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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
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