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Re: reentrant C scanner
From: |
Vern Paxson |
Subject: |
Re: reentrant C scanner |
Date: |
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:49:53 PST |
> I contacted you (or someone there at flex H.Q.) about modifying flex to
> generate a
> reentrant scanner. I found some time recently, and the modifications are
> nearly
> complete. It wasn't as bad as I had originally thought it would be.
>
> I have two questions for you:
>
> 1. What is the procedure for regression testing?
> 2. What is the procedure for merging my modifications with the current
> distribution?
Both of these are not well defined at the moment. Will Estes (cc'd) has
volunteered to give taking over flex maintenance/development a try, and
we're right now in a preliminary period during which he's gauging whether
he'll indeed have the cycles for doing so.
Vern