token

# File lib/irb/ruby-lex.rb, line 279
  def token
    #      require "tracer"
    #      Tracer.on
    @prev_seek = @seek
    @prev_line_no = @line_no
    @prev_char_no = @char_no
    begin
      begin
        tk = @OP.match(self)
        @space_seen = tk.kind_of?(TkSPACE)
      rescue SyntaxError
        raise if @exception_on_syntax_error
        tk = TkError.new(@seek, @line_no, @char_no)
      end
    end while @skip_space and tk.kind_of?(TkSPACE)
    if @readed_auto_clean_up
      get_readed
    end
    #      Tracer.off
    tk
  end