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* flex: (flex).      Fast lexical analyzer generator (lex replacement).
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Node: Top1622
Node: Copyright9420
Node: Reporting Bugs10939
Node: Introduction11195
Node: Simple Examples12024
Node: Format15312
Node: Definitions Section15767
Ref: Definitions Section-Footnote-118025
Node: Rules Section18093
Node: User Code Section19251
Node: Comments in the Input19689
Node: Patterns21059
Ref: case and character ranges27891
Node: Matching31894
Node: Actions35179
Node: Generated Scanner44141
Node: Start Conditions49160
Node: Multiple Input Buffers59702
Ref: Scanning Strings66243
Node: EOF67872
Node: Misc Macros69458
Node: User Values72312
Node: Yacc74637
Node: Scanner Options75532
Node: Options for Specifying Filenames78321
Ref: option-header78547
Ref: option-outfile79261
Ref: option-stdout79586
Node: Options Affecting Scanner Behavior80569
Ref: option-case-insensitive80810
Ref: option-lex-compat81243
Ref: option-batch81775
Ref: option-interactive82294
Ref: option-7bit83648
Ref: option-8bit84952
Ref: option-default85364
Ref: option-always-interactive85428
Ref: option-posix86032
Ref: option-stack87179
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Node: Code-Level And API Options88476
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Ref: option-bison-bridge89199
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Node: Options for Scanner Speed and Size93984
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Node: Debugging Options99565
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Ref: option-debug100297
Ref: option-perf-report101019
Ref: option-nodefault101645
Ref: option-trace101963
Ref: option-nowarn102254
Ref: option-verbose102322
Ref: option-warn102751
Node: Miscellaneous Options102970
Node: Performance103426
Node: Cxx113673
Node: Reentrant121765
Node: Reentrant Uses122499
Node: Reentrant Overview124061
Node: Reentrant Example124861
Node: Reentrant Detail125634
Node: Specify Reentrant126138
Node: Extra Reentrant Argument126788
Node: Global Replacement128040
Node: Init and Destroy Functions129275
Node: Accessor Methods131796
Node: Extra Data133143
Node: About yyscan_t135410
Node: Reentrant Functions135807
Ref: bison-functions137291
Node: Lex and Posix138030
Node: Memory Management145377
Ref: memory-management145523
Node: The Default Memory Management145757
Ref: The Default Memory Management-Footnote-1149577
Node: Overriding The Default Memory Management149730
Ref: Overriding The Default Memory Management-Footnote-1152144
Node: A Note About yytext And Memory152308
Node: Serialized Tables153548
Ref: serialization153692
Node: Creating Serialized Tables154472
Node: Loading and Unloading Serialized Tables156087
Node: Tables File Format157860
Node: Diagnostics164885
Node: Limitations168294
Node: Bibliography170242
Node: FAQ170912
Node: When was flex born?176075
Node: How do I expand backslash-escape sequences in C-style quoted strings?176452
Node: Why do flex scanners call fileno if it is not ANSI compatible?177755
Node: Does flex support recursive pattern definitions?178552
Node: How do I skip huge chunks of input (tens of megabytes) while using flex?179399
Node: Flex is not matching my patterns in the same order that I defined them.179866
Node: My actions are executing out of order or sometimes not at all.181612
Node: How can I have multiple input sources feed into the same scanner at the same time?182385
Node: Can I build nested parsers that work with the same input file?184370
Node: How can I match text only at the end of a file?185377
Node: How can I make REJECT cascade across start condition boundaries?186181
Node: Why cant I use fast or full tables with interactive mode?187195
Node: How much faster is -F or -f than -C?188452
Node: If I have a simple grammar cant I just parse it with flex?188764
Node: Why doesn't yyrestart() set the start state back to INITIAL?189246
Node: How can I match C-style comments?189873
Node: The period isn't working the way I expected.190683
Node: Can I get the flex manual in another format?191928
Node: Does there exist a "faster" NDFA->DFA algorithm?192418
Node: How does flex compile the DFA so quickly?192928
Node: How can I use more than 8192 rules?193894
Node: How do I abandon a file in the middle of a scan and switch to a new file?195304
Node: How do I execute code only during initialization (only before the first scan)?195858
Node: How do I execute code at termination?196635
Node: Where else can I find help?196961
Node: Can I include comments in the "rules" section of the file?197335
Node: I get an error about undefined yywrap().197715
Node: How can I change the matching pattern at run time?198191
Node: How can I expand macros in the input?198553
Node: How can I build a two-pass scanner?199585
Node: How do I match any string not matched in the preceding rules?200503
Node: I am trying to port code from AT&T lex that uses yysptr and yysbuf.201412
Node: Is there a way to make flex treat NULL like a regular character?202207
Node: Whenever flex can not match the input it says "flex scanner jammed".202727
Node: Why doesn't flex have non-greedy operators like perl does?203370
Node: Memory leak - 16386 bytes allocated by malloc.204723
Ref: faq-memory-leak205021
Node: How do I track the byte offset for lseek()?205992
Node: How do I use my own I/O classes in a C++ scanner?207501
Node: How do I skip as many chars as possible?208344
Node: deleteme00209419
Node: Are certain equivalent patterns faster than others?209859
Node: Is backing up a big deal?213277
Node: Can I fake multi-byte character support?215183
Node: deleteme01216624
Node: Can you discuss some flex internals?217733
Node: unput() messes up yy_at_bol219977
Node: The | operator is not doing what I want221079
Node: Why can't flex understand this variable trailing context pattern?222625
Node: The ^ operator isn't working223874
Node: Trailing context is getting confused with trailing optional patterns225109
Node: Is flex GNU or not?226352
Node: ERASEME53228025
Node: I need to scan if-then-else blocks and while loops228795
Node: ERASEME55229994
Node: ERASEME56231092
Node: ERASEME57232450
Node: Is there a repository for flex scanners?233448
Node: How can I conditionally compile or preprocess my flex input file?233764
Node: Where can I find grammars for lex and yacc?234237
Node: I get an end-of-buffer message for each character scanned.234584
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Node: What is the difference between YYLEX_PARAM and YY_DECL?277484
Node: Why do I get "conflicting types for yylex" error?278008
Node: How do I access the values set in a Flex action from within a Bison action?278538
Node: Appendices278967
Node: Makefiles and Flex279232
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-1282434
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-2282551
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-3282738
Node: Bison Bridge282789
Ref: Bison Bridge-Footnote-1285456
Node: M4 Dependency285648
Ref: M4 Dependency-Footnote-1287062
Node: Common Patterns287198
Node: Numbers287521
Node: Identifiers288497
Node: Quoted Constructs289324
Node: Addresses290378
Node: Indices291690
Node: Concept Index291982
Node: Index of Functions and Macros319115
Node: Index of Variables324084
Node: Index of Data Types325750
Node: Index of Hooks326638
Node: Index of Scanner Options327206

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