Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:11:31 -0700 From: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: flex(1) question Message-ID: <p06230942c0edb4a3c92d@[192.168.254.205]> In-Reply-To: <p06230918c0e9ce2ec5b2@[192.168.254.205]> References: <p06230918c0e9ce2ec5b2@[192.168.254.205]>
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At 6:11 PM -0700 7/23/06, Rich Morin wrote: > The flex(1) man page, as found on the FreeBSD Hypertext > Man Pages, says: > > The regular expressions listed above are grouped according > to precedence, from highest precedence at the top to lowest > at the bottom. Those grouped together have equal precedence. > > I see nothing in the list that indicates any grouping of > expressions. Am I missing something? Vern Paxson wrote: > Hmmmm, right you are! Funny no one has noticed this earlier. > Please send this to Will Estes (wlestes@users.sourceforge.net), > who has now taken over flex maintenance and development. Will Estes wrote: > While I'm guessing that the FreeBSD folks have an old version > of flex, I would also guess that the current copy of the flex > manual contains the same mistake. I'll put this on my list> > of things to fix. Thanks for the report. -r -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume rdm@cfcl.com http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841 Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development
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