[net.unix-wizards] Lex Help Response & # of start conditions

geo (12/08/82)

There have been several articles in this group recently about
the use of start conditions in lex.  The articles have implied,
as the documentation does also, that they number of start conditions
is not a concern.

I found that some specs I wrote.  (My first significant lex specifications
used too many)  I got the following diagnostic:

30: (Error) Start conditions too long
In fact, I had too prune it down to only four start conditions
before it would pass through lex.  Any lexperts out there
care to comment?
		Geo Swan
		Integrated Studies
		University of Waterloo