[Python-Dev] Re: Automatic flex interface for Python?

[Fredrik Lundh]

aahz wrote:


> Ah.  Here we see one of the little drawbacks of not finishing my CS
> degree.  ;-)  Can someone suggest a good simple reference on the
> distinctions between parsing / lexing / tokenizing

start here:

http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=parser

> particularly in the context of general string processing (e.g. XML)
> rather than the arcane art of compiler technology?

words tend to mean slightly different things in the XML universe,
so I'll leave that to the XML experts.

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