| 1 | This is flex.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.5 from flex.texi.
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| 3 | INFO-DIR-SECTION Programming
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| 4 | START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
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| 5 | * flex: (flex). Fast lexical analyzer generator (lex replacement).
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| 6 | END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
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| 7 |
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| 8 |
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| 9 | The flex manual is placed under the same licensing conditions as the
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| 10 | rest of flex:
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| 11 |
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| 12 | Copyright (C) 1990, 1997 The Regents of the University of California.
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| 13 | All rights reserved.
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| 14 |
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| 15 | This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by Vern
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| 16 | Paxson.
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| 17 |
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| 18 | The United States Government has rights in this work pursuant to
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| 19 | contract no. DE-AC03-76SF00098 between the United States Department of
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| 20 | Energy and the University of California.
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| 21 |
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| 22 | Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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| 23 | modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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| 24 | met:
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| 25 |
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| 26 | 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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| 27 | notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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| 28 |
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| 29 | 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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| 30 | notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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| 31 | documentation and/or other materials provided with the
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| 32 | distribution.
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| 33 | Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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| 34 | may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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| 35 | without specific prior written permission.
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| 36 |
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| 37 | THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
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| 38 | WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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| 39 | MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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| 40 |
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| 41 | Indirect:
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| 42 | flex.info-1: 1542
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| 43 | flex.info-2: 44385
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| 44 | flex.info-3: 94974
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| 46 | flex.info-5: 193935
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| 47 | flex.info-6: 243586
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| 48 | flex.info-7: 281964
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| 49 |
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| 50 | Tag Table:
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| 51 | (Indirect)
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| 52 | Node: Top1542
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| 53 | Node: Copyright7508
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| 54 | Node: Reporting Bugs8942
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| 55 | Node: Introduction9238
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| 56 | Node: Simple Examples10065
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| 57 | Node: Format13454
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| 58 | Node: Definitions Section13867
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| 59 | Ref: Definitions Section-Footnote-116125
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| 60 | Node: Rules Section16193
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| 61 | Node: User Code Section17346
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| 62 | Node: Comments in the Input17779
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| 63 | Node: Patterns19148
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| 64 | Ref: case and character ranges24406
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| 65 | Node: Matching27081
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| 66 | Node: Actions30366
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| 67 | Node: Generated Scanner39368
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| 68 | Node: Start Conditions44385
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| 69 | Node: Multiple Input Buffers55097
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| 70 | Ref: Scanning Strings61715
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| 71 | Node: EOF63331
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| 72 | Node: Misc Macros64926
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| 73 | Node: User Values67778
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| 74 | Node: Yacc70106
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| 75 | Node: Scanner Options71009
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| 76 | Node: Options for Specifing Filenames73769
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| 77 | Ref: option-header73982
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| 78 | Ref: option-outfile74694
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| 79 | Ref: option-stdout75019
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| 80 | Node: Options Affecting Scanner Behavior76001
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| 81 | Ref: option-case-insensitive76231
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| 82 | Ref: option-lex-compat76664
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| 83 | Ref: option-batch77196
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| 84 | Ref: option-interactive77720
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| 85 | Ref: option-7bit79074
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| 86 | Ref: option-8bit80378
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| 87 | Ref: option-default80790
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| 88 | Ref: option-always-interactive80854
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| 89 | Ref: option-posix81458
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| 90 | Ref: option-stack82605
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| 91 | Ref: option-stdinit82713
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| 92 | Ref: option-yylineno83191
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| 93 | Ref: option-yywrap83634
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| 94 | Node: Code-Level And API Options83902
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| 95 | Ref: option-ansi-definitions84119
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| 96 | Ref: option-ansi-prototypes84371
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| 97 | Ref: option-bison-bridge84618
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| 98 | Ref: option-bison-locations84957
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| 99 | Ref: option-noline85217
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| 100 | Ref: option-reentrant85731
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| 101 | Ref: option-c++86342
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| 102 | Ref: option-array86468
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| 103 | Ref: option-pointer86566
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| 104 | Ref: option-prefix86694
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| 105 | Ref: option-main88223
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| 106 | Ref: option-nounistd88407
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| 107 | Ref: option-yyclass88915
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| 108 | Node: Options for Scanner Speed and Size89395
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| 109 | Ref: option-align89934
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| 110 | Ref: option-ecs90435
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| 111 | Ref: option-meta-ecs91471
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| 112 | Ref: option-read91958
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| 113 | Ref: option-full93841
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| 114 | Ref: option-fast94036
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| 115 | Node: Debugging Options94974
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| 116 | Ref: option-backup95151
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| 117 | Ref: option-debug95696
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| 118 | Ref: option-perf-report96419
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| 119 | Ref: option-nodefault97045
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| 120 | Ref: option-trace97363
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| 121 | Ref: option-nowarn97654
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| 122 | Ref: option-verbose97722
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| 123 | Ref: option-warn98151
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| 124 | Node: Miscellaneous Options98370
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| 125 | Node: Performance98844
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| 126 | Node: Cxx109181
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| 127 | Node: Reentrant116780
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| 128 | Node: Reentrant Uses117454
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| 129 | Node: Reentrant Overview119055
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| 130 | Node: Reentrant Example119847
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| 131 | Node: Reentrant Detail120604
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| 132 | Node: Specify Reentrant121030
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| 133 | Node: Extra Reentrant Argument121666
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| 134 | Node: Global Replacement122907
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| 135 | Node: Init and Destroy Functions124125
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| 136 | Node: Accessor Methods126278
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| 137 | Node: Extra Data127611
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| 138 | Node: About yyscan_t129782
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| 139 | Node: Reentrant Functions130167
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| 140 | Ref: bison-functions131649
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| 141 | Node: Lex and Posix132390
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| 142 | Node: Memory Management139771
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| 143 | Ref: memory-management139911
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| 144 | Node: The Default Memory Management140142
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| 145 | Ref: The Default Memory Management-Footnote-1143944
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| 146 | Node: Overriding The Default Memory Management144097
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| 147 | Ref: Overriding The Default Memory Management-Footnote-1146535
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| 148 | Node: A Note About yytext And Memory146699
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| 149 | Node: Serialized Tables147925
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| 150 | Ref: serialization148063
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| 151 | Node: Creating Serialized Tables148831
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| 152 | Node: Loading and Unloading Serialized Tables150434
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| 153 | Node: Tables File Format152193
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| 154 | Node: Diagnostics159202
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| 155 | Node: Limitations162610
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| 156 | Node: Bibliography164555
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| 157 | Node: FAQ165225
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| 158 | Node: When was flex born?169457
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| 159 | Node: How do I expand \ escape sequences in C-style quoted strings?169829
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| 160 | Node: Why do flex scanners call fileno if it is not ANSI compatible?171112
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| 161 | Node: Does flex support recursive pattern definitions?171902
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| 162 | Node: How do I skip huge chunks of input (tens of megabytes) while using flex?172752
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| 163 | Node: Flex is not matching my patterns in the same order that I defined them.173222
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| 164 | Node: My actions are executing out of order or sometimes not at all.174971
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| 165 | Node: How can I have multiple input sources feed into the same scanner at the same time?175759
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| 166 | Node: Can I build nested parsers that work with the same input file?177750
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| 167 | Node: How can I match text only at the end of a file?178759
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| 168 | Node: How can I make REJECT cascade across start condition boundaries?179567
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| 169 | Node: Why cant I use fast or full tables with interactive mode?180586
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| 170 | Node: How much faster is -F or -f than -C?181848
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| 171 | Node: If I have a simple grammar cant I just parse it with flex?182163
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| 172 | Node: Why doesnt yyrestart() set the start state back to INITIAL?182646
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| 173 | Node: How can I match C-style comments?183275
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| 174 | Node: The period isnt working the way I expected.184090
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| 175 | Node: Can I get the flex manual in another format?185339
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| 176 | Node: Does there exist a "faster" NDFA->DFA algorithm?185830
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| 177 | Node: How does flex compile the DFA so quickly?186342
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| 178 | Node: How can I use more than 8192 rules?187312
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| 179 | Node: How do I abandon a file in the middle of a scan and switch to a new file?188726
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| 180 | Node: How do I execute code only during initialization (only before the first scan)?189282
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| 181 | Node: How do I execute code at termination?190044
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| 182 | Node: Where else can I find help?190373
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| 183 | Node: Can I include comments in the "rules" section of the file?190749
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| 184 | Node: I get an error about undefined yywrap().191131
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| 185 | Node: How can I change the matching pattern at run time?191611
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| 186 | Node: How can I expand macros in the input?191976
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| 187 | Node: How can I build a two-pass scanner?193017
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| 188 | Node: How do I match any string not matched in the preceding rules?193935
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| 189 | Node: I am trying to port code from AT&T lex that uses yysptr and yysbuf.194848
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| 190 | Node: Is there a way to make flex treat NULL like a regular character?195646
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| 191 | Node: Whenever flex can not match the input it says "flex scanner jammed".196170
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| 192 | Node: Why doesnt flex have non-greedy operators like perl does?196821
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| 193 | Node: Memory leak - 16386 bytes allocated by malloc.198176
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| 194 | Ref: faq-memory-leak198473
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| 195 | Node: How do I track the byte offset for lseek()?199444
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| 196 | Node: How do I use my own I/O classes in a C++ scanner?200955
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| 197 | Node: How do I skip as many chars as possible?201801
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| 198 | Node: deleteme00202881
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| 199 | Node: Are certain equivalent patterns faster than others?203327
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| 200 | Node: Is backing up a big deal?206816
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| 201 | Node: Can I fake multi-byte character support?208788
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| 202 | Node: deleteme01210265
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| 203 | Node: Can you discuss some flex internals?211390
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| 204 | Node: unput() messes up yy_at_bol213680
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| 205 | Node: The | operator is not doing what I want214818
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| 206 | Node: Why can't flex understand this variable trailing context pattern?216410
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| 207 | Node: The ^ operator isn't working217675
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| 208 | Node: Trailing context is getting confused with trailing optional patterns218946
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| 209 | Node: Is flex GNU or not?220215
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| 210 | Node: ERASEME53221929
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| 211 | Node: I need to scan if-then-else blocks and while loops222725
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| 212 | Node: ERASEME55223945
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| 213 | Node: ERASEME56225059
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| 214 | Node: ERASEME57226453
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| 215 | Node: Is there a repository for flex scanners?227487
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| 216 | Node: How can I conditionally compile or preprocess my flex input file?227805
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| 217 | Node: Where can I find grammars for lex and yacc?228281
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| 218 | Node: I get an end-of-buffer message for each character scanned.228631
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| 258 | Node: What is the difference between YYLEX_PARAM and YY_DECL?272498
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| 259 | Node: Why do I get "conflicting types for yylex" error?273023
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| 260 | Node: How do I access the values set in a Flex action from within a Bison action?273556
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| 261 | Node: Appendices273990
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| 262 | Node: Makefiles and Flex274157
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| 263 | Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-1277374
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| 264 | Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-2277491
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| 265 | Node: Bison Bridge277542
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| 266 | Ref: Bison Bridge-Footnote-1280216
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| 267 | Node: M4 Dependency280408
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| 268 | Ref: M4 Dependency-Footnote-1281591
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| 269 | Node: Indices281726
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| 270 | Node: Concept Index281964
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| 271 | Node: Index of Functions and Macros298838
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| 272 | Node: Index of Variables302057
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| 273 | Node: Index of Data Types303284
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| 274 | Node: Index of Hooks303888
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| 275 | Node: Index of Scanner Options304390
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