Re: reentrant C scanner

[Vern Paxson]

> I contacted you (or someone there at flex H.Q.) about modifying flex to 
> generate a
> reentrant scanner. I found some time recently, and the modifications are 
> nearly
> complete. It wasn't as bad as I had originally thought it would be.
> 
> I have two questions for you:
> 
> 1. What is the procedure for regression testing?
> 2. What is the procedure for merging my modifications with the current
> distribution?

Both of these are not well defined at the moment.  Will Estes (cc'd) has
volunteered to give taking over flex maintenance/development a try, and
we're right now in a preliminary period during which he's gauging whether
he'll indeed have the cycles for doing so.

                Vern