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From: Jon Harrop <jon@ffconsultancy.com>
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Subject: Re: [Caml-list] camlp4 - can you customize the lexer?
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On Friday 09 May 2008 10:40:36 Richard Jones wrote:
> The Camlp4 wiki contains an intriguing line "Connecting your own
> Lexer.", but no link or information.  I want to modify the OCaml lexer
> to add a syntax for integer literals of my own type.  Can this be
> done?  How?

I have asked this question periodically for about a year now. I believe the 
answer is "no".

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