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From: jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu (Jeffrey W Percival)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Yacc/Lex: multiple uses in the same program?
Message-ID: <728@larry.sal.wisc.edu>
Date: 19 Sep 89 14:39:13 GMT
References: <727@larry.sal.wisc.edu> <8106@goofy.megatest.UUCP>
Reply-To: jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival)
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In article <8106@goofy.megatest.UUCP> djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) writes:
>From article <727@larry.sal.wisc.edu>, by jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu (Jeffrey W Percival):
>> But when I link my main program, I run into trouble with ld(1) finding
>> multiple definitions of many lex variables.
>> How can I do what I want?
>Several ways. (In order from probably best to probably worst...)

Thanks for the info...  I'm almost sorry I asked.


Some people recommended using Flex and Bison, which are claimed to
avoid this pathetic and debilitating flaw in a couple of otherwise
*great* programs.
-- 
Jeff Percival (jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu)