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* flex: (flex).      Fast lexical analyzer generator (lex replacement).
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Node: Top1622
Node: Copyright9414
Node: Reporting Bugs10933
Node: Introduction11189
Node: Simple Examples12018
Node: Format15304
Node: Definitions Section15759
Ref: Definitions Section-Footnote-118017
Node: Rules Section18085
Node: User Code Section19243
Node: Comments in the Input19681
Node: Patterns21051
Ref: case and character ranges27883
Node: Matching31886
Node: Actions35171
Node: Generated Scanner44133
Node: Start Conditions49136
Node: Multiple Input Buffers59678
Ref: Scanning Strings66221
Node: EOF67850
Node: Misc Macros69436
Node: User Values72290
Node: Yacc74615
Node: Scanner Options75510
Node: Options for Specifying Filenames78299
Ref: option-header78525
Ref: option-outfile79239
Ref: option-stdout79564
Node: Options Affecting Scanner Behavior80547
Ref: option-case-insensitive80788
Ref: option-lex-compat81221
Ref: option-batch81753
Ref: option-interactive82272
Ref: option-7bit83626
Ref: option-8bit84930
Ref: option-default85342
Ref: option-always-interactive85406
Ref: option-posix86010
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Ref: option-yylineno87744
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Node: Code-Level And API Options88454
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Ref: option-bison-bridge88829
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Node: Options for Scanner Speed and Size93614
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Ref: option-ecs94666
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Node: Debugging Options99195
Ref: option-backup99382
Ref: option-debug99927
Ref: option-perf-report100649
Ref: option-nodefault101275
Ref: option-trace101593
Ref: option-nowarn101884
Ref: option-verbose101952
Ref: option-warn102381
Node: Miscellaneous Options102600
Node: Performance103056
Node: Cxx113303
Node: Reentrant121395
Node: Reentrant Uses122129
Node: Reentrant Overview123691
Node: Reentrant Example124491
Node: Reentrant Detail125264
Node: Specify Reentrant125768
Node: Extra Reentrant Argument126418
Node: Global Replacement127670
Node: Init and Destroy Functions128905
Node: Accessor Methods131426
Node: Extra Data132773
Node: About yyscan_t135040
Node: Reentrant Functions135437
Ref: bison-functions136921
Node: Lex and Posix137660
Node: Memory Management145007
Ref: memory-management145153
Node: The Default Memory Management145387
Ref: The Default Memory Management-Footnote-1149207
Node: Overriding The Default Memory Management149360
Ref: Overriding The Default Memory Management-Footnote-1151774
Node: A Note About yytext And Memory151938
Node: Serialized Tables153178
Ref: serialization153322
Node: Creating Serialized Tables154102
Node: Loading and Unloading Serialized Tables155717
Node: Tables File Format157490
Node: Diagnostics164515
Node: Limitations167924
Node: Bibliography169872
Node: FAQ170542
Node: When was flex born?175705
Node: How do I expand backslash-escape sequences in C-style quoted strings?176082
Node: Why do flex scanners call fileno if it is not ANSI compatible?177385
Node: Does flex support recursive pattern definitions?178182
Node: How do I skip huge chunks of input (tens of megabytes) while using flex?179029
Node: Flex is not matching my patterns in the same order that I defined them.179496
Node: My actions are executing out of order or sometimes not at all.181242
Node: How can I have multiple input sources feed into the same scanner at the same time?182015
Node: Can I build nested parsers that work with the same input file?184000
Node: How can I match text only at the end of a file?185007
Node: How can I make REJECT cascade across start condition boundaries?185811
Node: Why cant I use fast or full tables with interactive mode?186825
Node: How much faster is -F or -f than -C?188082
Node: If I have a simple grammar cant I just parse it with flex?188394
Node: Why doesn't yyrestart() set the start state back to INITIAL?188876
Node: How can I match C-style comments?189503
Node: The period isn't working the way I expected.190313
Node: Can I get the flex manual in another format?191558
Node: Does there exist a "faster" NDFA->DFA algorithm?192048
Node: How does flex compile the DFA so quickly?192558
Node: How can I use more than 8192 rules?193524
Node: How do I abandon a file in the middle of a scan and switch to a new file?194934
Node: How do I execute code only during initialization (only before the first scan)?195488
Node: How do I execute code at termination?196265
Node: Where else can I find help?196591
Node: Can I include comments in the "rules" section of the file?196965
Node: I get an error about undefined yywrap().197345
Node: How can I change the matching pattern at run time?197821
Node: How can I expand macros in the input?198183
Node: How can I build a two-pass scanner?199215
Node: How do I match any string not matched in the preceding rules?200133
Node: I am trying to port code from AT&T lex that uses yysptr and yysbuf.201042
Node: Is there a way to make flex treat NULL like a regular character?201837
Node: Whenever flex can not match the input it says "flex scanner jammed".202357
Node: Why doesn't flex have non-greedy operators like perl does?203000
Node: Memory leak - 16386 bytes allocated by malloc.204353
Ref: faq-memory-leak204651
Node: How do I track the byte offset for lseek()?205622
Node: How do I use my own I/O classes in a C++ scanner?207131
Node: How do I skip as many chars as possible?207974
Node: deleteme00209049
Node: Are certain equivalent patterns faster than others?209489
Node: Is backing up a big deal?212907
Node: Can I fake multi-byte character support?214813
Node: deleteme01216254
Node: Can you discuss some flex internals?217363
Node: unput() messes up yy_at_bol219607
Node: The | operator is not doing what I want220709
Node: Why can't flex understand this variable trailing context pattern?222255
Node: The ^ operator isn't working223504
Node: Trailing context is getting confused with trailing optional patterns224739
Node: Is flex GNU or not?225982
Node: ERASEME53227655
Node: I need to scan if-then-else blocks and while loops228425
Node: ERASEME55229624
Node: ERASEME56230722
Node: ERASEME57232080
Node: Is there a repository for flex scanners?233078
Node: How can I conditionally compile or preprocess my flex input file?233394
Node: Where can I find grammars for lex and yacc?233867
Node: I get an end-of-buffer message for each character scanned.234214
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Node: What is the difference between YYLEX_PARAM and YY_DECL?277114
Node: Why do I get "conflicting types for yylex" error?277638
Node: How do I access the values set in a Flex action from within a Bison action?278168
Node: Appendices278597
Node: Makefiles and Flex278862
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-1282064
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-2282181
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-3282368
Node: Bison Bridge282419
Ref: Bison Bridge-Footnote-1285086
Node: M4 Dependency285278
Ref: M4 Dependency-Footnote-1286692
Node: Common Patterns286828
Node: Numbers287151
Node: Identifiers288127
Node: Quoted Constructs288954
Node: Addresses290008
Node: Indices291320
Node: Concept Index291612
Node: Index of Functions and Macros318745
Node: Index of Variables323714
Node: Index of Data Types325380
Node: Index of Hooks326268
Node: Index of Scanner Options326836

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