# dmd.lexer

Implements the lexical analyzer, which converts source code into lexical tokens.

Specification: Lexical

#### Authors

Walter Bright

#### License

Boost License 1.0

Source: lexer.d

Documentation: https://dlang.org/phobos/dmd_lexer.html

Coverage: https://codecov.io/gh/dlang/dmd/src/master/src/dmd/lexer.d

- `Lexer`

  #### Declaration

  `class `Lexer`;`

  - `Ccompile`

    #### Declaration

    `bool `Ccompile`;`

    `true` if compiling ImportC

  - `boolsize`

    #### Declaration

    `ubyte `boolsize`;`

    size of a C Bool, default 1

  - `shortsize`

    #### Declaration

    `ubyte `shortsize`;`

    size of a C short, default 2

  - `intsize`

    #### Declaration

    `ubyte `intsize`;`

    size of a C int, default 4

  - `longsize`

    #### Declaration

    `ubyte `longsize`;`

    size of C long, 4 or 8

  - `long_longsize`

    #### Declaration

    `ubyte `long_longsize`;`

    size of a C long long, default 8

  - `long_doublesize`

    #### Declaration

    `ubyte `long_doublesize`;`

    size of C long double, 8 or D real.sizeof

  - `wchar_tsize`

    #### Declaration

    `ubyte `wchar_tsize`;`

    size of C wchar_t, 2 or 4

  - `this`

    #### Declaration

    `pure nothrow this(const(char)* `filename`, const(char)* `base`, size_t `begoffset`, size_t `endoffset`, bool `doDocComment`, bool `commentToken`, const(char)[] `vendor` = "DLF", uint `versionNumber` = 1);`

    Creates a Lexer for the source code `base`[`begoffset`..`endoffset`+1]. The last character, `base`[`endoffset`], must be `null` (0) or EOF (0x1A).

    #### Parameters

    `const(char)* `filename`` | used for error messages
    `const(char)* `base`` | source code, must be terminated by a `null` (0) or EOF (0x1A) character
    `size_t `begoffset`` | starting offset into `base`[]
    `size_t `endoffset`` | the last offset to read into `base`[]
    `bool `doDocComment`` | handle documentation comments
    `bool `commentToken`` | comments become TOK.comment's
    `const(char)[] `vendor`` | name of the `vendor`
    `uint `versionNumber`` | version of the caller

  - `this`

    #### Declaration

    `nothrow this(const(char)* `filename`, const(char)* `base`, size_t `begoffset`, size_t `endoffset`, bool `doDocComment`, bool `commentToken`, bool `whitespaceToken`);`

    Alternative entry point for DMDLIB, adds ``whitespaceToken``

  - `this`

    #### Declaration

    `nothrow this();`

    Used for unittests for a mock Lexer

  - `resetDefineLines`

    #### Declaration

    `final nothrow void `resetDefineLines`(const(char)[] `slice`);`

    Reset lexer to lex #define's

  - `nextDefineLine`

    #### Declaration

    `final nothrow void `nextDefineLine`();`

    Set up for next #define line. p should be at start of next line.

  - `empty`

    #### Declaration

    `final const pure nothrow @nogc @property @safe bool `empty`();`

    Range interface

  - `allocateToken`

    #### Declaration

    `pure nothrow @safe Token* `allocateToken`();`

    #### Return Value

    a newly allocated `Token`.

  - `peekNext`

    #### Declaration

    `final nothrow TOK `peekNext`();`

    Look ahead at next token's value.

  - `peekNext2`

    #### Declaration

    `final nothrow TOK `peekNext2`();`

    Look 2 tokens ahead at value.

  - `scan`

    #### Declaration

    `final nothrow void `scan`(Token* `t`);`

    Turn next token in buffer into a token.

    #### Parameters

    `Token* `t`` | the token to set the resulting Token to

  - `peekPastParen`

    #### Declaration

    `final nothrow Token* `peekPastParen`(Token* `tk`);`

    `tk` is on the opening (. Look ahead and return token that is past the closing ).

  - `parseSpecialTokenSequence`

    #### Declaration

    `nothrow bool `parseSpecialTokenSequence`();`

    Parse special token sequence:

    #### Return Value

    `true` if the special token sequence was handled

    References: https://dlang.org/spec/lex.html#special-token-sequence

  - `poundLine`

    #### Declaration

    `final nothrow void `poundLine`(ref Token `tok`, bool `linemarker`);`

    Parse line/file preprocessor directive: #line linnum [filespec] Allow __LINE__ for linnum, and __FILE__ for filespec. Accept `linemarker` format:

    # linnum [filespec] {flags}

    There can be zero or more flags, which are one of the digits 1..4, and must be in ascending order. The flags are ignored.

    #### Parameters

    `Token `tok`` | token we're on, which is linnum of `linemarker`
    `bool `linemarker`` | `true` if line marker format and lexer is on linnum

    References: `linemarker` https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-11.1.0/cpp/Preprocessor-Output.html

  - `skipToNextLine`

    #### Declaration

    `final nothrow void `skipToNextLine`(OutBuffer* `defines` = null);`

    Scan forward to start of next line.

    #### Parameters

    `OutBuffer* `defines`` | send characters to ``defines``

  - `combineComments`

    #### Declaration

    `static pure nothrow const(char)* `combineComments`(const(char)[] `c1`, const(char)[] `c2`, bool `newParagraph`);`

    Combine two document comments into one, separated by an extra newline if `newParagraph` is `true`.