ruby_parser 3.13.1 → 3.21.0

data/lib/ruby_lexer.rb

@@ -4,135 +4,9 @@
 $DEBUG = true if ENV["DEBUG"]
 
 class RubyLexer
-
   # :stopdoc:
-  HAS_ENC = "".respond_to? :encoding
-
-  IDENT_CHAR = if HAS_ENC then
-                 /[\w\u0080-\u{10ffff}]/u
-               else
-                 /[\w\x80-\xFF]/n
-               end
-
   EOF = :eof_haha!
 
-  # ruby constants for strings (should this be moved somewhere else?)
-
-  STR_FUNC_BORING = 0x00
-  STR_FUNC_ESCAPE = 0x01 # TODO: remove and replace with REGEXP
-  STR_FUNC_EXPAND = 0x02
-  STR_FUNC_REGEXP = 0x04
-  STR_FUNC_QWORDS = 0x08
-  STR_FUNC_SYMBOL = 0x10
-  STR_FUNC_INDENT = 0x20 # <<-HEREDOC
-  STR_FUNC_ICNTNT = 0x40 # <<~HEREDOC
-
-  STR_SQUOTE = STR_FUNC_BORING
-  STR_DQUOTE = STR_FUNC_BORING | STR_FUNC_EXPAND
-  STR_XQUOTE = STR_FUNC_BORING | STR_FUNC_EXPAND
-  STR_REGEXP = STR_FUNC_REGEXP | STR_FUNC_ESCAPE | STR_FUNC_EXPAND
-  STR_SSYM   = STR_FUNC_SYMBOL
-  STR_DSYM   = STR_FUNC_SYMBOL | STR_FUNC_EXPAND
-
-  class State
-    attr_accessor :n
-
-    def initialize o
-      raise ArgumentError, "bad state: %p" % [o] unless Integer === o # TODO: remove
-
-      self.n = o
-    end
-
-    def == o
-      o.class == self.class && o.n == self.n
-    end
-
-    def =~ v
-      (self.n & v.n) != 0
-    end
-
-    def | v
-      self.class.new(self.n | v.n)
-    end
-
-    def inspect
-      return "EXPR_NONE" if n.zero?
-      NAMES.map { |v,k| k if self =~ v }.compact.join "|"
-    end
-
-    module Values
-      EXPR_NONE    = State.new    0x0
-      EXPR_BEG     = State.new    0x1
-      EXPR_END     = State.new    0x2
-      EXPR_ENDARG  = State.new    0x4
-      EXPR_ENDFN   = State.new    0x8
-      EXPR_ARG     = State.new   0x10
-      EXPR_CMDARG  = State.new   0x20
-      EXPR_MID     = State.new   0x40
-      EXPR_FNAME   = State.new   0x80
-      EXPR_DOT     = State.new  0x100
-      EXPR_CLASS   = State.new  0x200
-      EXPR_LABEL   = State.new  0x400
-      EXPR_LABELED = State.new  0x800
-      EXPR_FITEM   = State.new 0x1000
-
-      EXPR_BEG_ANY = EXPR_BEG | EXPR_MID    | EXPR_CLASS
-      EXPR_ARG_ANY = EXPR_ARG | EXPR_CMDARG
-      EXPR_END_ANY = EXPR_END | EXPR_ENDARG | EXPR_ENDFN
-
-      # extra fake lex_state names to make things a bit cleaner
-
-      EXPR_LAB = EXPR_ARG|EXPR_LABELED
-      EXPR_NUM = EXPR_END|EXPR_ENDARG
-      EXPR_PAR = EXPR_BEG|EXPR_LABEL
-      EXPR_PAD = EXPR_BEG|EXPR_LABELED
-    end
-
-    include Values
-
-    NAMES = {
-      EXPR_NONE    => "EXPR_NONE",
-      EXPR_BEG     => "EXPR_BEG",
-      EXPR_END     => "EXPR_END",
-      EXPR_ENDARG  => "EXPR_ENDARG",
-      EXPR_ENDFN   => "EXPR_ENDFN",
-      EXPR_ARG     => "EXPR_ARG",
-      EXPR_CMDARG  => "EXPR_CMDARG",
-      EXPR_MID     => "EXPR_MID",
-      EXPR_FNAME   => "EXPR_FNAME",
-      EXPR_DOT     => "EXPR_DOT",
-      EXPR_CLASS   => "EXPR_CLASS",
-      EXPR_LABEL   => "EXPR_LABEL",
-      EXPR_LABELED => "EXPR_LABELED",
-      EXPR_FITEM   => "EXPR_FITEM",
-    }
-  end
-
-  include State::Values
-
-  if $DEBUG then
-    def lex_state= o
-      return if @lex_state == o
-      raise ArgumentError, "bad state: %p" % [o] unless State === o
-      if ENV["V"] then
-        c = caller[0]
-        c = caller[1] if c =~ /\b(expr_)?result\b/
-        c = caller[2] if c =~ /\b(expr_)?result\b/
-        warn "lex_state: %p -> %p from %s" % [lex_state, o, c.clean_caller]
-      else
-        warn "lex_state: %p -> %p" % [lex_state, o]
-      end
-      @lex_state = o
-    end
-  else
-    def lex_state= o
-      raise ArgumentError, "bad state: %p" % [o] unless State === o
-      @lex_state = o
-    end
-  end
-
-  attr_reader :lex_state
-
   ESCAPES = {
     "a"    => "\007",
     "b"    => "\010",
@@ -149,10 +23,17 @@ class RubyLexer
     "c\?"  => 127.chr,
   }
 
+  HAS_ENC = "".respond_to? :encoding
+
+  BTOKENS = {
+    ".."  => :tBDOT2,
+    "..." => :tBDOT3,
+  }
+
   TOKENS = {
     "!"   => :tBANG,
     "!="  => :tNEQ,
-    # "!@"  => :tUBANG,
+    "!@"  => :tBANG,
     "!~"  => :tNMATCH,
     ","   => :tCOMMA,
     ".."  => :tDOT2,
@@ -165,21 +46,57 @@ class RubyLexer
     "->"  => :tLAMBDA,
   }
 
-  TAB_WIDTH = 8
+  PERCENT_END = {
+    "(" => ")",
+    "[" => "]",
+    "{" => "}",
+    "<" => ">",
+  }
 
-  @@regexp_cache = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(k)) }
+  SIMPLE_RE_META = /[\$\*\+\.\?\^\|\)\]\}\>]/
+
+  @@regexp_cache = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(k)) }
   @@regexp_cache[nil] = nil
 
+  def regexp_cache
+    @@regexp_cache
+  end
+
+  if $DEBUG then
+    attr_reader :lex_state
+
+    def lex_state= o
+      return if @lex_state == o
+
+      from = ""
+      if ENV["VERBOSE"]
+        path = caller[0]
+        path = caller[1] if path =~ /result/
+        path, line, *_ = path.split(/:/)
+        path.delete_prefix! File.dirname File.dirname __FILE__
+        from = " at .%s:%s" % [path, line]
+      end
+
+      warn "lex_state: %p -> %p%s" % [lex_state, o, from]
+
+      @lex_state = o
+    end
+  end
+
   # :startdoc:
 
-  attr_accessor :lineno # we're bypassing oedipus' lineno handling.
+  attr_accessor :lex_state unless $DEBUG
+
   attr_accessor :brace_nest
   attr_accessor :cmdarg
   attr_accessor :command_start
   attr_accessor :cmd_state # temporary--ivar to avoid passing everywhere
   attr_accessor :last_state
   attr_accessor :cond
-  attr_accessor :extra_lineno
+  attr_accessor :old_ss
+  attr_accessor :old_lineno
+
+  # these are generated via ruby_lexer.rex: ss, lineno
 
   ##
   # Additional context surrounding tokens that both the lexer and
@@ -196,39 +113,30 @@ class RubyLexer
   # Last token read via next_token.
   attr_accessor :token
 
-  attr_writer :comments
+  # Last comment lexed, or nil
+  attr_accessor :comment
 
   def initialize _ = nil
     @lex_state = nil # remove one warning under $DEBUG
-    self.lex_state = EXPR_NONE
+    @lex_state = EXPR_NONE
 
     self.cond   = RubyParserStuff::StackState.new(:cond, $DEBUG)
     self.cmdarg = RubyParserStuff::StackState.new(:cmdarg, $DEBUG)
+    self.ss     = RPStringScanner.new ""
 
     reset
   end
 
   def arg_ambiguous
-    self.warning("Ambiguous first argument. make sure.")
+    self.warning "Ambiguous first argument. make sure."
   end
 
   def arg_state
     is_after_operator? ? EXPR_ARG : EXPR_BEG
   end
 
-  def beginning_of_line?
-    ss.bol?
-  end
-  alias :bol? :beginning_of_line? # to make .rex file more readable
-
-  def comments # TODO: remove this... maybe comment_string + attr_accessor
-    c = @comments.join
-    @comments.clear
-    c
-  end
-
-  def end_of_stream?
-    ss.eos?
+  def debug n
+    raise "debug #{n}"
   end
 
   def expr_dot?
@@ -245,185 +153,30 @@ class RubyLexer
     result EXPR_BEG, token, text
   end
 
-  def heredoc here # TODO: rewrite / remove
-    _, eos, func, last_line = here
-
-    indent         = (func & STR_FUNC_INDENT) != 0 ? "[ \t]*" : nil
-    content_indent = (func & STR_FUNC_ICNTNT) != 0
-    expand         = (func & STR_FUNC_EXPAND) != 0
-    eos_re         = /#{indent}#{Regexp.escape eos}(\r*\n|\z)/
-    err_msg        = "can't match #{eos_re.inspect} anywhere in "
-
-    rb_compile_error err_msg if end_of_stream?
-
-    if beginning_of_line? && scan(eos_re) then
-      self.lineno += 1
-      ss.unread_many last_line # TODO: figure out how to remove this
-      return :tSTRING_END, eos
-    end
-
-    self.string_buffer = []
-
-    if expand then
-      case
-      when scan(/#[$@]/) then
-        ss.pos -= 1 # FIX omg stupid
-        return :tSTRING_DVAR, matched
-      when scan(/#[{]/) then
-        return :tSTRING_DBEG, matched
-      when scan(/#/) then
-        string_buffer << '#'
-      end
-
-      begin
-        c = tokadd_string func, "\n", nil
-
-        rb_compile_error err_msg if
-          c == RubyLexer::EOF
-
-        if c != "\n" then
-          return :tSTRING_CONTENT, string_buffer.join.delete("\r")
-        else
-          string_buffer << scan(/\n/)
-        end
-
-        rb_compile_error err_msg if end_of_stream?
-      end until check(eos_re)
-    else
-      until check(eos_re) do
-        string_buffer << scan(/.*(\n|\z)/)
-        rb_compile_error err_msg if end_of_stream?
-      end
-    end
-
-    self.lex_strterm = [:heredoc, eos, func, last_line]
-
-    string_content = begin
-                       s = string_buffer.join
-                       s.delete "\r"
-                     rescue ArgumentError
-                       s.b.delete("\r").force_encoding Encoding::UTF_8
-                     end
-
-    string_content = heredoc_dedent(string_content) if content_indent && ruby23plus?
-
-    return :tSTRING_CONTENT, string_content
-  end
-
-  def heredoc_dedent(string_content)
-    width = string_content.scan(/^[ \t]*(?=\S)/).map do |whitespace|
-      heredoc_whitespace_indent_size whitespace
-    end.min || 0
-
-    string_content.split("\n", -1).map do |line|
-      dedent_string line, width
-    end.join "\n"
-  end
-
-  def dedent_string(string, width)
-    characters_skipped = 0
-    indentation_skipped = 0
-
-    string.chars.each do |char|
-      break if indentation_skipped >= width
-      if char == ' '
-        characters_skipped += 1
-        indentation_skipped += 1
-      elsif char == "\t"
-        proposed = TAB_WIDTH * (indentation_skipped / TAB_WIDTH + 1)
-        break if (proposed > width)
-        characters_skipped += 1
-        indentation_skipped = proposed
-      end
-    end
-    string[characters_skipped..-1]
-  end
-
-  def heredoc_whitespace_indent_size(whitespace)
-    whitespace.chars.inject 0 do |size, char|
-      if char == "\t"
-        size + TAB_WIDTH
-      else
-        size + 1
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  def heredoc_identifier # TODO: remove / rewrite
-    term, func = nil, STR_FUNC_BORING
-    self.string_buffer = []
-
-    heredoc_indent_mods = '-'
-    heredoc_indent_mods += '\~' if ruby23plus?
-
-    case
-    when scan(/([#{heredoc_indent_mods}]?)([\'\"\`])(.*?)\2/) then
-      term = ss[2]
-      func |= STR_FUNC_INDENT unless ss[1].empty?
-      func |= STR_FUNC_ICNTNT if ss[1] == '~'
-      func |= case term
-              when "\'" then
-                STR_SQUOTE
-              when '"' then
-                STR_DQUOTE
-              else
-                STR_XQUOTE
-              end
-      string_buffer << ss[3]
-    when scan(/[#{heredoc_indent_mods}]?([\'\"\`])(?!\1*\Z)/) then
-      rb_compile_error "unterminated here document identifier"
-    when scan(/([#{heredoc_indent_mods}]?)(#{IDENT_CHAR}+)/) then
-      term = '"'
-      func |= STR_DQUOTE
-      unless ss[1].empty? then
-        func |= STR_FUNC_INDENT
-        func |= STR_FUNC_ICNTNT if ss[1] == '~'
-      end
-      string_buffer << ss[2]
-    else
-      return nil
-    end
-
-    if scan(/.*\n/) then
-      # TODO: think about storing off the char range instead
-      line = matched
-    else
-      line = nil
-    end
-
-    self.lex_strterm = [:heredoc, string_buffer.join, func, line]
-
-    if term == '`' then
-      result nil, :tXSTRING_BEG, "`"
-    else
-      result nil, :tSTRING_BEG, "\""
-    end
-  end
-
   def in_fname? # REFACTOR
     lex_state =~ EXPR_FNAME
   end
 
-  def is_after_operator?
-    lex_state =~ EXPR_FNAME|EXPR_DOT
-  end
-
   def int_with_base base
     rb_compile_error "Invalid numeric format" if matched =~ /__/
 
     text = matched
     case
-    when text.end_with?('ri')
-      return result(EXPR_NUM, :tIMAGINARY, Complex(0, Rational(text.chop.chop.to_i(base))))
-    when text.end_with?('r')
-      return result(EXPR_NUM, :tRATIONAL, Rational(text.chop.to_i(base)))
-    when text.end_with?('i')
-      return result(EXPR_NUM, :tIMAGINARY, Complex(0, text.chop.to_i(base)))
+    when text.end_with?("ri")
+      result EXPR_NUM, :tIMAGINARY, Complex(0, Rational(text.chop.chop.to_i(base)))
+    when text.end_with?("r")
+      result EXPR_NUM, :tRATIONAL, Rational(text.chop.to_i(base))
+    when text.end_with?("i")
+      result EXPR_NUM, :tIMAGINARY, Complex(0, text.chop.to_i(base))
     else
-      return result(EXPR_NUM, :tINTEGER, text.to_i(base))
+      result EXPR_NUM, :tINTEGER, text.to_i(base)
     end
   end
 
+  def is_after_operator?
+    lex_state =~ EXPR_FNAME|EXPR_DOT
+  end
+
   def is_arg?
     lex_state =~ EXPR_ARG_ANY
   end
@@ -436,15 +189,6 @@ class RubyLexer
     lex_state =~ EXPR_END_ANY
   end
 
-  def lvar_defined? id
-    # TODO: (dyna_in_block? && dvar_defined?(id)) || local_id?(id)
-    self.parser.env[id.to_sym] == :lvar
-  end
-
-  def ruby22_label?
-    ruby22plus? and is_label_possible?
-  end
-
   def is_label_possible?
     (lex_state =~ EXPR_LABEL|EXPR_ENDFN && !cmd_state) || is_arg?
   end
@@ -461,14 +205,30 @@ class RubyLexer
     lpar_beg && lpar_beg == paren_nest
   end
 
-  def matched
-    ss.matched
+  def is_local_id id
+    # maybe just make this false for now
+    self.parser.env[id.to_sym] == :lvar # HACK: this isn't remotely right
+  end
+
+  def lvar_defined? id
+    # TODO: (dyna_in_block? && dvar_defined?(id)) || local_id?(id)
+    self.parser.env[id.to_sym] == :lvar
   end
 
   def not_end?
     not is_end?
   end
 
+  def possibly_escape_string text, check
+    content = match[1]
+
+    if text =~ check then
+      unescape_string content
+    else
+      content.gsub(/\\\\/, "\\").gsub(/\\\'/, "'")
+    end
+  end
+
   def process_amper text
     token = if is_arg? && space_seen && !check(/\s/) then
                warning("`&' interpreted as argument prefix")
@@ -479,44 +239,50 @@ class RubyLexer
                :tAMPER2
              end
 
-    return result(:arg_state, token, "&")
+    result :arg_state, token, "&"
   end
 
   def process_backref text
-    token = ss[1].to_sym
+    token = match[1].to_sym
     # TODO: can't do lineno hack w/ symbol
     result EXPR_END, :tBACK_REF, token
   end
 
   def process_begin text
-    @comments << matched
+    self.comment ||= +""
+    self.comment << matched
 
     unless scan(/.*?\n=end( |\t|\f)*[^\n]*(\n|\z)/m) then
-      @comments.clear
+      self.comment = nil
       rb_compile_error("embedded document meets end of file")
     end
 
-    @comments << matched
-    self.lineno += matched.count("\n")
+    self.comment << matched
+    self.lineno += matched.count("\n") # HACK?
 
     nil # TODO
   end
 
-  def process_brace_close text
-    # matching compare/parse23.y:8561
-    cond.lexpop
-    cmdarg.lexpop
+  # TODO: make all tXXXX terminals include lexer.lineno ... enforce it somehow?
 
+  def process_brace_close text
     case matched
     when "}" then
       self.brace_nest -= 1
-      self.lex_state   = EXPR_ENDARG # TODO: EXPR_END ? Look at 2.6
-
       return :tSTRING_DEND, matched if brace_nest < 0
+    end
+
+    # matching compare/parse26.y:8099
+    cond.pop
+    cmdarg.pop
+
+    case matched
+    when "}" then
+      self.lex_state   = ruby24minus? ? EXPR_ENDARG : EXPR_END
       return :tRCURLY, matched
     when "]" then
       self.paren_nest -= 1
-      self.lex_state   = EXPR_ENDARG
+      self.lex_state   = ruby24minus? ? EXPR_ENDARG : EXPR_END
       return :tRBRACK, matched
     when ")" then
       self.paren_nest -= 1
@@ -527,30 +293,6 @@ class RubyLexer
     end
   end
 
-  def process_colon1 text
-    # ?: / then / when
-    if is_end? || check(/\s/) then
-      return result EXPR_BEG, :tCOLON, text
-    end
-
-    case
-    when scan(/\'/) then
-      string STR_SSYM
-    when scan(/\"/) then
-      string STR_DSYM
-    end
-
-    result EXPR_FNAME, :tSYMBEG, text
-  end
-
-  def process_colon2 text
-    if is_beg? || lex_state =~ EXPR_CLASS || is_space_arg? then
-      result EXPR_BEG, :tCOLON3, text
-    else
-      result EXPR_DOT, :tCOLON2, text
-    end
-  end
-
   def process_brace_open text
     # matching compare/parse23.y:8694
     self.brace_nest += 1
@@ -566,7 +308,7 @@ class RubyLexer
             when lex_state =~ EXPR_LABELED then
               :tLBRACE     # hash
             when lex_state =~ EXPR_ARG_ANY|EXPR_END|EXPR_ENDFN then
-              :tLCURLY     # block (primary) '{' in parse.y
+              :tLCURLY     # block (primary) "{" in parse.y
             when lex_state =~ EXPR_ENDARG then
               :tLBRACE_ARG # block (expr)
             else
@@ -581,37 +323,96 @@ class RubyLexer
     result state, token, text
   end
 
+  def process_colon1 text
+    # ?: / then / when
+    if is_end? || check(/\s/) then
+      return result EXPR_BEG, :tCOLON, text
+    end
+
+    case
+    when scan(/\'/) then
+      string STR_SSYM, matched
+    when scan(/\"/) then
+      string STR_DSYM, matched
+    end
+
+    result EXPR_FNAME, :tSYMBEG, text
+  end
+
+  def process_colon2 text
+    if is_beg? || lex_state =~ EXPR_CLASS || is_space_arg? then
+      result EXPR_BEG, :tCOLON3, text
+    else
+      result EXPR_DOT, :tCOLON2, text
+    end
+  end
+
+  def process_dots text # parse32.y:10216
+    is_beg = self.is_beg?
+    self.lex_state = EXPR_BEG
+
+    return result EXPR_ENDARG, :tBDOT3, text if
+      parser.in_argdef && text == "..." # TODO: version check?
+
+    tokens = ruby27plus? && is_beg ? BTOKENS : TOKENS
+
+    result EXPR_BEG, tokens[text], text
+  end
+
   def process_float text
     rb_compile_error "Invalid numeric format" if text =~ /__/
 
     case
-    when text.end_with?('ri')
-      return result EXPR_NUM, :tIMAGINARY, Complex(0, Rational(text.chop.chop))
-    when text.end_with?('i')
-      return result EXPR_NUM, :tIMAGINARY, Complex(0, text.chop.to_f)
-    when text.end_with?('r')
-      return result EXPR_NUM, :tRATIONAL,  Rational(text.chop)
+    when text.end_with?("ri")
+      result EXPR_NUM, :tIMAGINARY, Complex(0, Rational(text.chop.chop))
+    when text.end_with?("i")
+      result EXPR_NUM, :tIMAGINARY, Complex(0, text.chop.to_f)
+    when text.end_with?("r")
+      result EXPR_NUM, :tRATIONAL,  Rational(text.chop)
     else
-      return result EXPR_NUM, :tFLOAT, text.to_f
+      result EXPR_NUM, :tFLOAT, text.to_f
     end
   end
 
   def process_gvar text
-    text.lineno = self.lineno
+    if parser.class.version > 20 && text == "$-" then
+      rb_compile_error "unexpected $undefined"
+    end
+
     result EXPR_END, :tGVAR, text
   end
 
   def process_gvar_oddity text
-    return result EXPR_END, "$", "$" if text == "$" # TODO: wtf is this?
     rb_compile_error "#{text.inspect} is not allowed as a global variable name"
   end
 
   def process_ivar text
     tok_id = text =~ /^@@/ ? :tCVAR : :tIVAR
-    text.lineno = self.lineno
     result EXPR_END, tok_id, text
   end
 
+  def process_label text
+    symbol = possibly_escape_string text, /^\"/
+
+    result EXPR_LAB, :tLABEL, symbol
+  end
+
+  def process_label_or_string text
+    if @was_label && text =~ /:\Z/ then
+      @was_label = nil
+      return process_label text
+    elsif text =~ /:\Z/ then
+      self.pos -= 1 # put back ":"
+      text = text[0..-2]
+    end
+
+    orig_line = lineno
+    str = text[1..-2].gsub(/\\\\/, "\\").gsub(/\\\'/, "\'")
+    self.lineno += str.count("\n")
+
+    result EXPR_END, :tSTRING, str, orig_line
+  end
+
   def process_lchevron text
     if (lex_state !~ EXPR_DOT|EXPR_CLASS &&
         !is_end? &&
@@ -627,34 +428,26 @@ class RubyLexer
       self.lex_state = EXPR_BEG
     end
 
-    return result(lex_state, :tLSHFT, "\<\<")
+    result lex_state, :tLSHFT, "\<\<"
   end
 
-  def process_newline_or_comment text
+  def process_newline_or_comment text    # ../compare/parse30.y:9126 ish
     c = matched
-    hit = false
 
-    if c == '#' then
-      ss.pos -= 1
+    if c == "#" then
+      self.pos -= 1
 
-      # TODO: handle magic comments
       while scan(/\s*\#.*(\n+|\z)/) do
-        hit = true
-        self.lineno += matched.lines.to_a.size
-        @comments << matched.gsub(/^ +#/, '#').gsub(/^ +$/, '')
+        self.lineno += matched.count "\n"
+        self.comment ||= +""
+        self.comment << matched.gsub(/^ +#/, "#").gsub(/^ +$/, "")
       end
 
       return nil if end_of_stream?
     end
 
-    self.lineno += 1 unless hit
-
-    # Replace a string of newlines with a single one
-    self.lineno += matched.lines.to_a.size if scan(/\n+/)
-
     c = (lex_state =~ EXPR_BEG|EXPR_CLASS|EXPR_FNAME|EXPR_DOT &&
          lex_state !~ EXPR_LABELED)
-    # TODO: figure out what token_seen is for
     if c || self.lex_state == EXPR_LAB then # yes, == EXPR_LAB
       # ignore if !fallthrough?
       if !c && parser.in_kwarg then
@@ -662,25 +455,29 @@ class RubyLexer
         self.command_start = true
         return result EXPR_BEG, :tNL, nil
       else
-        return # skip
+        maybe_pop_stack
+        return # goto retry
       end
     end
 
-    if scan(/([\ \t\r\f\v]*)(\.|&)/) then
-      self.space_seen = true unless ss[1].empty?
+    if scan(/[\ \t\r\f\v]+/) then
+      self.space_seen = true
+    end
 
-      ss.pos -= 1
-      return unless check(/\.\./)
+    if check(/#/) then
+      return # goto retry
+    elsif check(/&\.|\.(?!\.)/) then # C version is a hellish obfuscated xnor
+      return # goto retry
     end
 
     self.command_start = true
 
-    return result(EXPR_BEG, :tNL, nil)
+    result EXPR_BEG, :tNL, nil
   end
 
   def process_nthref text
     # TODO: can't do lineno hack w/ number
-    result EXPR_END, :tNTH_REF, ss[1].to_i
+    result EXPR_END, :tNTH_REF, match[1].to_i
   end
 
   def process_paren text
@@ -697,7 +494,7 @@ class RubyLexer
               #      "an argument list, not a decomposed argument")
               :tLPAREN2
             else
-              :tLPAREN2 # plain '(' in parse.y
+              :tLPAREN2 # plain "(" in parse.y
             end
 
     self.paren_nest += 1
@@ -708,13 +505,16 @@ class RubyLexer
   end
 
   def process_percent text
-    return parse_quote if is_beg?
-
-    return result EXPR_BEG, :tOP_ASGN, "%" if scan(/\=/)
-
-    return parse_quote if is_space_arg?(check(/\s/)) || (lex_state =~ EXPR_FITEM && check(/s/))
-
-    return result :arg_state, :tPERCENT, "%"
+    case
+    when is_beg? then
+      process_percent_quote
+    when scan(/\=/)
+      result EXPR_BEG, :tOP_ASGN, "%"
+    when is_space_arg?(check(/\s/)) || (lex_state =~ EXPR_FITEM && check(/s/))
+      process_percent_quote
+    else
+      result :arg_state, :tPERCENT, "%"
+    end
   end
 
   def process_plus_minus text
@@ -735,7 +535,7 @@ class RubyLexer
 
     return result(EXPR_BEG, :tOP_ASGN, sign) if scan(/\=/)
 
-    if (is_beg? || (is_arg? && space_seen && !check(/\s/))) then
+    if is_beg? || (is_arg? && space_seen && !check(/\s/)) then
       arg_ambiguous if is_arg?
 
       if check(/\d/) then
@@ -760,12 +560,12 @@ class RubyLexer
 
     if check(/\s|\v/) then
       unless is_arg? then
-        c2 = { " " => 's',
-              "\n" => 'n',
-              "\t" => 't',
-              "\v" => 'v',
-              "\r" => 'r',
-              "\f" => 'f' }[matched]
+        c2 = { " " => "s",
+              "\n" => "n",
+              "\t" => "t",
+              "\v" => "v",
+              "\r" => "r",
+              "\f" => "f" }[matched]
 
         if c2 then
           warning("invalid character syntax; use ?\\" + c2)
@@ -781,17 +581,26 @@ class RubyLexer
     c = if scan(/\\/) then
           self.read_escape
         else
-          ss.getch
+          getch
         end
 
     result EXPR_END, :tSTRING, c
   end
 
+  def process_simple_string text
+    orig_line = lineno
+    self.lineno += text.count("\n")
+
+    str = unescape_string text[1..-2]
+
+    result EXPR_END, :tSTRING, str, orig_line
+  end
+
   def process_slash text
     if is_beg? then
-      string STR_REGEXP
+      string STR_REGEXP, matched
 
-      return result(nil, :tREGEXP_BEG, "/")
+      return result nil, :tREGEXP_BEG, "/"
     end
 
     if scan(/\=/) then
@@ -806,7 +615,7 @@ class RubyLexer
       end
     end
 
-    return result(:arg_state, :tDIVIDE, "/")
+    result :arg_state, :tDIVIDE, "/"
   end
 
   def process_square_bracket text
@@ -838,48 +647,14 @@ class RubyLexer
     result EXPR_PAR, token, text
   end
 
-  def possibly_escape_string text, check
-    content = match[1]
-
-    if text =~ check then
-      content.gsub(ESC) { unescape $1 }
-    else
-      content.gsub(/\\\\/, "\\").gsub(/\\'/, "'")
-    end
-  end
-
   def process_symbol text
-    symbol = possibly_escape_string text, /^:"/
-
-    result EXPR_END, :tSYMBOL, symbol
-  end
-
-  def was_label?
-    @was_label = ruby22_label?
-    true
-  end
-
-  def process_label_or_string text
-    if @was_label && text =~ /:\Z/ then
-      @was_label = nil
-      return process_label text
-    elsif text =~ /:\Z/ then
-      ss.pos -= 1 # put back ":"
-      text = text[0..-2]
-    end
+    symbol = possibly_escape_string text, /^:\"/ # stupid emacs
 
-    result EXPR_END, :tSTRING, text[1..-2].gsub(/\\\\/, "\\").gsub(/\\'/, "'")
-  end
-
-  def process_label text
-    symbol = possibly_escape_string text, /^"/
-
-    result EXPR_LAB, :tLABEL, [symbol, self.lineno]
+    result EXPR_LIT, :tSYMBOL, symbol
   end
 
   def process_token text
     # matching: parse_ident in compare/parse23.y:7989
-    # TODO: make this always return [token, lineno]
     # FIX: remove: self.last_state = lex_state
 
     token = self.token = text
@@ -902,7 +677,7 @@ class RubyLexer
 
     if is_label_possible? and is_label_suffix? then
       scan(/:/)
-      return result EXPR_LAB, :tLABEL, [token, self.lineno]
+      return result EXPR_LAB, :tLABEL, token
     end
 
     # TODO: mb == ENC_CODERANGE_7BIT && lex_state !~ EXPR_DOT
@@ -913,14 +688,17 @@ class RubyLexer
       return process_token_keyword keyword if keyword
     end
 
-    # matching: compare/parse23.y:8079
-    state = if is_beg? or is_arg? or lex_state =~ EXPR_DOT then
+    # matching: compare/parse32.y:9031
+    state = if lex_state =~ EXPR_BEG_ANY|EXPR_ARG_ANY|EXPR_DOT then
               cmd_state ? EXPR_CMDARG : EXPR_ARG
             elsif lex_state =~ EXPR_FNAME then
               EXPR_ENDFN
             else
               EXPR_END
             end
+    self.lex_state = state
+
+    tok_id = :tIDENTIFIER if tok_id == :tCONSTANT && is_local_id(token)
 
     if last_state !~ EXPR_DOT|EXPR_FNAME and
         (tok_id == :tIDENTIFIER) and # not EXPR_FNAME, not attrasgn
@@ -928,183 +706,102 @@ class RubyLexer
       state = EXPR_END|EXPR_LABEL
     end
 
-    token.lineno = self.lineno # yes, on a string. I know... I know...
-
-    return result(state, tok_id, token)
+    result state, tok_id, token
   end
 
   def process_token_keyword keyword
-    # matching MIDDLE of parse_ident in compare/parse23.y:8046
+    # matching MIDDLE of parse_ident in compare/parse32.y:9695
     state = lex_state
-    self.lex_state = keyword.state
 
-    value = [token, self.lineno]
-
-    return result(lex_state, keyword.id0, value) if state =~ EXPR_FNAME
+    return result(EXPR_ENDFN, keyword.id0, token) if lex_state =~ EXPR_FNAME
 
+    self.lex_state = keyword.state
     self.command_start = true if lex_state =~ EXPR_BEG
 
     case
-    when keyword.id0 == :kDO then
+    when keyword.id0 == :kDO then # parse32.y line 9712
       case
       when lambda_beginning? then
         self.lpar_beg = nil # lambda_beginning? == FALSE in the body of "-> do ... end"
-        self.paren_nest -= 1
-        result lex_state, :kDO_LAMBDA, value
+        self.paren_nest -= 1 # TODO: question this?
+        result lex_state, :kDO_LAMBDA, token
       when cond.is_in_state then
-        result lex_state, :kDO_COND, value
+        result lex_state, :kDO_COND, token
       when cmdarg.is_in_state && state != EXPR_CMDARG then
-        result lex_state, :kDO_BLOCK, value
-      when state =~ EXPR_BEG|EXPR_ENDARG then
-        result lex_state, :kDO_BLOCK, value
+        result lex_state, :kDO_BLOCK, token
       else
-        result lex_state, :kDO, value
+        result lex_state, :kDO, token
       end
     when state =~ EXPR_PAD then
-      result lex_state, keyword.id0, value
+      result lex_state, keyword.id0, token
     when keyword.id0 != keyword.id1 then
-      result EXPR_PAR, keyword.id1, value
+      result EXPR_PAR, keyword.id1, token
     else
-      result lex_state, keyword.id1, value
+      result lex_state, keyword.id1, token
     end
   end
 
   def process_underscore text
-    ss.unscan # put back "_"
+    self.unscan # put back "_"
 
     if beginning_of_line? && scan(/\__END__(\r?\n|\Z)/) then
-      return [RubyLexer::EOF, RubyLexer::EOF]
-    elsif scan(/\_\w*/) then
-      return process_token matched
+      ss.terminate
+      [RubyLexer::EOF, RubyLexer::EOF]
+    elsif scan(/#{IDENT_CHAR}+/) then
+      process_token matched
     end
   end
 
   def rb_compile_error msg
-    msg += ". near line #{self.lineno}: #{ss.rest[/^.*/].inspect}"
+    msg += ". near line #{self.lineno}: #{self.rest[/^.*/].inspect}"
     raise RubyParser::SyntaxError, msg
   end
 
-  def read_escape # TODO: remove / rewrite
-    case
-    when scan(/\\/) then                  # Backslash
-      '\\'
-    when scan(/n/) then                   # newline
-      self.extra_lineno -= 1
-      "\n"
-    when scan(/t/) then                   # horizontal tab
-      "\t"
-    when scan(/r/) then                   # carriage-return
-      "\r"
-    when scan(/f/) then                   # form-feed
-      "\f"
-    when scan(/v/) then                   # vertical tab
-      "\13"
-    when scan(/a/) then                   # alarm(bell)
-      "\007"
-    when scan(/e/) then                   # escape
-      "\033"
-    when scan(/b/) then                   # backspace
-      "\010"
-    when scan(/s/) then                   # space
-      " "
-    when scan(/[0-7]{1,3}/) then          # octal constant
-      (matched.to_i(8) & 0xFF).chr.force_encoding Encoding::UTF_8
-    when scan(/x([0-9a-fA-F]{1,2})/) then # hex constant
-      # TODO: force encode everything to UTF-8?
-      ss[1].to_i(16).chr.force_encoding Encoding::UTF_8
-    when check(/M-\\[\\MCc]/) then
-      scan(/M-\\/) # eat it
-      c = self.read_escape
-      c[0] = (c[0].ord | 0x80).chr
-      c
-    when scan(/M-(.)/) then
-      c = ss[1]
-      c[0] = (c[0].ord | 0x80).chr
-      c
-    when check(/(C-|c)\\[\\MCc]/) then
-      scan(/(C-|c)\\/) # eat it
-      c = self.read_escape
-      c[0] = (c[0].ord & 0x9f).chr
-      c
-    when scan(/C-\?|c\?/) then
-      127.chr
-    when scan(/(C-|c)(.)/) then
-      c = ss[2]
-      c[0] = (c[0].ord & 0x9f).chr
-      c
-    when scan(/^[89]/i) then # bad octal or hex... MRI ignores them :(
-      matched
-    when scan(/u([0-9a-fA-F]{4}|\{[0-9a-fA-F]{2,6}\})/) then
-      [ss[1].delete("{}").to_i(16)].pack("U")
-    when scan(/u([0-9a-fA-F]{1,3})/) then
-      rb_compile_error "Invalid escape character syntax"
-    when scan(/[McCx0-9]/) || end_of_stream? then
-      rb_compile_error("Invalid escape character syntax")
-    else
-      ss.getch
-    end.dup
-  end
-
-  def regx_options # TODO: rewrite / remove
-    good, bad = [], []
-
-    if scan(/[a-z]+/) then
-      good, bad = matched.split(//).partition { |s| s =~ /^[ixmonesu]$/ }
-    end
-
-    unless bad.empty? then
-      rb_compile_error("unknown regexp option%s - %s" %
-                       [(bad.size > 1 ? "s" : ""), bad.join.inspect])
-    end
-
-    return good.join
-  end
-
   def reset
+    self.lineno        = 1
     self.brace_nest    = 0
     self.command_start = true
-    self.comments      = []
+    self.comment       = nil
     self.lex_state     = EXPR_NONE
     self.lex_strterm   = nil
-    self.lineno        = 1
     self.lpar_beg      = nil
     self.paren_nest    = 0
     self.space_seen    = false
     self.string_nest   = 0
     self.token         = nil
-    self.extra_lineno  = 0
+    self.string_buffer = []
+    self.old_ss        = nil
+    self.old_lineno    = nil
 
     self.cond.reset
     self.cmdarg.reset
   end
 
-  def result new_state, token, text # :nodoc:
+  def result new_state, token, text, line = self.lineno # :nodoc:
     new_state = self.arg_state if new_state == :arg_state
     self.lex_state = new_state if new_state
-    [token, text]
+
+    [token, [text, line]]
   end
 
-  def scan re
-    ss.scan re
+  def ruby22_label?
+    ruby22plus? and is_label_possible?
   end
 
-  def check re
-    ss.check re
+  def ruby22plus?
+    parser.class.version >= 22
   end
 
-  def eat_whitespace
-    r = scan(/\s+/)
-    self.extra_lineno += r.count("\n") if r
-    r
+  def ruby23plus?
+    parser.class.version >= 23
   end
 
-  def fixup_lineno extra = 0
-    self.lineno += self.extra_lineno + extra
-    self.extra_lineno = 0
+  def ruby24minus?
+    parser.class.version <= 24
   end
 
-  def scanner_class # TODO: design this out of oedipus_lex. or something.
-    RPStringScanner
+  def ruby27plus?
+    parser.class.version >= 27
   end
 
   def space_vs_beginning space_type, beg_type, fallback
@@ -1119,137 +816,18 @@ class RubyLexer
     end
   end
 
-  def string type, beg = matched, nnd = "\0"
-    self.lex_strterm = [:strterm, type, beg, nnd]
-  end
-
-  # TODO: consider
-  # def src= src
-  #   raise "bad src: #{src.inspect}" unless String === src
-  #   @src = RPStringScanner.new(src)
-  # end
-
-  def tokadd_escape term # TODO: rewrite / remove
-    case
-    when scan(/\\\n/) then
-      # just ignore
-    when scan(/\\([0-7]{1,3}|x[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2})/) then
-      self.string_buffer << matched
-    when scan(/\\([MC]-|c)(?=\\)/) then
-      self.string_buffer << matched
-      self.tokadd_escape term
-    when scan(/\\([MC]-|c)(.)/) then
-      self.string_buffer << matched
-    when scan(/\\[McCx]/) then
-      rb_compile_error "Invalid escape character syntax"
-    when scan(/\\(.)/m) then
-      chr = ss[1]
-      prev = self.string_buffer.last
-      if term == chr && prev && prev.end_with?("(?") then
-        self.string_buffer << chr
-      elsif term == chr || chr.ascii_only? then
-        self.string_buffer << matched # dunno why we keep them for ascii
-      else
-        self.string_buffer << chr # HACK? this is such a rat's nest
-      end
+  def unescape_string str
+    str = str.gsub(ESC) { unescape($1).b.force_encoding Encoding::UTF_8 }
+    if str.valid_encoding?
+      str
     else
-      rb_compile_error "Invalid escape character syntax"
+      str.b
     end
   end
 
-  def tokadd_string(func, term, paren) # TODO: rewrite / remove
-    qwords = (func & STR_FUNC_QWORDS) != 0
-    escape = (func & STR_FUNC_ESCAPE) != 0
-    expand = (func & STR_FUNC_EXPAND) != 0
-    regexp = (func & STR_FUNC_REGEXP) != 0
-    symbol = (func & STR_FUNC_SYMBOL) != 0
-
-    paren_re = @@regexp_cache[paren]
-    term_re  = @@regexp_cache[term]
-
-    until end_of_stream? do
-      c = nil
-      handled = true
-
-      case
-      when paren_re && scan(paren_re) then
-        self.string_nest += 1
-      when scan(term_re) then
-        if self.string_nest == 0 then
-          ss.pos -= 1
-          break
-        else
-          self.string_nest -= 1
-        end
-      when expand && scan(/#(?=[\$\@\{])/) then # TODO: this seems wrong
-        ss.pos -= 1
-        break
-      when qwords && scan(/\s/) then
-        ss.pos -= 1
-        break
-      when expand && scan(/#(?!\n)/) then
-        # do nothing
-      when check(/\\/) then
-        case
-        when qwords && scan(/\\\n/) then
-          string_buffer << "\n"
-          next
-        when qwords && scan(/\\\s/) then
-          c = ' '
-        when expand && scan(/\\\n/) then
-          next
-        when regexp && check(/\\/) then
-          self.tokadd_escape term
-          next
-        when expand && scan(/\\/) then
-          c = self.read_escape
-        when scan(/\\\n/) then
-          # do nothing
-        when scan(/\\\\/) then
-          string_buffer << '\\' if escape
-          c = '\\'
-        when scan(/\\/) then
-          unless scan(term_re) || paren.nil? || scan(paren_re) then
-            string_buffer << "\\"
-          end
-        else
-          handled = false
-        end # inner /\\/ case
-      else
-        handled = false
-      end # top case
-
-      unless handled then
-        t = Regexp.escape term
-        x = Regexp.escape(paren) if paren && paren != "\000"
-        re = if qwords then
-               /[^#{t}#{x}\#\0\\\s]+|./ # |. to pick up whatever
-             else
-               /[^#{t}#{x}\#\0\\]+|./
-             end
-
-        scan re
-        c = matched
-
-        rb_compile_error "symbol cannot contain '\\0'" if symbol && c =~ /\0/
-      end # unless handled
-
-      c ||= matched
-      string_buffer << c
-    end # until
-
-    c ||= matched
-    c = RubyLexer::EOF if end_of_stream?
-
-    return c
-  end
-
   def unescape s
     r = ESCAPES[s]
 
-    self.extra_lineno += 1 if s == "\n"     # eg backslash newline strings
-    self.extra_lineno -= 1 if r && s == "n" # literal \n, not newline
-
     return r if r
 
     x = case s
@@ -1265,10 +843,12 @@ class RubyLexer
           s
         when /^[McCx0-9]/ then
           rb_compile_error("Invalid escape character syntax")
-        when /u([0-9a-fA-F]{4}|\{[0-9a-fA-F]{2,6}\})/ then
+        when /u(\h{4})/ then
           [$1.delete("{}").to_i(16)].pack("U")
-        when /u([0-9a-fA-F]{1,3})/ then
+        when /u(\h{1,3})/ then
           rb_compile_error("Invalid escape character syntax")
+        when /u\{(\h+(?:\s+\h+)*)\}/ then
+          $1.split.map { |cp| cp.to_i(16) }.pack("U*")
         else
           s
         end
@@ -1279,171 +859,294 @@ class RubyLexer
     # do nothing for now
   end
 
-  def ruby22plus?
-    parser.class.version >= 22
+  def was_label?
+    @was_label = ruby22_label?
+    true
   end
 
-  def ruby23plus?
-    parser.class.version >= 23
-  end
+  class State
+    attr_accessor :n
+    attr_accessor :names
 
-  def process_string # TODO: rewrite / remove
-    # matches top of parser_yylex in compare/parse23.y:8113
-    token = if lex_strterm[0] == :heredoc then
-              self.heredoc lex_strterm
-            else
-              self.parse_string lex_strterm
-            end
+    # TODO: take a shared hash of strings for inspect/to_s
+    def initialize o, names
+      raise ArgumentError, "bad state: %p" % [o] unless Integer === o # TODO: remove
 
-    token_type, c = token
+      self.n = o
+      self.names = names
+    end
 
-    # matches parser_string_term
-    if ruby22plus? && token_type == :tSTRING_END && ["'", '"'].include?(c) then
-      if ((lex_state =~ EXPR_BEG|EXPR_ENDFN &&
-           !cond.is_in_state) || is_arg?) &&
-          is_label_suffix? then
-        scan(/:/)
-        token_type = token[0] = :tLABEL_END
-      end
+    def == o
+      self.equal?(o) || (o.class == self.class && o.n == self.n)
     end
 
-    if [:tSTRING_END, :tREGEXP_END, :tLABEL_END].include? token_type then
-      self.lex_strterm = nil
-      self.lex_state   = (token_type == :tLABEL_END) ? EXPR_PAR : EXPR_END
+    def =~ v
+      (self.n & v.n) != 0
     end
 
-    return token
-  end
+    def | v
+      raise ArgumentError, "Incompatible State: %p vs %p" % [self, v] unless
+        self.names == v.names
+      self.class.new(self.n | v.n, self.names)
+    end
 
-  def parse_quote # TODO: remove / rewrite
-    beg, nnd, short_hand, c = nil, nil, false, nil
+    def inspect
+      return "EXPR_NONE" if n.zero? # HACK?
 
-    if scan(/[a-z0-9]{1,2}/i) then # Long-hand (e.g. %Q{}).
-      rb_compile_error "unknown type of %string" if ss.matched_size == 2
-      c, beg, short_hand = matched, ss.getch, false
-    else                               # Short-hand (e.g. %{, %., %!, etc)
-      c, beg, short_hand = 'Q', ss.getch, true
+      names.map { |v, k| k if self =~ v }.
+        compact.
+        join("|").
+        gsub(/(?:EXPR_|STR_(?:FUNC_)?)/, "")
     end
 
-    if end_of_stream? or c == RubyLexer::EOF or beg == RubyLexer::EOF then
-      rb_compile_error "unterminated quoted string meets end of file"
-    end
+    alias to_s inspect
 
-    # Figure nnd-char.  "\0" is special to indicate beg=nnd and that no nesting?
-    nnd = { "(" => ")", "[" => "]", "{" => "}", "<" => ">" }[beg]
-    nnd, beg = beg, "\0" if nnd.nil?
+    module Values
+      expr_names = {}
+
+      EXPR_NONE    = State.new    0x0, expr_names
+      EXPR_BEG     = State.new    0x1, expr_names
+      EXPR_END     = State.new    0x2, expr_names
+      EXPR_ENDARG  = State.new    0x4, expr_names
+      EXPR_ENDFN   = State.new    0x8, expr_names
+      EXPR_ARG     = State.new   0x10, expr_names
+      EXPR_CMDARG  = State.new   0x20, expr_names
+      EXPR_MID     = State.new   0x40, expr_names
+      EXPR_FNAME   = State.new   0x80, expr_names
+      EXPR_DOT     = State.new  0x100, expr_names
+      EXPR_CLASS   = State.new  0x200, expr_names
+      EXPR_LABEL   = State.new  0x400, expr_names
+      EXPR_LABELED = State.new  0x800, expr_names
+      EXPR_FITEM   = State.new 0x1000, expr_names
 
-    token_type, text = nil, "%#{c}#{beg}"
-    token_type, string_type = case c
-                              when 'Q' then
-                                ch = short_hand ? nnd : c + beg
-                                text = "%#{ch}"
-                                [:tSTRING_BEG,   STR_DQUOTE]
-                              when 'q' then
-                                [:tSTRING_BEG,   STR_SQUOTE]
-                              when 'W' then
-                                eat_whitespace
-                                [:tWORDS_BEG,    STR_DQUOTE | STR_FUNC_QWORDS]
-                              when 'w' then
-                                eat_whitespace
-                                [:tQWORDS_BEG,   STR_SQUOTE | STR_FUNC_QWORDS]
-                              when 'x' then
-                                [:tXSTRING_BEG,  STR_XQUOTE]
-                              when 'r' then
-                                [:tREGEXP_BEG,   STR_REGEXP]
-                              when 's' then
-                                self.lex_state = EXPR_FNAME
-                                [:tSYMBEG,       STR_SSYM]
-                              when 'I' then
-                                eat_whitespace
-                                [:tSYMBOLS_BEG, STR_DQUOTE | STR_FUNC_QWORDS]
-                              when 'i' then
-                                eat_whitespace
-                                [:tQSYMBOLS_BEG, STR_SQUOTE | STR_FUNC_QWORDS]
-                              end
+      EXPR_BEG_ANY = EXPR_BEG | EXPR_MID    | EXPR_CLASS
+      EXPR_ARG_ANY = EXPR_ARG | EXPR_CMDARG
+      EXPR_END_ANY = EXPR_END | EXPR_ENDARG | EXPR_ENDFN
 
-    rb_compile_error "Bad %string type. Expected [QqWwIixrs], found '#{c}'." if
-      token_type.nil?
+      # extra fake lex_state names to make things a bit cleaner
 
-    raise "huh" unless string_type
+      EXPR_LAB = EXPR_ARG|EXPR_LABELED
+      EXPR_LIT = EXPR_END|EXPR_ENDARG
+      EXPR_PAR = EXPR_BEG|EXPR_LABEL
+      EXPR_PAD = EXPR_BEG|EXPR_LABELED
 
-    string string_type, nnd, beg
+      EXPR_NUM = EXPR_LIT
+
+      expr_names.merge!(EXPR_NONE    => "EXPR_NONE",
+                        EXPR_BEG     => "EXPR_BEG",
+                        EXPR_END     => "EXPR_END",
+                        EXPR_ENDARG  => "EXPR_ENDARG",
+                        EXPR_ENDFN   => "EXPR_ENDFN",
+                        EXPR_ARG     => "EXPR_ARG",
+                        EXPR_CMDARG  => "EXPR_CMDARG",
+                        EXPR_MID     => "EXPR_MID",
+                        EXPR_FNAME   => "EXPR_FNAME",
+                        EXPR_DOT     => "EXPR_DOT",
+                        EXPR_CLASS   => "EXPR_CLASS",
+                        EXPR_LABEL   => "EXPR_LABEL",
+                        EXPR_LABELED => "EXPR_LABELED",
+                        EXPR_FITEM   => "EXPR_FITEM")
+
+      # ruby constants for strings
+
+      str_func_names = {}
+
+      STR_FUNC_BORING = State.new 0x00,    str_func_names
+      STR_FUNC_ESCAPE = State.new 0x01,    str_func_names
+      STR_FUNC_EXPAND = State.new 0x02,    str_func_names
+      STR_FUNC_REGEXP = State.new 0x04,    str_func_names
+      STR_FUNC_QWORDS = State.new 0x08,    str_func_names
+      STR_FUNC_SYMBOL = State.new 0x10,    str_func_names
+      STR_FUNC_INDENT = State.new 0x20,    str_func_names # <<-HEREDOC
+      STR_FUNC_LABEL  = State.new 0x40,    str_func_names
+      STR_FUNC_LIST   = State.new 0x4000,  str_func_names
+      STR_FUNC_TERM   = State.new 0x8000,  str_func_names
+      STR_FUNC_DEDENT = State.new 0x10000, str_func_names # <<~HEREDOC
+
+      # TODO: check parser25.y on how they do STR_FUNC_INDENT
+
+      STR_SQUOTE = STR_FUNC_BORING
+      STR_DQUOTE = STR_FUNC_EXPAND
+      STR_XQUOTE = STR_FUNC_EXPAND
+      STR_REGEXP = STR_FUNC_REGEXP | STR_FUNC_ESCAPE | STR_FUNC_EXPAND
+      STR_SWORD  = STR_FUNC_QWORDS | STR_FUNC_LIST
+      STR_DWORD  = STR_FUNC_QWORDS | STR_FUNC_EXPAND | STR_FUNC_LIST
+      STR_SSYM   = STR_FUNC_SYMBOL
+      STR_DSYM   = STR_FUNC_SYMBOL | STR_FUNC_EXPAND
+      STR_LABEL  = STR_FUNC_LABEL
+
+      str_func_names.merge!(STR_FUNC_ESCAPE => "STR_FUNC_ESCAPE",
+                            STR_FUNC_EXPAND => "STR_FUNC_EXPAND",
+                            STR_FUNC_REGEXP => "STR_FUNC_REGEXP",
+                            STR_FUNC_QWORDS => "STR_FUNC_QWORDS",
+                            STR_FUNC_SYMBOL => "STR_FUNC_SYMBOL",
+                            STR_FUNC_INDENT => "STR_FUNC_INDENT",
+                            STR_FUNC_LABEL  => "STR_FUNC_LABEL",
+                            STR_FUNC_LIST   => "STR_FUNC_LIST",
+                            STR_FUNC_TERM   => "STR_FUNC_TERM",
+                            STR_FUNC_DEDENT => "STR_FUNC_DEDENT",
+                            STR_SQUOTE      => "STR_SQUOTE")
+    end
 
-    return token_type, text
+    include Values
   end
 
-  def parse_string quote # TODO: rewrite / remove
-    _, string_type, term, open = quote
+  include State::Values
+end
+
+class RubyLexer
+  module SSWrapper
+    def string= s
+      ss.string= s
+    end
+
+    def beginning_of_line?
+      ss.bol?
+    end
+
+    alias bol? beginning_of_line? # to make .rex file more readable
 
-    space = false # FIX: remove these
-    func = string_type
-    paren = open
-    term_re = @@regexp_cache[term]
+    def check re
+      maybe_pop_stack
 
-    qwords = (func & STR_FUNC_QWORDS) != 0
-    regexp = (func & STR_FUNC_REGEXP) != 0
-    expand = (func & STR_FUNC_EXPAND) != 0
+      ss.check re
+    end
 
-    unless func then # nil'ed from qwords below. *sigh*
-      return :tSTRING_END, nil
+    def end_of_stream?
+      ss.eos?
     end
 
-    space = true if qwords and eat_whitespace
+    alias eos? end_of_stream?
 
-    if self.string_nest == 0 && scan(/#{term_re}/) then
-      if qwords then
-        quote[1] = nil
-        return :tSPACE, nil
-      elsif regexp then
-        return :tREGEXP_END, self.regx_options
-      else
-        return :tSTRING_END, term
-      end
+    def getch
+      c = ss.getch
+      c = ss.getch if c == "\r" && ss.peek(1) == "\n"
+      c
     end
 
-    return :tSPACE, nil if space
+    def match
+      ss
+    end
 
-    self.string_buffer = []
+    def matched
+      ss.matched
+    end
 
-    if expand
-      case
-      when scan(/#(?=\$(-.|[a-zA-Z_0-9~\*\$\?!@\/\\;,\.=:<>\"\&\`\'+]))/) then
-        # TODO: !ISASCII
-        # ?! see parser_peek_variable_name
-        return :tSTRING_DVAR, nil
-      when scan(/#(?=\@\@?[a-zA-Z_])/) then
-        # TODO: !ISASCII
-        return :tSTRING_DVAR, nil
-      when scan(/#[{]/) then
-        self.command_start = true
-        return :tSTRING_DBEG, nil
-      when scan(/#/) then
-        string_buffer << '#'
+    def in_heredoc?
+      !!self.old_ss
+    end
+
+    def maybe_pop_stack
+      if ss.eos? && in_heredoc? then
+        self.ss_pop
+        self.lineno_pop
       end
     end
 
-    if tokadd_string(func, term, paren) == RubyLexer::EOF then
-      rb_compile_error "unterminated string meets end of file"
+    def pos
+      ss.pos
+    end
+
+    def pos= n
+      ss.pos = n
+    end
+
+    def rest
+      ss.rest
+    end
+
+    def scan re
+      maybe_pop_stack
+
+      ss.scan re
+    end
+
+    def scanner_class # TODO: design this out of oedipus_lex. or something.
+      RPStringScanner
+    end
+
+    def ss_string
+      ss.string
+    end
+
+    def ss_string= s
+      raise "Probably not"
+      ss.string = s
+    end
+
+    def unscan
+      ss.unscan
+    end
+  end
+
+  include SSWrapper
+end
+
+class RubyLexer
+  module SSStackish
+    def lineno_push new_lineno
+      self.old_lineno = self.lineno
+      self.lineno     = new_lineno
+    end
+
+    def lineno_pop
+      self.lineno     = self.old_lineno
+      self.old_lineno = nil
+    end
+
+    def ss= o
+      raise "Clearing ss while in heredoc!?!" if in_heredoc?
+      @old_ss = nil
+      super
     end
 
-    return :tSTRING_CONTENT, string_buffer.join
+    def ss_push new_ss
+      @old_ss = self.ss
+      @ss     = new_ss
+    end
+
+    def ss_pop
+      @ss     = self.old_ss
+      @old_ss = nil
+    end
   end
+
+  prepend SSStackish
 end
 
-require "ruby_lexer.rex"
+if ENV["RP_STRTERM_DEBUG"] then
+  class RubyLexer
+    def d o
+      $stderr.puts o.inspect
+    end
+
+    alias old_lex_strterm= lex_strterm=
+
+    def lex_strterm= o
+      self.old_lex_strterm= o
+      where = caller.first.split(/:/).first(2).join(":")
+      $stderr.puts
+      d :lex_strterm => [o, where]
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+require_relative "./ruby_lexer.rex.rb"
+require_relative "./ruby_lexer_strings.rb"
 
 if ENV["RP_LINENO_DEBUG"] then
   class RubyLexer
-    alias :old_lineno= :lineno=
-
     def d o
       $stderr.puts o.inspect
     end
 
+    alias old_lineno= lineno=
+
     def lineno= n
       self.old_lineno= n
       where = caller.first.split(/:/).first(2).join(":")
-      d :lineno => [n, where, ss && ss.rest[0,40]]
+      $stderr.puts
+      d :lineno => [n, where]
     end
   end
 end