add string escapes

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lexer.py b/lexer.py
index c4f52d3..eaeccec 100644
--- a/lexer.py
+++ b/lexer.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ types = {
     ":int": TokenType.INT_TYPE,
     ":float": TokenType.FLOAT_TYPE,
     ":string": TokenType.STRING_TYPE,
+    ":list": TokenType.LIST_TYPE,
     ":any": TokenType.ANY_TYPE }
 
 keywords = {
@@ -129,7 +130,8 @@ def get_string(data, line):
         counter += 1
         if counter >= len(data):
             raise Exception("couldn't parse string")
-    return Token(TokenType.STRING, string, string, line), counter + 1, offset
+    string = string.encode().decode("unicode_escape")
+    return Token(TokenType.STRING, str(string), str(string), line), counter + 1, offset
 
 def get_bool(data, line):
     if len(data) >= 4 and data[:4] == "true":