Re: LEX vs FLEX; Was: [PATCH] Basic Ada files

Paul Hilfinger
2002-05-24T03:01:04Z

> (I note you're not the author of this) I'm not exactly comfortable with
> making FLEX a condition of being able to build GDB - while the above
> tries to hide it, the dependency still exists. I guess we'll need to
> come back to that later.

Andrew,

I am the author of that, so I suppose I should jump in. I'm not quite clear
on your objection here. Is it

* the dependence on flex as opposed to lex?
* the dependence on either lex or flex (unlikely given the
dependencies on yacc)?
* the option to use the .c code and NOT depend on (f)lex at all?

The original code was written back in the days when the .tab.c files
were part of the CVS files, and I never got around to modifying it.
Just name your preference.

Paul Hilfinger