Method check

tools/gyp/pylib/packaging/_tokenizer.py:113–132

Check whether the next token has the provided name. By default, if the check succeeds, the token *must* be read before another check. If `peek` is set to `True`, the token is not loaded and would need to be checked again.

(self, name: str, *, peek: bool = False)

            self.read()

    def check(self, name: str, *, peek: bool = False) -> bool:
        """Check whether the next token has the provided name.

        By default, if the check succeeds, the token *must* be read before
        another check. If `peek` is set to `True`, the token is not loaded and
        would need to be checked again.
        """
        assert (
            self.next_token is None
        ), f"Cannot check for {name!r}, already have {self.next_token!r}"
        assert name in self.rules, f"Unknown token name: {name!r}"

        expression = self.rules[name]

        match = expression.match(self.source, self.position)
        if match is None:
            return False
        if not peek:
            self.next_token = Token(name, match[0], self.position)
        return True

    def expect(self, name: str, *, expected: str) -> Token:
        """Expect a certain token name next, failing with a syntax error otherwise.