From 05bf718e37efdc5201ad281e85da7850af31bd59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hachem <im@hachem.wtf>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 10:49:33 +0200
Subject: feat: basic lexer with flex

---
 lexer.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lexer.h

(limited to 'lexer.h')

diff --git a/lexer.h b/lexer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb7a4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lexer.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+// single characters stand for themselves
+// so the named tokens start past them
+enum Token
+{
+    TOK_END = 0,
+    TOK_COLONCOLON = 256,
+    TOK_EMIT,
+    TOK_COMMIT,
+    TOK_DECLTYPE,
+    TOK_DIFFERENCE,
+    TOK_CHAR
+};
+
+// provided by flex
+// the input
+// the current line
+// and the scanner itself
+extern FILE* yyin;
+extern int yylineno;
+int yylex(void);
+
+// true once the lexer has refused something
+bool lexer_failed(void);
+// the character inside the most recent TOK_CHAR
+char lexer_character(void);
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