lexer/lexer.go

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+// Package lexer provides basic helpers to implement parsers
+package lexer
+
+// StateFn is a State Function of the parser
+type StateFn func() (StateFn, error)
+
+// Run runs a state machine until the state function either
+// returns nil or an error
+func Run(fn StateFn) error {
+	var err error
+
+	for fn != nil && err == nil {
+		fn, err = fn()
+	}
+
+	return err
+}