Re: yy_current_state, stuff

[Kingpin]

This is how you normally start the scanner in a certain state (see
page 172 of the O'Reilly book).  How is your case different?

%s MY_STATE
%{
        static int first_time = 1;
%}
%%
%{
   if (first_time) { BEGIN MY_STATE; first_time = 0; }
%}
<MY_STATE>pattern  ...

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