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/usr/bin/m4 stdin:1359:error: end of file in string when flex Simpl_lexical is done and generates incomplete lex.yy.c #1

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abhi4578 opened this issue Sep 13, 2018 · 1 comment
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/usr/bin/m4 stdin:1359:error: end of file in string when flex Simpl_lexical is done and generates incomplete lex.yy.c #1

abhi4578 opened this issue Sep 13, 2018 · 1 comment
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This issue arises in flex version 2.6.4. It doesn't arise in the previous versions of flex i.e 2.6.0 ,2.6.1,2.6.2, 2.6.3.
@abhi4578 abhi4578 changed the title /usr/bin/m4 stdin:1359:error: end of file in string when flex Simpl_lexical is done and gnerates incomplete lex.yy.c /usr/bin/m4 stdin:1359:error: end of file in string when flex Simpl_lexical is done and generates incomplete lex.yy.c Sep 13, 2018
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It doesn't ignore the comment,it tries to match double and single quotes even inside a comment.So the bug is in line 52 of Simple_lexical.l :
// ",'-not between string
removing the line solves the issue.

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