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package scala.util.parsing
package combinator
package syntactical

/** This is the core component for token-based parsers.
 *
 *  @author Martin Odersky, Adriaan Moors
 */
trait TokenParsers extends Parsers {
  /** Tokens is the abstract type of the `Token's consumed by the parsers in this component*/
  type Tokens <: token.Tokens
  
  /** lexical is the component responsible for consuming some basic kind of
   *  input (usually character-based) and turning it into the tokens
   *  understood by these parsers.
   */
  val lexical: Tokens

  /** The input-type for these parsers*/
  type Elem = lexical.Token
  
}