]> > What happens if there is an ambiguous regexp in ocamllex input? > [The manual doesn't say] That's an oversight in the manual; thanks for reporting it. If several regexps match a prefix of the input, the regexp selected is - the one that matches the longest prefix (so-called "longest match rule") - in case of tie on prefix length, the regexp that occurs first in the source .mll lexer. For instance: "kwd" { rule 1 } | ['a'-'z']+ { rule 2 } The input "kwdkwd" will trigger rule 2 (longest match), but "kwd01" will trigger rule 1 (first rule among the two that have longest match). - Xavier Leroy ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners