Package: flex Version: 2.5.37
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> Description: flex --noline outputs a #line directive The command flex --noline name.lex generates the line #line 3 "lex.yy.c" This causes some confusion when: 1: line 3 is really line 2, and, 2: when (in order to compile using C++) the file has been renamed to (something like) lex.yy.cpp causing error messages to specify file lex.yy.c instead of lex.yy.cpp (or some other name). This is an issue in that 'hand-fixing' generated code errors raises some issues with maintenance. In a clean build given to a build team separate from the development team it is undesirable to provide 'special' hand-wringing changes to code. It is much better to give it to them and let it rip. This is not a critical bug (obviously). But if you can get around to removing the unnecessary #line in the next release it would be appreciated. By-the-by, the renaming was done because I had a devil of a problem with compiling the generated %option C++ file. Rather than debug the output to discover the underlying nature of the problem, I renamed the file. And lest you think this a tedious and ill-conceived "attack" on the developers, it is not. You are all doing a great job on an outstanding product, my lack of knowledge and expertise notwithstanding. art -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
