Function lex

lex.go:274–289

lex creates a new scanner for the input string.

(name, input string, run bool)

// lex creates a new scanner for the input string.
func lex(name, input string, run bool) *lexer {
	l := &lexer{
		name:           name,
		input:          input,
		items:          make(chan item),
		leftDelim:      defaultLeftDelim,
		rightDelim:     defaultRightDelim,
		leftComment:    defaultLeftComment,
		rightComment:   defaultRightComment,
		trimRightDelim: rightTrimMarker + defaultRightDelim,
	}
	if run {
		l.run()
	}
	return l
}

// run runs the state machine for the lexer.
func (l *lexer) run() {