Updated documentation to reflect the revisions to FlexLexer.h

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/doc/flex.texi b/doc/flex.texi
index c7edce6..9b7d83f 100644
--- a/doc/flex.texi
+++ b/doc/flex.texi
@@ -3764,8 +3764,7 @@ defaults to generating the scanner to the file @file{lex.yy.cc} instead
 of @file{lex.yy.c}.  The generated scanner includes the header file
 @file{FlexLexer.h}, which defines the interface to two C++ classes.
 
-The first class,
-@code{FlexLexer},
+The first class in @file{FlexLexer.h}, @code{FlexLexer},
 provides an abstract base class defining the general scanner class
 interface.  It provides the following member functions:
 
@@ -3799,10 +3798,10 @@ returns the current setting of the debugging flag.
 
 Also provided are member functions equivalent to
 @code{yy_switch_to_buffer()}, @code{yy_create_buffer()} (though the
-first argument is an @code{istream*} object pointer and not a
+first argument is an @code{istream&} object reference and not a
 @code{FILE*)}, @code{yy_flush_buffer()}, @code{yy_delete_buffer()}, and
-@code{yyrestart()} (again, the first argument is a @code{istream*}
-object pointer).
+@code{yyrestart()} (again, the first argument is a @code{istream&}
+object reference).
 
 @tindex yyFlexLexer (C++ only)
 @tindex FlexLexer (C++ only)
@@ -3813,9 +3812,12 @@ additional member functions:
 @table @code
 @findex yyFlexLexer constructor (C++ only)
 @item yyFlexLexer( istream* arg_yyin = 0, ostream* arg_yyout = 0 )
+@item yyFlexLexer( istream& arg_yyin, ostream& arg_yyout )
 constructs a @code{yyFlexLexer} object using the given streams for input
 and output.  If not specified, the streams default to @code{cin} and
-@code{cout}, respectively.
+@code{cout}, respectively.  @code{yyFlexLexer} does not take ownership of
+its stream arguments.  It's up to the user to ensure the streams pointed
+to remain alive at least as long as the @code{yyFlexLexer} instance.
 
 @findex yylex (C++ version)
 @item virtual int yylex()
@@ -3832,11 +3834,13 @@ instead of @code{yyFlexLexer}.  In this case, rather than generating
 
 @findex switch_streams (C++ only)
 @item virtual void switch_streams(istream* new_in = 0, ostream* new_out = 0)
+@item virtual void switch_streams(istream& new_in, ostream& new_out)
 reassigns @code{yyin} to @code{new_in} (if non-null) and @code{yyout} to
 @code{new_out} (if non-null), deleting the previous input buffer if
 @code{yyin} is reassigned.
 
 @item int yylex( istream* new_in, ostream* new_out = 0 )
+@item int yylex( istream& new_in, ostream& new_out )
 first switches the input streams via @code{switch_streams( new_in,
 new_out )} and then returns the value of @code{yylex()}.
 @end table
@@ -3893,7 +3897,7 @@ Here is an example of a simple C++ scanner:
     int mylineno = 0;
     %}
 
-    %option noyywrap
+    %option noyywrap c++
 
     string  \"[^\n"]+\"
 
@@ -3938,6 +3942,9 @@ Here is an example of a simple C++ scanner:
 
     %%
 
+	// This include is required if main() is an another source file.
+	//#include <FlexLexer.h>
+
     int main( int /* argc */, char** /* argv */ )
     {
         FlexLexer* lexer = new yyFlexLexer;