Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:59:35 +0000 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com> Cc: FreeBSD-arch Arch <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Flex update Message-ID: <20120731205935.GT21678@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <20120720082300.GA5077@debian50-32.invisible-island.net> References: <B568515E-1098-402F-9E23-7532BEBB8369@bsdimp.com> <20120720082300.GA5077@debian50-32.invisible-island.net>
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--uk6W7isEeLAaRh3S Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 04:23:00AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:42:15PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > > Is there some reason that flex has never been updated from 2.4.5a? >=20 > It depends on what you mean by "updated". >=20 > The usual answer is the sourceforge project. > It's not exactly an "update", since it breaks existing applications, > and its maintainer is unwilling to address those problems. >=20 > Debian for instance has old/new versions. >=20 > I don't use either - see >=20 > http://invisible-island.net/reflex/ >=20 > (earlier this year, Baptiste Daroussin suggested some additional changes > to this version, along the lines of the ones I incorporated into byacc). >=20 > --=20 > Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net> > http://invisible-island.net > ftp://invisible-island.net reflex seems like a better solution for us than upgrade to flex (from sourceforge) imho, flex depends on m4 and on some gnu m4 extensions, normal= ly our version of m4 is now compatible with gnu m4 (I added some missing bits recently) but still I don't think having flex using m4 is a good idea, and reflex looks cleaner in that area. reflex is just missing imho one feature from flex (sourceforge version) tha= t is ability to generate reentrant code. I already imported byacc from invisible island, I was supposed to add some "fixes" to byacc (bde has spotted) and provide them to Thomas, sorry I have been slacking in that area recently. Once that is done, I have on my todo list importing reflex to replace our f= lex. I did feel any hurry in that area, as I don't think we are missing too much features, is there one you are particulary interested on? I was waiting for reflex to support reentrant code generation before importing it. regards, Bapt --uk6W7isEeLAaRh3S Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlAYRzcACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EymOACeICfDi+PKUWFZgt07bKtaLeEj L18AoKTi/faAXjILCyHtBUp1YdFoO5/q =bOlp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uk6W7isEeLAaRh3S--
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