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From: andrea@mprgate.mpr.ca
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Subject: increasing start state limit in lex
Keywords: lex, flex, question
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Date: 23 Nov 90 19:10:34 GMT
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It appears that lex has a upper limit (~16) to the number of 
start states that can be defined.  Is it possible to increase 
this limit ?  How ?

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[Use flex, which allows as many start states as you want. Flex itself uses
21 start states in its scanner. -John]
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