Re: Upgrading our minimum required flex version for 8.5

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Upgrading our minimum required flex version for 8.5
Date: 2009-07-02 15:04:26
Message-ID: 29064.1246547066@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> I think it would need to be benchmarked. My faint recollection is that
> the re-entrant lexers are slower.

The flex documentation states in so many words:

The option `--reentrant' does not affect the performance of the scanner.

Do you feel a need to verify their claim?

regards, tom lane

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