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Re: Upgrading our minimum required flex version for 8.5

by Andrew Dunstan :: Rate this Message:

Tom Lane wrote:

> 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?
>
>
>

No, I'll take their word for it. I must have been thinking of something
else.

cheers

andrew

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