From: Minero Aoki <aamine@...>
Date: 2003-11-19T14:50:21+09:00
Subject: Re: rlex and ryacc


  In mail "Re: rlex and ryacc"
    ptkwt@aracnet.com (Phil Tomson) wrote:

> >I'm using StringScanner (strscan).  It is NOT a lexer generator,
> >but it is sufficient for me (including speed).
> >
> >For real example of Racc, refer TMail or RDtool.
> >
> >  TMail (uses #yylex.  The lexer is written in Ruby and C)
> >  http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=tmail
> >
> >  RDtool (uses #do_parse and #next_token.
> >  The lexer is written in Ruby using strscan)
> >  http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=rdtool

> Why not bundle a lexer with racc?

Because strscan comes with ruby 1.8.  Maintaining same package
in other locations (for Racc and for Ruby 1.8) is undesirable
(for me  :-).


Regards,
Minero Aoki