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To: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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Subject: Re: yylineno ? 
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Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 10:51:11 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Im mucking with older software to try and get it running, and its using
> yylineno in lex, however flex doesnt support this variable(?).  Anyone have a
ny
> ideas on what to replace it with?

A rule which counts newlines and manipulates a global integer called
yylineno has generally been my solution. :-)

						Jordan