--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/ply-3.8/test/lex_many_tokens.py	Wed Mar 23 02:40:16 2016 +0000
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+# lex_many_tokens.py
+#
+# Test lex's ability to handle a large number of tokens (beyond the
+# 100-group limit of the re module)
+
+import sys
+if ".." not in sys.path: sys.path.insert(0,"..")
+
+import ply.lex as lex
+
+tokens = ["TOK%d" % i for i in range(1000)]
+
+for tok in tokens:
+    if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
+        exec("t_%s = '%s:'" % (tok,tok))
+    else:
+        exec("t_%s = '%s:'" % (tok,tok), globals())
+
+t_ignore = " \t"
+
+def t_error(t):
+    pass
+
+lex.lex(optimize=1,lextab="manytab")
+lex.runmain(data="TOK34: TOK143: TOK269: TOK372: TOK452: TOK561: TOK999:")
+
+