Re: Flex vs. POSIX 1003.2-1992 repeat operator {} precedence

[Hans Aberg]

At 11:39 +0200 2002/04/29, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
>> My C/C++ compiler has an "ANSI/ISO strict" button; then one can click other
>> options to depart as one wish from that. Flex might work similarly with
>> respect to POSIX.
>
>And the environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT is kind of an established
>practice among GNU utilities for doing this on a rather global scale.
>People who for whatever reasons are certain they want a 100%
>POSIX-conforming system can set that and expect all GNU tools to strive
>valiantly to adhere to every letter of the standard --- may it be as
>braindead as can be.

Even though Flex ain't GNU. :-)

  Hans Aberg