Re: Upgrading our minimum required flex version for 8.5

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@...> 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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