Re: compile bug in HEAD?

From: Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: compile bug in HEAD?
Date: 2002-03-27 23:53:53
Message-ID: 1017273233.8890.20.camel@jiro
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On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 11:06, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> If someone is really bored out of their mind, at least one of these
> warnings can be gotten rid of by not using the -l option to flex. That
> might be desirable for other reasons, too, one of which is improved speed.
>
> No, just removing -l from the makefile is not the right fix.

I'm curious; why is this "not the right fix"? According to the manpage:

-l turns on maximum compatibility with the original
AT&T lex implementation. Note that this does not
mean full compatibility. Use of this option
costs a considerable amount of performance...

Cheers,

Neil

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Neil Conway <neilconway(at)rogers(dot)com>
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