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--- a/src/eric7/QScintilla/Lexers/LexerPerl.py	Mon Nov 07 19:07:21 2022 +0100
+++ b/src/eric7/QScintilla/Lexers/LexerPerl.py	Tue Nov 08 11:14:44 2022 +0100
@@ -92,3 +92,17 @@
         @return string giving the keywords (string) or None
         """
         return QsciLexerPerl.keywords(self, kwSet)
+
+
+def createLexer(variant="", parent=None):
+    """
+    Function to instantiate a lexer object.
+
+    @param variant name of the language variant
+    @type str
+    @param parent parent widget of this lexer
+    @type QObject
+    @return instantiated lexer object
+    @rtype LexerPerl
+    """
+    return LexerPerl(parent=parent)