unsigned char *lexemePtr,	/* Write code of parsed lexeme to this
				 * storage. */
    Tcl_Obj **literalPtr)	/* Write corresponding literal value to this
				   storage, if non-NULL. */
{
    const char *end;
    int scanned;
    Tcl_UniChar ch;
    Tcl_UniChar ch = 0;
    Tcl_Obj *literal = NULL;
    unsigned char byte;

    if (numBytes == 0) {
	*lexemePtr = END;
	return 0;
    }