# Flex, version 2.5

## A fast scanner generator

## Edition 2.5, March 1995

- Name
- Synopsis
- Overview
- Description
- Some simple examples
- Format of the input file
- Patterns
- How the input is matched
- Actions
- The generated scanner
- Start conditions
- Multiple input buffers
- End-of-file rules
- Miscellaneous macros
- Values available to the user
- Interfacing with `yacc`
- Options
- Performance considerations
- Generating C++ scanners
- Incompatibilities with `lex` and POSIX
- Diagnostics
- Files
- Deficiencies / Bugs
- See also
- Author

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