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From: wsmith@uiucdcsb.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: whats wrong with this lex grammer?
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Date: Wed, 23-Sep-87 16:11:00 EDT
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This works well:

nostarp		([^*]|\*[^)])
%%
\(\*{nostarp}*\*\)	return(PCOMMENT);   /* normal comment */

\(\*{nostarp}*		return(BADCOMMENT); /* unterminated comment */


Bill Smith
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