lexer
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 | This is the JargonFile (V4.00) entry for lexer - Next: lexiphage, Prev: letterbomb |
| :lexer: /leksr/ /n./ Common hacker shorthand for lexical analyzer, the input-tokenizing stage in the parser for a language (the part that breaks it into word-like pieces). "Some C lexers get confused by the old-style compound ops like | |
| * (text is auto-included via JargonExtension by mutante using jargon with VERSION 4.0.0, 24 JUL 1996 - JargonFile by Eric S. Raymond is in the public domain) | |
