well those tests were broken

lex.go

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const (
 	t_string                  // a string literal
 	t_name                    // a name
 	t_type                    // a type
+	t_equals                  // equals sign
 )
 
 type stateFn func(*lexer) (stateFn, error)
@@ -106,6 +107,10 @@ func lexRoot(l *lexer) (stateFn, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	switch {
+	case r == '=':
+		l.keep(r)
+		l.emit(t_equals)
+		return lexRoot, nil
 	case r == '"', r == '`':
 		return lexStringLiteral(r), nil
 	case unicode.IsSpace(r):
@@ -147,7 +152,12 @@ func lexStringLiteral(delim rune) stateFn {
 
 func lexName(l *lexer) (stateFn, error) {
 	r, err := l.next()
-	if err != nil {
+	switch err {
+	case io.EOF:
+		l.emit(t_name)
+		return nil, io.EOF
+	case nil:
+	default:
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	switch {
@@ -163,7 +173,12 @@ func lexName(l *lexer) (stateFn, error) {
 
 func lexType(l *lexer) (stateFn, error) {
 	r, err := l.next()
-	if err != nil {
+	switch err {
+	case io.EOF:
+		l.emit(t_type)
+		return nil, io.EOF
+	case nil:
+	default:
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	switch {

lex_test.go

@@ -6,22 +6,24 @@ import (
 
 var primitivesTests = []struct {
 	in  string
-	out token
+	out []token
 }{
-	{`"x"`, token{t_string, "x"}},
-	{`"yes"`, token{t_string, "yes"}},
-	{`"this one has spaces"`, token{t_string, "this one has spaces"}},
-	{`"this one has \"quotes\" in it"`, token{t_string, `this one has "quotes" in it`}},
-	{"`this one is delimited by backticks`", token{t_string, "this one is delimited by backticks"}},
-	{`  "this one has white space on either end"  `, token{t_string, "this one has white space on either end"}},
-	{`name`, token{t_name, "name"}},
-	{`name_with_underscore`, token{t_name, "name_with_underscore"}},
-	{`  name_surrounded_by_whitespace  `, token{t_name, "name_surrounded_by_whitespace"}},
-	{`name1`, token{t_name, "name1"}},
-	{`camelName`, token{t_name, "camelName"}},
-	{`Type`, token{t_type, "Type"}},
-	{`CamelType`, token{t_type, "CamelType"}},
-	{`Type_1_2`, token{t_type, "Type_1_1"}},
+	{`"x"`, []token{{t_string, "x"}}},
+	{`"yes"`, []token{{t_string, "yes"}}},
+	{`"this one has spaces"`, []token{{t_string, "this one has spaces"}}},
+	{`"this one has \"quotes\" in it"`, []token{{t_string, `this one has "quotes" in it`}}},
+	{"`this one is delimited by backticks`", []token{{t_string, "this one is delimited by backticks"}}},
+	{`  "this one has white space on either end"  `, []token{{t_string, "this one has white space on either end"}}},
+	{`name`, []token{{t_name, "name"}}},
+	{`name_with_underscore`, []token{{t_name, "name_with_underscore"}}},
+	{`  name_surrounded_by_whitespace  `, []token{{t_name, "name_surrounded_by_whitespace"}}},
+	{`name1`, []token{{t_name, "name1"}}},
+	{`camelName`, []token{{t_name, "camelName"}}},
+	{`Type`, []token{{t_type, "Type"}}},
+	{`CamelType`, []token{{t_type, "CamelType"}}},
+	{`Type_1_2`, []token{{t_type, "Type_1_2"}}},
+	{`=`, []token{{t_equals, "="}}},
+	{` = `, []token{{t_equals, "="}}},
 }
 
 func TestLexPrimities(t *testing.T) {
@@ -31,10 +33,15 @@ func TestLexPrimities(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Error(err)
 			continue
 		}
-		if len(tokens) > 1 {
-			t.Errorf("expected 1 token, saw %d: %v", len(tokens), tokens)
+		if len(tokens) != len(test.out) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %d token, saw %d: %v", len(test.out), len(tokens), tokens)
 			continue
 		}
+		for i := range tokens {
+			if tokens[i] != test.out[i] {
+				t.Errorf("token %d is %v, expected %v", i, tokens[i], test.out[i])
+			}
+		}
 		t.Logf("OK: %s", test.in)
 	}
 }