switch(this.function) {
	case "goBack":
		{
			traceLine("we move further into the input file, just after '$'");
			readNextText("$");
			traceLine("and now, we go back to it");
			goBack();
			if !readIfEqualTo("$") error("'$' expected");

		}
		break;
	case "setInputLocation":
		{
			traceLine("we jump to identifier 'potatoes' at position 12");
			setInputLocation(12);
			if !readIfEqualToIdentifier("_potatoes41") error("identifier '_potatoes41' expected");

		}
		break;
	case "getLastReadChars":
		{
			// we move further into the input file
			readNextText("$");
			traceLine("getLastReadChars(12) = '" + getLastReadChars(12) + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "getInputLocation":
		{
			// we move further into the input file, just after the '$' character
			readNextText("$");
			traceLine("The character following '$' is put at position " + getInputLocation() + ", starting at 0");

		}
		break;
	case "lookAhead":
		{
			// we move further into the input file,
			// just after 'C++: '
			readNextText("C++: ");
			local iPosition = getInputLocation();
			traceLine("lookAhead('/*') = '" + lookAhead("/*") + "'");
			if iPosition != getInputLocation() error("What did I say? The file position shouldn't have moved!");

		}
		break;
	case "peekChar":
		{
			setInputLocation(10);
			traceLine("at position 10, peekChar() = '" + peekChar() + "'");
			if !equal(getInputLocation(), 10) error("the position of the input stream shouldn't have moved!");
			traceLine("the position didn't change, peekChar() = '" + peekChar() + "' again");

		}
		break;
	case "readByte":
		{
			while !lookAhead(":") traceText("0x" + readByte() + " ");

		}
		break;
	case "readBytes":
		{
			traceLine("6 first bytes = 0x" + readBytes(6));

		}
		break;
	case "readChar":
		{
			while !lookAhead(":") traceText(readChar());

		}
		break;
	case "readCharAsInt":
		{
			traceLine("we move to the end of a line,");
			readNextText("$");
			traceLine("so carriage return or newline is " + readCharAsInt());

		}
		break;
	case "readChars":
		{
			traceLine("6 first characters = '" + readChars(6) + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "readIdentifier":
		{
			traceLine("we jump just before the identifier:");
			readNextText("identifier: ");
			traceLine("identifier = '" + readIdentifier() + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "readIfEqualTo":
		{
			// we move further into the input file,
			// just after 'C++: '
			readNextText("C++: ");
			local iPosition = getInputLocation();
			traceLine("readIfEqualTo('/*') = '" + readIfEqualTo("/*") + "'");
			if iPosition == getInputLocation() error("The file position should have moved after '/*'!");

		}
		break;
	case "readIfEqualToIgnoreCase":
		{
			traceLine("readIfEqualToIgnoreCase('IDENTIFIER') = '" + readIfEqualToIgnoreCase("IDENTIFIER") + "'");
			if !readIfEqualTo(":") error("':' expected after matching with 'IDENTIFIER'!");

		}
		break;
	case "readIfEqualToIdentifier":
		{
			traceLine("readIfEqualTo('ident') = '" + readIfEqualTo("ident") + "'");
			traceLine("readIfEqualTo('identifier') = '" + readIfEqualTo("identifier") + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "readLine":
		{
			traceLine("Reads the 2 first lines:");
			local sLine;
			if !readLine(sLine) error("line 1 expected, instead of end of file");
			traceLine("\t" + sLine);
			if !readLine(sLine) error("line 2 expected, instead of end of file");
			traceLine("\t" + sLine);

		}
		break;
	case "readNextText":
		{
			traceLine("position of the input stream = " + getInputLocation());
			if !readNextText("word:") error("where is 'word:'?");
			traceLine("we jump to 'word:', and the new position is " + getInputLocation());

		}
		break;
	case "readNumber":
		{
			traceLine("we jump just before the numbers:");
			readNextText("numbers: ");
			local dNumber;
			if !readNumber(dNumber) error("integer expected!");
			traceLine("integer = " + dNumber);
			skipBlanks();
			if !readNumber(dNumber) error("double expected!");
			traceLine("double = " + dNumber);

		}
		break;
	case "readString":
		{
			traceLine("we jump just before the string:");
			readNextText("string: ");
			local sText;
			if !readString(sText) error("constant string expected!");
			traceLine("string = '" + sText + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "readUptoJustOneChar":
		{
			traceLine("readUptoJustOneChar('$_:') = '" + readUptoJustOneChar("$_:") + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "readWord":
		{
			traceLine("we jump just before the word:");
			readNextText("word: ");
			traceLine("readWord() = '" + readWord() + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "skipBlanks":
		{
			readNextText("blanks: ");
			traceLine("we skip blank characters");
			skipBlanks();
			traceText("now, we read the string token: ");
			local sText;
			if !readString(sText) error("constant string expected");
			traceLine("'" + sText + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "skipSpaces":
		{
			readNextText("spaces:");
			traceLine("we skip spaces and tabulations");
			skipSpaces();
			traceText("now, we read the string token: ");
			local sText;
			if !readString(sText) error("constant string expected");
			traceLine("'" + sText + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "skipEmptyCpp":
		{
			readNextText("C++: ");
			traceLine("we skip C++ empty tokens");
			skipEmptyCpp();
			traceText("now, we read the string token: ");
			local sText;
			if !readString(sText) error("constant string expected");
			traceLine("'" + sText + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "skipEmptyCppExceptDoxygen":
		{
			readNextText("C++: ");
			traceLine("we skip C++ empty tokens, except Doxygen comments");
			skipEmptyCppExceptDoxygen();
			traceText("now, we read the string token: ");
			local sText;
			if !readString(sText) error("constant string expected");
			traceLine("'" + sText + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "skipEmptyHTML":
		{
			readNextText("HTML: ");
			traceLine("we skip HTML empty tokens");
			skipEmptyHTML();
			traceText("now, we read the string token: ");
			local sText;
			if !readString(sText) error("constant string expected");
			traceLine("'" + sText + "'");

		}
		break;
	case "skipEmptyLaTeX":
		{
			readNextText("LaTeX: ");
			traceLine("we skip LaTeX comments");
			skipEmptyLaTeX();
			traceText("now, we read the string token: ");
			local sText;
			if !readString(sText) error("constant string expected");
			traceLine("'" + sText + "'");

		}
		break;
}
