Re: Flex & Multiple Threads

[Andrew Droffner]

I'm unable to compile the scan.l LEX specification using the bootstrap
scanner, initscan.c. I have tried it on the latest flex source from GNU,
and the tarball from your page at ee.lbl.gov.

If I drop the "%option reentrant" from scan.l, then it all compiles. I
doubt it works right then. What else do I need here, a new initscan.c?

Thanks for the help. 

On Thu, 5 Oct 2000, Vern Paxson wrote:

> > I'm interested in building a multi-threaded server using YACC & Lex.
> > The server & client parse the data they pass to each other.
> > 
> > The Bison dialect of YACC uses a "%pure_parser" option to force re-entrant
> > code. I would like a Flex equivalent; is there one already?
> 
> There are patches to flex to support reentrant scanners, which I've
> put in ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/.vp-flex-reentrant.tar.gz .
> 
> Also, please note, flex maintenance has been taken over by Dick King
> <address@hidden>.
> 
>               Vern
> 

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