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* flex: (flex).      Fast lexical analyzer generator (lex replacement).
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Node: Reporting Bugs10939
Node: Introduction11244
Node: Simple Examples12073
Node: Format15361
Node: Definitions Section15816
Ref: Definitions Section-Footnote-118074
Node: Rules Section18142
Node: User Code Section19300
Node: Comments in the Input19738
Node: Patterns21108
Ref: case and character ranges27940
Node: Matching31943
Node: Actions35228
Node: Generated Scanner44190
Node: Start Conditions49209
Node: Multiple Input Buffers59751
Ref: Scanning Strings66292
Node: EOF67921
Node: Misc Macros69507
Node: User Values72361
Node: Yacc74686
Node: Scanner Options75581
Node: Options for Specifying Filenames78370
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Node: Options Affecting Scanner Behavior80618
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Ref: option-lex-compat81292
Ref: option-batch81824
Ref: option-interactive82343
Ref: option-7bit83697
Ref: option-8bit85001
Ref: option-default85413
Ref: option-always-interactive85477
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Node: Code-Level And API Options88525
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Ref: option-nowarn102303
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Node: Miscellaneous Options103019
Node: Performance103475
Node: Cxx113722
Node: Reentrant121814
Node: Reentrant Uses122548
Node: Reentrant Overview124110
Node: Reentrant Example124910
Node: Reentrant Detail125683
Node: Specify Reentrant126187
Node: Extra Reentrant Argument126837
Node: Global Replacement128089
Node: Init and Destroy Functions129324
Node: Accessor Methods131845
Node: Extra Data133192
Node: About yyscan_t135459
Node: Reentrant Functions135856
Ref: bison-functions137340
Node: Lex and Posix138079
Node: Memory Management145426
Ref: memory-management145572
Node: The Default Memory Management145806
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Node: Overriding The Default Memory Management149779
Ref: Overriding The Default Memory Management-Footnote-1152193
Node: A Note About yytext And Memory152357
Node: Serialized Tables153597
Ref: serialization153741
Node: Creating Serialized Tables154521
Node: Loading and Unloading Serialized Tables156136
Node: Tables File Format157909
Node: Diagnostics164934
Node: Limitations168343
Node: Bibliography170291
Node: FAQ170961
Node: When was flex born?176124
Node: How do I expand backslash-escape sequences in C-style quoted strings?176501
Node: Why do flex scanners call fileno if it is not ANSI compatible?177804
Node: Does flex support recursive pattern definitions?178601
Node: How do I skip huge chunks of input (tens of megabytes) while using flex?179448
Node: Flex is not matching my patterns in the same order that I defined them.179915
Node: My actions are executing out of order or sometimes not at all.181661
Node: How can I have multiple input sources feed into the same scanner at the same time?182434
Node: Can I build nested parsers that work with the same input file?184419
Node: How can I match text only at the end of a file?185426
Node: How can I make REJECT cascade across start condition boundaries?186230
Node: Why cant I use fast or full tables with interactive mode?187244
Node: How much faster is -F or -f than -C?188501
Node: If I have a simple grammar cant I just parse it with flex?188813
Node: Why doesn't yyrestart() set the start state back to INITIAL?189295
Node: How can I match C-style comments?189922
Node: The period isn't working the way I expected.190732
Node: Can I get the flex manual in another format?191977
Node: Does there exist a "faster" NDFA->DFA algorithm?192467
Node: How does flex compile the DFA so quickly?192977
Node: How can I use more than 8192 rules?193943
Node: How do I abandon a file in the middle of a scan and switch to a new file?195353
Node: How do I execute code only during initialization (only before the first scan)?195907
Node: How do I execute code at termination?196684
Node: Where else can I find help?197010
Node: Can I include comments in the "rules" section of the file?197384
Node: I get an error about undefined yywrap().197764
Node: How can I change the matching pattern at run time?198240
Node: How can I expand macros in the input?198602
Node: How can I build a two-pass scanner?199634
Node: How do I match any string not matched in the preceding rules?200552
Node: I am trying to port code from AT&T lex that uses yysptr and yysbuf.201461
Node: Is there a way to make flex treat NULL like a regular character?202256
Node: Whenever flex can not match the input it says "flex scanner jammed".202776
Node: Why doesn't flex have non-greedy operators like perl does?203419
Node: Memory leak - 16386 bytes allocated by malloc.204772
Ref: faq-memory-leak205070
Node: How do I track the byte offset for lseek()?206041
Node: How do I use my own I/O classes in a C++ scanner?207550
Node: How do I skip as many chars as possible?208393
Node: deleteme00209468
Node: Are certain equivalent patterns faster than others?209908
Node: Is backing up a big deal?213326
Node: Can I fake multi-byte character support?215232
Node: deleteme01216673
Node: Can you discuss some flex internals?217782
Node: unput() messes up yy_at_bol220026
Node: The | operator is not doing what I want221128
Node: Why can't flex understand this variable trailing context pattern?222674
Node: The ^ operator isn't working223923
Node: Trailing context is getting confused with trailing optional patterns225158
Node: Is flex GNU or not?226401
Node: ERASEME53228074
Node: I need to scan if-then-else blocks and while loops228844
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Node: Is there a repository for flex scanners?233497
Node: How can I conditionally compile or preprocess my flex input file?233813
Node: Where can I find grammars for lex and yacc?234286
Node: I get an end-of-buffer message for each character scanned.234633
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Node: What is the difference between YYLEX_PARAM and YY_DECL?277533
Node: Why do I get "conflicting types for yylex" error?278057
Node: How do I access the values set in a Flex action from within a Bison action?278587
Node: Appendices279016
Node: Makefiles and Flex279281
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-1282483
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-2282600
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-3282787
Node: Bison Bridge282838
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Node: M4 Dependency285697
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Node: Common Patterns287247
Node: Numbers287570
Node: Identifiers288546
Node: Quoted Constructs289373
Node: Addresses290427
Node: Indices291739
Node: Concept Index292031
Node: Index of Functions and Macros319164
Node: Index of Variables324133
Node: Index of Data Types325799
Node: Index of Hooks326687
Node: Index of Scanner Options327255

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