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diff --git a/doc/flex.info b/doc/flex.info new file mode 100644 index 0000000..85d7e94 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/flex.info @@ -0,0 +1,282 @@ +This is flex.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.13 from flex.texi. + +INFO-DIR-SECTION Programming +START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY +* flex: (flex). Fast lexical analyzer generator (lex replacement). +END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY + + The flex manual is placed under the same licensing conditions as the +rest of flex: + + 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 +Paxson. + + The United States Government has rights in this work pursuant to +contract no. DE-AC03-76SF00098 between the United States Department of +Energy and the University of California. + + Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are +met: + + 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. + + 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright + notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the + documentation and/or other materials provided with the + distribution. + + Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +without specific prior written permission. + + THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED +WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. + + +Indirect: +flex.info-1: 1627 +flex.info-2: 288417 + +Tag Table: +(Indirect) +Node: Top1627 +Node: Copyright7692 +Node: Reporting Bugs9211 +Node: Introduction9516 +Node: Simple Examples10344 +Node: Format13631 +Node: Definitions Section14044 +Ref: Definitions Section-Footnote-116302 +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 +Ref: option-header76784 +Ref: option-outfile77496 +Ref: option-stdout77821 +Node: Options Affecting Scanner Behavior78803 +Ref: option-case-insensitive79044 +Ref: option-lex-compat79477 +Ref: option-batch80009 +Ref: option-interactive80533 +Ref: option-7bit81887 +Ref: option-8bit83191 +Ref: option-default83603 +Ref: option-always-interactive83667 +Ref: option-posix84271 +Ref: option-stack85418 +Ref: option-stdinit85526 +Ref: option-yylineno86004 +Ref: option-yywrap86447 +Node: Code-Level And API Options86715 +Ref: option-ansi-definitions86942 +Ref: option-ansi-prototypes87194 +Ref: option-bison-bridge87441 +Ref: option-bison-locations87780 +Ref: option-noline88040 +Ref: option-reentrant88554 +Ref: option-c++89165 +Ref: option-array89291 +Ref: option-pointer89389 +Ref: option-prefix89517 +Ref: option-main91045 +Ref: option-nounistd91229 +Ref: option-yyclass91737 +Node: Options for Scanner Speed and Size92223 +Ref: option-align92772 +Ref: option-ecs93273 +Ref: option-meta-ecs94309 +Ref: option-read94796 +Ref: option-full96678 +Ref: option-fast96873 +Node: Debugging Options97798 +Ref: option-backup97985 +Ref: option-debug98530 +Ref: option-perf-report99252 +Ref: option-nodefault99878 +Ref: option-trace100196 +Ref: option-nowarn100487 +Ref: option-verbose100555 +Ref: option-warn100984 +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 +Ref: memory-management143131 +Node: The Default Memory Management143359 +Ref: The Default Memory Management-Footnote-1147165 +Node: Overriding The Default Memory Management147318 +Ref: Overriding The Default Memory Management-Footnote-1149715 +Node: A Note About yytext And Memory149879 +Node: Serialized Tables151112 +Ref: serialization151256 +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 +Ref: faq-memory-leak201624 +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 +Node: ERASEME55226592 +Node: ERASEME56227690 +Node: ERASEME57229048 +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 +Node: unnamed-faq-62231776 +Node: unnamed-faq-63232794 +Node: unnamed-faq-64234091 +Node: unnamed-faq-65235057 +Node: unnamed-faq-66235843 +Node: unnamed-faq-67236958 +Node: unnamed-faq-68237945 +Node: unnamed-faq-69239087 +Node: unnamed-faq-70239800 +Node: unnamed-faq-71240561 +Node: unnamed-faq-72241770 +Node: unnamed-faq-73242813 +Node: unnamed-faq-74243737 +Node: unnamed-faq-75244682 +Node: unnamed-faq-76245814 +Node: unnamed-faq-77246520 +Node: unnamed-faq-78247413 +Node: unnamed-faq-79248411 +Node: unnamed-faq-80250111 +Node: unnamed-faq-81251429 +Node: 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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 + +End Tag Table |