Re: Flex size_t sizes

Hi Hans,

> Le 14 oct. 2021 à 15:23, Hans Åberg <[email protected]> a écrit :
> 
> Hi Akim,
> 
> Saw you have edited Flex, so I take it up here, even though not strictly a Bison topic:
> 
> The Apple flex version has been edited to admit size_t sizes, 64-bit on the platform, and perhaps it might be good idea for regular flex, which uses int, only 32-bit there. If using '%option c++' and mixing the versions, then the FlexLexer.h header is incompatible with the C++ source code, generating a compile error.
> 
> On MacOS with MacPorts and Xcode, the files are in
> /opt/local/include/FlexLexer.h
> /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/include/FlexLexer.h

I have already reported how I dealt with that.  I used a wrapper.

https://github.com/akimd/vcsn/blob/master/build-aux/bin/flex%2B%2B.in

I'm no longer working on this now.

And I don't plan to spend time on flex.

Cheers.