, or octal number.</p>

    <p><a id="lexer.line_state"></a></p>

    <h3><code>lexer.line_state</code> (table)</h3>

    <p>Table of integer line states for line numbers starting from 1.
      Line states can be used by lexers for keeping track of persistent states.</p>

    <p><a id="lexer.lower"></a></p>

    <h3><code>lexer.lower</code> (pattern)</h3>

    <p>A pattern that matches any lower case character (&lsquo;a&rsquo;-&lsquo;z&rsquo;).</p>

    <p><a id="lexer.newline"></a></p>

    <h3><code>lexer