Re: [fU] lex-based SerialTree text format parser underway :)

[stephan b. <st...@ei...>]

On Thursday 04 September 2003 12:23, Rusty Ballinger wrote:
> > i started to learn lex yesterday and i've got a basic parser for
> > the STree text format underway.
>
> I bought the O'Reilly "lex & yacc" book *years* ago, but (obviously)
> never read it, & now I feel like a dumbass for not having used it in
> the first place.

i bought it a few days ago and i feel like a dumbass for reading a 
computer book which is more than 2 years old!

> If you get this working, I will be quite happy to
> throw out my hand-rolled parser.

Attached is the lex input. It won't compile as-is because it needs some 
external code, but it'll give you and idea of how simple it was. i will 
proactively admit that it may contain any number of lex faux-pas 
(faux-pi?), as it is my very first lex work.

i still haven't migrated into yacc yet, but it seems we don't need it 
for the text mode parser.

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