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v1

v1.0.0

Mar 25, 2019

Changes in this version

+ var ErrEscape = errors.New("invalid escape sequence")

+ type Error struct

+ Line string

+ LineNum int

+ Message string

+ Position int

+ func (e *Error) Error() string

+ func (e *Error) PositionIndicator() string

+ type Escaper interface

+ EscapeIndex func(string) int

+ Unescape func(string) (string, int, error)

+ type GoEscaper byte

+ func (q GoEscaper) EscapeIndex(s string) int

+ func (q GoEscaper) Unescape(s string) (string, int, error)

+ type Scanner struct

+ func FromString(s string) *Scanner

+ func New(in io.Reader) *Scanner

+ func (s *Scanner) Char() rune

+ func (s *Scanner) Demand(str string)

+ func (s *Scanner) Eat(str string) bool

+ func (s *Scanner) End() bool

+ func (s *Scanner) Err() error

+ func (s *Scanner) Fail(msg string)

+ func (s *Scanner) Failf(format string, a ...interface{})

+ func (s *Scanner) Float() float64

+ func (s *Scanner) Ident() string

+ func (s *Scanner) Int() int

+ func (s *Scanner) Is(str string) bool

+ func (s *Scanner) IsFloat() bool

+ func (s *Scanner) IsIdent() bool

+ func (s *Scanner) IsInt() bool

+ func (s *Scanner) Peek() rune

+ func (s *Scanner) PeekFloat() (float64, bool)

+ func (s *Scanner) PeekIdent() string

+ func (s *Scanner) PeekInt() (int, bool)

+ func (s *Scanner) Quote(start, end string, esc Escaper) string

+ func (s *Scanner) QuoteMultiline(start, end string, esc Escaper) string

+ func (s *Scanner) Rune() rune

+ func (s *Scanner) String() string