        uint num_spaces = lex->column - 1;
        lex->emit_dent = 0;
        if (num_spaces == indent_top(lex)) {
        } else if (num_spaces > indent_top(lex)) {
            indent_push(lex, num_spaces);
            lex->emit_dent += 1;
        } else {
            while (num_spaces < indent_top(lex)) {
                indent_pop(lex);
                lex->emit_dent -= 1;
            }
            if (num_spaces != indent_top(lex)) {
                tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_DEDENT_MISMATCH;
            }
        }

    } else if (is_end(lex)) {
        if (indent_top(lex) > 0) {
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_NEWLINE;
            lex->emit_dent = 0;
            while (indent_top(lex) > 0) {
                indent_pop(lex);
                lex->emit_dent -= 1;
            }
        } else {
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_END;
        }

    } else if (is_char_or(lex, '\'', '\"')
               || (is_char_or3(lex, 'r', 'u', 'b') && is_char_following_or(lex, '\'', '\"'))
               || ((is_char_and(lex, 'r', 'b') || is_char_and(lex, 'b', 'r')) && is_char_following_following_or(lex, '\'', '\"'))) {
        // a string or bytes literal

        // parse type codes
        bool is_raw = false;
        bool is_bytes = false;
        if (is_char(lex, 'u')) {
            next_char(lex);
        } else if (is_char(lex, 'b')) {
            is_bytes = true;
            next_char(lex);
            if (is_char(lex, 'r')) {
                is_raw = true;
                next_char(lex);
            }
        } else if (is_char(lex, 'r')) {
            is_raw = true;
            next_char(lex);
            if (is_char(lex, 'b')) {
                is_bytes = true;
                next_char(lex);
            }
        }

        // set token kind
        if (is_bytes) {
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_BYTES;
        } else {
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_STRING;
        }

        // get first quoting character
        char quote_char = '\'';
        if (is_char(lex, '\"')) {
            quote_char = '\"';
        }
        next_char(lex);

        // work out if it's a single or triple quoted literal
        int num_quotes;
        if (is_char_and(lex, quote_char, quote_char)) {
            // triple quotes
            next_char(lex);
            next_char(lex);
            num_quotes = 3;
        } else {
            // single quotes
            num_quotes = 1;
        }

        // parse the literal
        int n_closing = 0;
        while (!is_end(lex) && (num_quotes > 1 || !is_char(lex, '\n')) && n_closing < num_quotes) {
            if (is_char(lex, quote_char)) {
                n_closing += 1;
                vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
            } else {
                n_closing = 0;
                if (!is_raw && is_char(lex, '\\')) {
                    next_char(lex);
                    unichar c = CUR_CHAR(lex);
                    switch (c) {
                        case MP_LEXER_CHAR_EOF: break; // TODO a proper error message?
                        case '\n': c = MP_LEXER_CHAR_EOF; break; // TODO check this works correctly (we are supposed to ignore it
                        case '\\': break;
                        case '\'': break;
                        case '"': break;
                        case 'a': c = 0x07; break;
                        case 'b': c = 0x08; break;
                        case 't': c = 0x09; break;
                        case 'n': c = 0x0a; break;
                        case 'v': c = 0x0b; break;
                        case 'f': c = 0x0c; break;
                        case 'r': c = 0x0d; break;
                        // TODO \ooo octal
                        case 'x': // TODO \xhh
                        case 'N': // TODO \N{name} only in strings
                        case 'u': // TODO \uxxxx only in strings
                        case 'U': // TODO \Uxxxxxxxx only in strings
                        default: break; // TODO error message
                    }
                    if (c != MP_LEXER_CHAR_EOF) {
                        vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, c);
                    }
                } else {
                    vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
                }
            }
            next_char(lex);
        }

        // check we got the required end quotes
        if (n_closing < num_quotes) {
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_LONELY_STRING_OPEN;
        }

        // cut off the end quotes from the token text
        vstr_cut_tail(&lex->vstr, n_closing);

    } else if (is_head_of_identifier(lex)) {
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_NAME;

        // get first char
        vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
        next_char(lex);

        // get tail chars
        while (!is_end(lex) && is_tail_of_identifier(lex)) {
            vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
            next_char(lex);
        }

    } else if (is_digit(lex) || (is_char(lex, '.') && is_following_digit(lex))) {
        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_NUMBER;

        // get first char
        vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
        next_char(lex);

        // get tail chars
        while (!is_end(lex)) {
            if (is_char_or(lex, 'e', 'E')) {
                vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, 'e');
                next_char(lex);
                if (is_char(lex, '+') || is_char(lex, '-')) {
                    vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
                    next_char(lex);
                }
            } else if (is_letter(lex) || is_digit(lex) || is_char_or(lex, '_', '.')) {
                vstr_add_char(&lex->vstr, CUR_CHAR(lex));
                next_char(lex);
            } else {
                break;
            }
        }

    } else {
        // search for encoded delimiter or operator

        const char *t = tok_enc;
        uint tok_enc_index = 0;
        for (; *t != 0 && !is_char(lex, *t); t += 1) {
            if (*t == 'e' || *t == 'c') {
                t += 1;
            } else if (*t == 'E') {
                tok_enc_index -= 1;
                t += 1;
            }
            tok_enc_index += 1;
        }

        next_char(lex);

        if (*t == 0) {
            // didn't match any delimiter or operator characters
            tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_INVALID;

        } else {
            // matched a delimiter or operator character

            // get the maximum characters for a valid token
            t += 1;
            uint t_index = tok_enc_index;
            for (;;) {
                for (; *t == 'e'; t += 1) {
                    t += 1;
                    t_index += 1;
                    if (is_char(lex, *t)) {
                        next_char(lex);
                        tok_enc_index = t_index;
                        break;
                    }
                }

                if (*t == 'E') {
                    t += 1;
                    if (is_char(lex, *t)) {
                        next_char(lex);
                        tok_enc_index = t_index;
                    } else {
                        tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_INVALID;
                    }
                    break;
                }

                if (*t == 'c') {
                    t += 1;
                    t_index += 1;
                    if (is_char(lex, *t)) {
                        next_char(lex);
                        tok_enc_index = t_index;
                        t += 1;
                    } else {
                        break;
                    }
                } else {
                    break;
                }
            }

            // set token kind
            tok->kind = tok_enc_kind[tok_enc_index];

            // compute bracket level for implicit line joining
            if (tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_PAREN_OPEN || tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACKET_OPEN || tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACE_OPEN) {
                lex->nested_bracket_level += 1;
            } else if (tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_PAREN_CLOSE || tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACKET_CLOSE || tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_DEL_BRACE_CLOSE) {
                lex->nested_bracket_level -= 1;
            }
        }
    }

    // point token text to vstr buffer
    tok->str = vstr_str(&lex->vstr);
    tok->len = vstr_len(&lex->vstr);

    // check for keywords
    if (tok->kind == MP_TOKEN_NAME) {
        for (int i = 0; tok_kw[i] != NULL; i++) {
            if (str_strn_equal(tok_kw[i], tok->str, tok->len)) {
                tok->kind = MP_TOKEN_KW_FALSE + i;
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}