Re: LEX and symbol table

> [It doesn't much matter whether you do your single character operators
> as separarate rules or not. I'm more inclined to do this:
>
> [+-=()*^!\[\],?/] { return yytext[0]; }


There's one minor problem with this approach, which is how easy it is to
accidentally introduce a character class range, like '+' through '=' as
happens above. John's key point remains, though: with lex, it does *not*
slow down your scanner to add rules, so from a performance perspective,
grouping the operators together like the above, or giving each their own
line, doesn't make a difference. I like the above style because it
results in less visual clutter.


Vern


Vern Paxson vern@ee.lbl.gov
Information and Computing Sciences ucbvax!ee.lbl.gov!vern
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (510) 486-7504
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