pygments.token

Basic token types and the standard tokens.

copyright:Copyright 2006-2013 by the Pygments team, see AUTHORS. license:BSD, see LICENSE for details.

pygments.token.is_token_subtype(ttype, other)

Return True if ttype is a subtype of other.

exists for backwards compatibility. use ttype in other now.

pygments.token.string_to_tokentype(s)

Convert a string into a token type:

>>> string_to_token('String.Double')
Token.Literal.String.Double
>>> string_to_token('Token.Literal.Number')
Token.Literal.Number
>>> string_to_token('')
Token

Tokens that are already tokens are returned unchanged:

>>> string_to_token(String)
Token.Literal.String