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-rw-r--r--pygments/lexers/__init__.py3
-rw-r--r--tests/test_basic_api.py9
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pygments/lexers/__init__.py b/pygments/lexers/__init__.py
index 20b484a7..08dd4ebf 100644
--- a/pygments/lexers/__init__.py
+++ b/pygments/lexers/__init__.py
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ def get_lexer_by_name(_alias, **options):
"""
Get a lexer by an alias.
"""
+ if not _alias:
+ raise ClassNotFound('no lexer for alias %r found' % _alias)
+
# lookup builtin lexers
for module_name, name, aliases, _, _ in LEXERS.itervalues():
if _alias in aliases:
diff --git a/tests/test_basic_api.py b/tests/test_basic_api.py
index 18ed8d64..f2d24bab 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic_api.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from pygments import lexers, formatters, filters, format
from pygments.token import _TokenType, Text
from pygments.lexer import RegexLexer
from pygments.formatters.img import FontNotFound
-from pygments.util import BytesIO, StringIO, bytes, b
+from pygments.util import BytesIO, StringIO, bytes, b, ClassNotFound
import support
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ def test_get_lexers():
for mimetype in mimetypes:
assert cls == lexers.get_lexer_for_mimetype(mimetype).__class__.__name__
+ try:
+ lexers.get_lexer_by_name(None)
+ except ClassNotFound:
+ pass
+ else:
+ raise Exception
+
def test_formatter_public_api():
ts = list(lexers.PythonLexer().get_tokens("def f(): pass"))