Re: a token scanner DFA for indirection operator * ?

Alex Colvin <alexc@std.com>
3 Apr 2004 09:02:19 -0500

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From: Alex Colvin <alexc@std.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 3 Apr 2004 09:02:19 -0500
Organization: The World : www.TheWorld.com : Since 1989
References: 04-03-102
Keywords: C, lex
Posted-Date: 03 Apr 2004 09:02:19 EST

>I'm trying to write a token scanner for C, and I'm wondering if there is a
>detrministic finite automata (DFA) or state machine for the '*'
>indirection operator(IOP), or if differentiation between the multiply
>operator and the IOP is better left to the parser. Right now my scanner


This is usually left to the parser.
you have to distinguish
(int)*ptr
(width)*height
which requires knowing that "int" is a type (or typedef) in the current
scope.




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mac the naïf


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