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In article <35863@usc.edu>  ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
> I have encountered what I think is a flex bug.
> ...
> %%
> ^[ \t]+	|
> [ \t]+$	;
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> It can be rewritten without a "|"; one would just say ";"
> instead.
> 
> Both versions work fine with lex.  The version with the ";" works
> with flex but the version with a "|" fails with flex.

This is indeed a bug.  It's fixed in the pending 2.4 release, which won't
be out till at least the beginning of next year, alas.  If there's sufficient
demand for the patch to fix it I'll supply it, but otherwise I'd rather wait.

		Vern