NAME
jocamllex - The JoCaml lexer generator
SYNOPSIS
jocamllex [ -o output-file ] [ -ml ] filename.mll
DESCRIPTION
The jocamllex(1) command generates Objective Caml lexers from a set of
regular expressions with associated semantic actions, in the style of
lex(1).
Running jocamllex(1) on the input file lexer.mll produces Caml code for
a lexical analyzer in file lexer.ml.
This file defines one lexing function per entry point in the lexer
definition. These functions have the same names as the entry points.
Lexing functions take as argument a lexer buffer, and return the
semantic attribute of the corresponding entry point.
Lexer buffers are an abstract data type implemented in the standard
library module Lexing. The functions Lexing.from_channel,
Lexing.from_string and Lexing.from_function create lexer buffers that
read from an input channel, a character string, or any reading
function, respectively.
When used in conjunction with a parser generated by jocamlyacc(1), the
semantic actions compute a value belonging to the type token defined by
the generated parsing module.
OPTIONS
The jocamllex(1) command recognizes the following options:
-o output-file
Specify the output file name output-file instead of the default
naming convention.
-ml Output code that does not use the Caml built-in automata
interpreter. Instead, the automaton is encoded by Caml
functions. This option is useful for debugging jocamllex(1),
using it for production lexers is not recommended.
SEE ALSO
jocamlyacc(1).
The Objective Caml users manual, chapter "Lexer and parser
generators".