Re: Setting scanner input using a KI_CHARACTER_INPUT_STREAM

Nicholas Allen wrote:
> Hi Eric,
> 
> I have one other question I hope you can help me with. I want to create my own 
> custom input stream and use this with a gernerated scanner/parser. The 
> set_input_buffer takes a buffer but I want to use an input stream. 
> 
> I expected that the scanner/parser would take a KI_CHARACTER_INPUT_STREAM and 
> create the buffers itself if it needs it.
> 
> I don't want to read the entire stream into a buffer and then call 
> set_input_buffer.
> 
> Am I supposed to subclass YY_BUFFER's fill feature?

You can do that:

   my_stream: KI_CHARACTER_INPUT_STREAM
   ...
   my_scanner.set_input_buffer (my_scanner.new_file_buffer (my_stream))

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Eric Bezault
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