1 files changed, 39 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/parse/scanner.rs b/src/parse/scanner.rs
index edf28e17..92a2333d 100644
--- a/src/parse/scanner.rs
+++ b/src/parse/scanner.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::slice::SliceIndex;
 
+use unicode_xid::UnicodeXID;
+
 /// A featureful char-based scanner.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct Scanner<'s> {
@@ -106,16 +108,6 @@ impl<'s> Scanner<'s> {
         self.index
     }
 
-    /// The column index of a given index in the source string.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn column(&self, index: usize) -> usize {
-        self.src[.. index]
-            .chars()
-            .rev()
-            .take_while(|&c| !is_newline(c))
-            .count()
-    }
-
     /// Jump to an index in the source string.
     #[inline]
     pub fn jump(&mut self, index: usize) {
@@ -124,6 +116,12 @@ impl<'s> Scanner<'s> {
         self.index = index;
     }
 
+    /// The full source string.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn src(&self) -> &'s str {
+        &self.src
+    }
+
     /// Slice out part of the source string.
     #[inline]
     pub fn get<I>(&self, index: I) -> &'s str
@@ -160,6 +158,16 @@ impl<'s> Scanner<'s> {
         // optimized away in some cases.
         self.src.get(start .. self.index).unwrap_or_default()
     }
+
+    /// The column index of a given index in the source string.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn column(&self, index: usize) -> usize {
+        self.src[.. index]
+            .chars()
+            .rev()
+            .take_while(|&c| !is_newline(c))
+            .count()
+    }
 }
 
 /// Whether this character denotes a newline.
@@ -173,3 +181,24 @@ pub fn is_newline(character: char) -> bool {
         '\u{0085}' | '\u{2028}' | '\u{2029}'
     )
 }
+
+/// Whether a string is a valid identifier.
+#[inline]
+pub fn is_ident(string: &str) -> bool {
+    let mut chars = string.chars();
+    chars
+        .next()
+        .map_or(false, |c| is_id_start(c) && chars.all(is_id_continue))
+}
+
+/// Whether a character can start an identifier.
+#[inline]
+pub fn is_id_start(c: char) -> bool {
+    c.is_xid_start() || c == '_'
+}
+
+/// Whether a character can continue an identifier.
+#[inline]
+pub fn is_id_continue(c: char) -> bool {
+    c.is_xid_continue() || c == '_' || c == '-'
+}