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* flex: (flex).      Fast lexical analyzer generator (lex replacement).
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   The flex manual is placed under the same licensing conditions as the
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   Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012 The
Flex Project.

   Copyright (C) 1990, 1997 The Regents of the University of California.
All rights reserved.

   This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by Vern
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Node: Reporting Bugs9211
Node: Introduction9516
Node: Simple Examples10344
Node: Format13631
Node: Definitions Section14044
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Node: Rules Section16370
Node: User Code Section17527
Node: Comments in the Input17965
Node: Patterns19332
Ref: case and character ranges26156
Node: Matching30167
Node: Actions33451
Node: Generated Scanner42420
Node: Start Conditions47435
Node: Multiple Input Buffers57972
Ref: Scanning Strings64508
Node: EOF66138
Node: Misc Macros67724
Node: User Values70576
Node: Yacc72907
Node: Scanner Options73802
Node: Options for Specifying Filenames76558
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Ref: option-outfile77496
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Node: Options Affecting Scanner Behavior78803
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Ref: option-lex-compat79477
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Node: Code-Level And API Options86715
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Ref: option-bison-bridge87441
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Node: Options for Scanner Speed and Size92223
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Node: Miscellaneous Options101203
Node: Performance101660
Node: Cxx111902
Node: Reentrant119504
Node: Reentrant Uses120181
Node: Reentrant Overview121742
Node: Reentrant Example122541
Node: Reentrant Detail123315
Node: Specify Reentrant123748
Node: Extra Reentrant Argument124395
Node: Global Replacement125646
Node: Init and Destroy Functions126874
Node: Accessor Methods129391
Node: Extra Data130733
Node: About yyscan_t132998
Node: Reentrant Functions133393
Ref: bison-functions134875
Node: Lex and Posix135614
Node: Memory Management142985
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Node: The Default Memory Management143359
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Node: Overriding The Default Memory Management147318
Ref: Overriding The Default Memory Management-Footnote-1149715
Node: A Note About yytext And Memory149879
Node: Serialized Tables151112
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Node: Creating Serialized Tables152021
Node: Loading and Unloading Serialized Tables153629
Node: Tables File Format155397
Node: Diagnostics162411
Node: Limitations165820
Node: Bibliography167768
Node: FAQ168441
Node: When was flex born?172681
Node: How do I expand backslash-escape sequences in C-style quoted strings?173058
Node: Why do flex scanners call fileno if it is not ANSI compatible?174362
Node: Does flex support recursive pattern definitions?175157
Node: How do I skip huge chunks of input (tens of megabytes) while using flex?176003
Node: Flex is not matching my patterns in the same order that I defined them.176470
Node: My actions are executing out of order or sometimes not at all.178215
Node: How can I have multiple input sources feed into the same scanner at the same time?178988
Node: Can I build nested parsers that work with the same input file?180976
Node: How can I match text only at the end of a file?181982
Node: How can I make REJECT cascade across start condition boundaries?182786
Node: Why cant I use fast or full tables with interactive mode?183800
Node: How much faster is -F or -f than -C?185058
Node: If I have a simple grammar cant I just parse it with flex?185370
Node: Why doesn't yyrestart() set the start state back to INITIAL?185851
Node: How can I match C-style comments?186478
Node: The period isn't working the way I expected.187288
Node: Can I get the flex manual in another format?188535
Node: Does there exist a "faster" NDFA->DFA algorithm?189024
Node: How does flex compile the DFA so quickly?189534
Node: How can I use more than 8192 rules?190501
Node: How do I abandon a file in the middle of a scan and switch to a new file?191911
Node: How do I execute code only during initialization (only before the first scan)?192464
Node: How do I execute code at termination?193241
Node: Where else can I find help?193567
Node: Can I include comments in the "rules" section of the file?193940
Node: I get an error about undefined yywrap().194319
Node: How can I change the matching pattern at run time?194795
Node: How can I expand macros in the input?195157
Node: How can I build a two-pass scanner?196189
Node: How do I match any string not matched in the preceding rules?197105
Node: I am trying to port code from AT&T lex that uses yysptr and yysbuf.198014
Node: Is there a way to make flex treat NULL like a regular character?198809
Node: Whenever flex can not match the input it says "flex scanner jammed".199330
Node: Why doesn't flex have non-greedy operators like perl does?199973
Node: Memory leak - 16386 bytes allocated by malloc.201326
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Node: How do I track the byte offset for lseek()?202591
Node: How do I use my own I/O classes in a C++ scanner?204100
Node: How do I skip as many chars as possible?204943
Node: deleteme00206017
Node: Are certain equivalent patterns faster than others?206457
Node: Is backing up a big deal?209875
Node: Can I fake multi-byte character support?211781
Node: deleteme01213222
Node: Can you discuss some flex internals?214331
Node: unput() messes up yy_at_bol216575
Node: The | operator is not doing what I want217677
Node: Why can't flex understand this variable trailing context pattern?219223
Node: The ^ operator isn't working220472
Node: Trailing context is getting confused with trailing optional patterns221707
Node: Is flex GNU or not?222950
Node: ERASEME53224623
Node: I need to scan if-then-else blocks and while loops225393
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Node: Is there a repository for flex scanners?230046
Node: How can I conditionally compile or preprocess my flex input file?230361
Node: Where can I find grammars for lex and yacc?230834
Node: I get an end-of-buffer message for each character scanned.231181
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Node: What is the difference between YYLEX_PARAM and YY_DECL?274081
Node: Why do I get "conflicting types for yylex" error?274602
Node: How do I access the values set in a Flex action from within a Bison action?275132
Node: Appendices275563
Node: Makefiles and Flex275772
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-1278968
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-2279085
Ref: Makefiles and Flex-Footnote-3279271
Node: Bison Bridge279322
Ref: Bison Bridge-Footnote-1281987
Node: M4 Dependency282179
Ref: M4 Dependency-Footnote-1283584
Node: Common Patterns283719
Node: Numbers284010
Node: Identifiers284987
Node: Quoted Constructs285814
Node: Addresses286866
Node: Indices288179
Node: Concept Index288417
Node: Index of Functions and Macros313700
Node: Index of Variables318596
Node: Index of Data Types320262
Node: Index of Hooks321150
Node: Index of Scanner Options321718

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