--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ply-3.8/test/lex_literal3.py	Wed Mar 23 02:40:16 2016 +0000
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+# lex_literal3.py
+#
+# An empty literal specification given as a list
+# Issue 8 : Literals empty list causes IndexError
+
+import sys
+if ".." not in sys.path: sys.path.insert(0,"..")
+
+import ply.lex as lex
+
+tokens = [
+    "NUMBER",
+    ]
+
+literals = []
+
+def t_NUMBER(t):
+    r'\d+'
+    return t
+
+def t_error(t):
+    pass
+
+lex.lex()
+
+