Aug. 21, 2002
12:25 p.m.
>> ...insert Flex rules into the string, call a slightly higher level >> function which calls flex to generate the scanner code and use a >> slightly different bit of module sticky stuff to make it callable >> from Python. Eric> Lexers are painful in Python. They hit the language in a weak Eric> spot created by the immutability of strings. Yeah, that's why you inline what is essentially a .l file into your Python code. ;-) I'm actually here in Austin for a couple days visiting Eric Jones and the SciPy gang. Perhaps Eric and I can bat something out over lunch tomorrow... Skip