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#17 more details on diff flex/JFlex

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2006-04-22
2006-04-22
No

in flex special characters lose their "special" meaning
inside a character class, with special-case syntax for
including square brackets themselves:
flex: [][]
JFlex: [\]\[]
Note also that [] and [^] are illegal in flex. Also,
["] vs. [\"] and I'm guessing the backslash itself (not
tested).

(reported by Dimitri Maziuk)

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