From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] lex witchcraft
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Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 15:45:38 -0500
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Looks like it only clobbers the
current state the first time it is called,
presumably so that when you ask for the next
token the lexer doesn't reset itself.

Russ