def postprocess_value(property, tokens, important, line, col):
    """ Convert a list of property value tokens into a single Value instance.
    
        Values can be numbers, strings, colors, uris, or booleans:
        http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/syndata.html#values
    """
    #
    # Helper function.
    #
    
    def combine_negative_numbers(tokens, line, col):
        """ Find negative numbers in a list of tokens, return a new list.
        
            Negative numbers come as two tokens, a minus sign and a number.
        """
        tokens, original_tokens = [], iter(tokens)
        
        while True:
            try:
                tname, tvalue = original_tokens.next()[:2]
                
                if (tname, tvalue) == ('CHAR', '-'):
                    tname, tvalue = original_tokens.next()[:2]
    
                    if tname == 'NUMBER':
                        # minus sign with a number is a negative number
                        tokens.append(('NUMBER', '-'+tvalue))
                    else:
                        raise ParseException('Unexpected non-number after a minus sign', line, col)
    
                else:
                    tokens.append((tname, tvalue))
    
            except StopIteration:
                break
        
        return tokens
    
    #
    # The work.
    #
    
    tokens = combine_negative_numbers(tokens, line, col)
    
    if properties[property.name] in (int, float, str, color, uri, boolean) or type(properties[property.name]) is tuple:
        if len(tokens) != 1:
            raise ParseException('Single value only for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)

    if properties[property.name] is int:
        if tokens[0][0] != 'NUMBER':
            raise ParseException('Number value only for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)

        value = int(tokens[0][1])

    elif properties[property.name] is float:
        if tokens[0][0] != 'NUMBER':
            raise ParseException('Number value only for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)

        value = float(tokens[0][1])

    elif properties[property.name] is str:
        if tokens[0][0] != 'STRING':
            raise ParseException('String value only for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)

        value = str(tokens[0][1][1:-1])

    elif properties[property.name] is color_transparent:
        if tokens[0][0] != 'HASH' and (tokens[0][0] != 'IDENT' or tokens[0][1] != 'transparent'):
            raise ParseException('Hash or transparent value only for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)

        if tokens[0][0] == 'HASH':
            if not re.match(r'^#([0-9a-f]{3}){1,2}$', tokens[0][1], re.I):
                raise ParseException('Unrecognized color value for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)
    
            hex = tokens[0][1][1:]
            
            if len(hex) == 3:
                hex = hex[0]+hex[0] + hex[1]+hex[1] + hex[2]+hex[2]
            
            rgb = (ord(unhex(h)) for h in (hex[0:2], hex[2:4], hex[4:6]))
            
            value = color(*rgb)

        else:
            value = 'transparent'

    elif properties[property.name] is color:
        if tokens[0][0] != 'HASH':
            raise ParseException('Hash value only for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)

        if not re.match(r'^#([0-9a-f]{3}){1,2}$', tokens[0][1], re.I):
            raise ParseException('Unrecognized color value for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)

        hex = tokens[0][1][1:]
        
        if len(hex) == 3:
            hex = hex[0]+hex[0] + hex[1]+hex[1] + hex[2]+hex[2]
        
        rgb = (ord(unhex(h)) for h in (hex[0:2], hex[2:4], hex[4:6]))
        
        value = color(*rgb)

    elif properties[property.name] is uri:
        if tokens[0][0] != 'URI':
            raise ParseException('URI value only for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)

        raw = str(tokens[0][1])

        if raw.startswith('url("') and raw.endswith('")'):
            raw = raw[5:-2]
            
        elif raw.startswith("url('") and raw.endswith("')"):
            raw = raw[5:-2]
            
        elif raw.startswith('url(') and raw.endswith(')'):
            raw = raw[4:-1]

        value = uri(raw)
            
    elif properties[property.name] is boolean:
        if tokens[0][0] != 'IDENT' or tokens[0][1] not in ('true', 'false'):
            raise ParseException('true/false value only for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)

        value = boolean(tokens[0][1] == 'true')
            
    elif type(properties[property.name]) is tuple:
        if tokens[0][0] != 'IDENT':
            raise ParseException('Identifier value only for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)

        if tokens[0][1] not in properties[property.name]:
            raise ParseException('Unrecognized value for property "%(property)s"' % locals(), line, col)

        value = str(tokens[0][1])
            
    elif properties[property.name] is numbers:
        values = []
        
        # strip spaces from the list
        relevant_tokens = [token for token in tokens if token[0] != 'S']
        
        for (i, token) in enumerate(relevant_tokens):
            if (i % 2) == 0 and token[0] == 'NUMBER':
                try:
                    value = int(token[1])
                except ValueError:
                    value = float(token[1])

                values.append(value)

            elif (i % 2) == 1 and token[0] == 'CHAR':
                # fine, it's a comma
                continue

            else:
                raise ParseException('Value for property "%(property)s" should be a comma-delimited list of numbers' % locals(), line, col)

        value = numbers(*values)

    elif properties[property.name] is strings:
        values = []
    
        # strip spaces from the list
        relevant_tokens = [token for token in tokens if token[0] != 'S']
        
        for (i, token) in enumerate(relevant_tokens):
            if (i % 2) == 0 and token[0] == 'STRING':
                values.append(str(token[1][1:-1]))
            
            elif (i % 2) == 1 and token == ('CHAR', ','):
                # fine, it's a comma
                continue
            
            else:
                raise ParseException('Value for property "%(property)s" should be a comma-delimited list of strings' % locals(), line, col)
    
        value = strings(*values)

    return Value(value, important)