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Hi,

Bean <bean123ch@gmail.com> writes:

> Perhaps we should use automatic tool to generate the lexer, like using
> bison for the parser. But I recall that Marco encounter some issue
> with flex, but I can't remember what it's now.

You are right.  I am not happy with the current lexer and would prefer
a generated lexer like flex.  Unfortunately, flex depends on a POSIX
environment.

--
Marco