diff --git a/lexer/error.go b/lexer/error.go
index 6ffd479..541c7f8 100644
--- a/lexer/error.go
+++ b/lexer/error.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package lexer
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -9,6 +10,14 @@ var (
 	_ error = (*Error)(nil)
 )
 
+var (
+	// ErrUnacceptableRune indicates the read rune isn't acceptable in the context
+	ErrUnacceptableRune = errors.New("rune not acceptable in context")
+
+	// ErrNotImplemented indicates something hasn't been implemented yet
+	ErrNotImplemented = errors.New("not implemented")
+)
+
 // Error represents a generic parsing error
 type Error struct {
 	Filename string
diff --git a/lexer/runes.go b/lexer/runes.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a69992d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lexer/runes.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package lexer
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode"
+)
+
+// NewIsNot generates a rune condition checker that reverses the
+// decision of the given checker.
+func NewIsNot(cond func(rune) bool) func(rune) bool {
+	return func(r rune) bool {
+		return !cond(r)
+	}
+}
+
+// NewIsIn generates a rune condition checker that accepts runes
+// contained on the provided string
+func NewIsIn(s string) func(rune) bool {
+	return func(r rune) bool {
+		return strings.ContainsRune(s, r)
+	}
+}
+
+// NewIsOneOf generates a run condition checker that accepts runes
+// accepted by any of the given checkers
+func NewIsOneOf(s ...func(rune) bool) func(rune) bool {
+	return func(r rune) bool {
+		for _, cond := range s {
+			if cond(r) {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+		return false
+	}
+}
+
+// IsSpace reports whether the rune is a space character as
+// defined by Unicode's White Space property
+func IsSpace(r rune) bool {
+	return unicode.IsSpace(r)
+}