lex: invalid state specifier 'comment'. Must be a tuple (statename,'exclusive|inclusive') lex: invalid state specifier 'example'. Must be a tuple (statename,'exclusive|inclusive') Traceback (most recent call last): File "./lex_state2.py", line 38, in lex.lex() File "../ply/lex.py", line 759, in lex raise SyntaxError,"lex: Unable to build lexer." SyntaxError: lex: Unable to build lexer.