diff -r 1208b0ef8ccb -r d2eb8f0a5bf0 src/eric7/QScintilla/Lexers/LexerPython.py
--- a/src/eric7/QScintilla/Lexers/LexerPython.py Mon Nov 07 19:07:21 2022 +0100
+++ b/src/eric7/QScintilla/Lexers/LexerPython.py Tue Nov 08 11:14:44 2022 +0100
@@ -264,3 +264,17 @@
@return maximum keyword set (integer)
"""
return 2
+
+
+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 LexerPython
+ """
+ return LexerPython(variant=variant, parent=parent)
