Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!mcvax!enea!tut!jau
From: jau@tut.fi (Jukka Ukkonen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Multiple Lex Program Question
Message-ID: <4402@uikku.tut.fi>
Date: 26 Jul 88 17:30:30 GMT
References: <690@galaxy>
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
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From article <690@galaxy>, by dave@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Dave Bloom):
> Here's a question for all you lex(1) fanatics out there:
> 
> What I need to do is create several lex functions to be
> called from the same program at different times... so
> instead of calling yylex(), I may want to call yylex_a(),
> yylex_b()... etc.

	There is a program called 'flex' (for fast lex) that enables
	one to define the name (and even the call parameters if you
	wish) of the generated lex-function to avoid naming conflicts.
	The same supporting routines can be used for all lex-functions.
	It has many other advantages over the ordinary 'lex' as well.
	According to the manual page the author of flex is:
		Vern Paxson
		Real Time Systems
		Bldg. 46A
		Lawrence Barkeley Laboratory
		1 Cyclotron Road
		Berkeley, CA 94720
	Mail addresses:
		vern@lbl-csam.arpa
		ucbvax!lbl-csam!vern

	I hope this helps you to find a solution to your problem.

					- jau -