Re: [HACKERS] Postgres' lexer

From: Leon <leon(at)udmnet(dot)ru>
To: hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Postgres' lexer
Date: 1999-08-20 09:36:20
Message-ID: 37BD2194.84398757@udmnet.ru
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Ansley, Michael wrote:
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> >> And what this stands for:
> >>
> >> {identifier}/{space}*-{number}
> An identifier followed by any number of spaces, and then a minus, or a
> number. Again, double check this with a reference of some sorts.

Well, I studied flex manpage from top to bottom, and almost everything
in Postgres's lexer makes sense. But these "followed by spaces and a
queer minused number" do not. Can someone tell me what do these
minused single - digit numbers stand for?

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Leon.
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