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lambda/pkg/token/token.go
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// Package token provides generic token types and scanning/parsing primitives
// for building language-specific lexers and parsers.
package token
// A Type is a constraint for language-specific token type enums.
// It must be comparable (for equality checks) and must have a Name method
// that returns a human-readable string for error messages.
type Type interface {
comparable
// Name returns a human-readable name for this token type.
Name() string
}
// A Token is a lexical unit in a source language.
type Token[T Type] struct {
Column int // Where the token begins in the source text.
Type T // What type the token is.
Value string // The value of the token.
}
// New creates a Token of the given type at the given column.
// The token's value is derived from its type's Name method.
func New[T Type](typ T, column int) *Token[T] {
return &Token[T]{Type: typ, Column: column, Value: typ.Name()}
}
// NewAtom creates a Token of the given type with a custom value at the given
// column.
func NewAtom[T Type](typ T, name string, column int) *Token[T] {
return &Token[T]{Type: typ, Column: column, Value: name}
}
// Name returns the type of the Token, as a string.
func (t Token[T]) Name() string {
return t.Type.Name()
}