[Bug] yytext() return longer than expected with lookahead [sf#72]

[lsf37]

*Reported by anonymous on 2005-03-16 22:24 UTC
If following by design

pattern:
ab / cde { System.out.println(yytext()); return 2; }
abcd / f { System.out.println(yytext()); return 7; }

string:
abcde

result
prints out "abcd" while returns 2.

--Xiang (xyu at cs.princeton.edu)

[lsf37]

Commented by lsf37 on 2007-11-04 08:55 UTC
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This fixed (somewhat) now in svn revision 276.

There are two special cases for lookahead implemented now that
will definitely work correctly: when in r1/r2 either r1 or r2
have a fixed length, the lookahaed is matched correctly and
efficiently.

General lookahead is still pretty much horribly broken, though.

[lsf37]

Updated by lsf37 on 2007-11-04 08:55 UTC

• status: open --> open-accepted

[lsf37]

Commented by lsf37 on 2007-11-25 11:14 UTC
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Now properly fixed for all lookahead cases in svn revision 297.

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Updated by lsf37 on 2008-05-27 11:46 UTC

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