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author | Will Estes <wlestes@users.sourceforge.net> | 2002-08-07 17:26:50 +0000 |
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committer | Will Estes <wlestes@users.sourceforge.net> | 2002-08-07 17:26:50 +0000 |
commit | 2ea4696bc4a83c2e50e7263142ac75d1e66f15c8 (patch) | |
tree | 1ce626b607a75dc5948bdfc26f836b488502d76c | |
parent | b0f62c85f1cdc087877bf1520acb25301ee71282 (diff) |
proofed "Why do flex scanners call fileno if it is not ANSI compatible?"
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -166,13 +166,13 @@ In this way, @code{yytext} does not need to be modified at all. @node Why do flex scanners call fileno if it is not ANSI compatible? @unnumberedsec Why do flex scanners call fileno if it is not ANSI compatible? -Flex scanners call fileno() in order to get the file descriptor -corresponding to yyin. The file descriptor may be passed to -isatty() or read(), depending upon which %options you specified. -If your system does not have fileno() support, to get rid of the -read() call, do not specify %option read. To get rid of the isatty() -call, you must specify one of %option always-interactive or -%option never-interactive. +Flex scanners call @code{fileno()} in order to get the file descriptor +corresponding to @code{yyin}. The file descriptor may be passed to +@code{isatty()} or @code{read()}, depending upon which @code{%options} you specified. +If your system does not have @code{fileno()} support, to get rid of the +@code{read()} call, do not specify @code{%option read}. To get rid of the @code{isatty()} +call, you must specify one of @code{%option always-interactive} or +@code{%option never-interactive}. @node Does flex support recursive pattern definitions? @unnumberedsec Does flex support recursive pattern definitions? |