Bug in lex?

[John R. Levine]

In article <1989Sep16.025910.6048 at twwells.com> bill at twwells.com (T. William Wells) writes:
>Every time I try to use lex's start states something breaks. ...

In the Sys V3.2 manual on lex, they no longer document start states.
I guess they couldn't make them work either.  Keep in mind that lex
was written as an undergraduate summer intern's project at Bell Labs.

>I just switched to flex.

Good thinking.
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