+/* If the current token is a string or an identifier, does nothing and returns
+ true. Otherwise, reports an error and returns false.
+
+ This is meant for use in syntactic situations where we want to encourage the
+ user to supply a quoted string, but for compatibility we also accept
+ identifiers. (One example of such a situation is file names.) Therefore,
+ the error message issued when the current token is wrong only says that a
+ string is expected and doesn't mention that an identifier would also be
+ accepted. */
+bool
+lex_force_string_or_id (struct lexer *lexer)
+{
+ return lex_is_integer (lexer) || lex_force_string (lexer);
+}
+