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The Fast Lexical Analyzer - scanner generator for lexing in C and C++

Library c flex lexer
Minimal

Install package

Latest
min add flex
Source archive SHA256
e87aae03…e995
Spec hash
54a19f7d…0443
Target
amd64/linux
Needs network
No
Closed source
No

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What is flex?

The Fast Lexical Analyzer - scanner generator for lexing in C and C++

How to use this package

Quick install

Installs the package into the current environment for this session. Use --build or --runtime to persist it as a build-time or runtime dependency.

min add flex

Declare as a task dependency in minimal.toml

Listing the package under tasks.<name>.packages makes it available inside that task’s sandbox.

[tasks.dev]
packages = ["flex"]

Build-time vs runtime

Choose build-time for tools needed during compilation, runtime for dynamic libraries loaded at runtime.

min add --build flex
min add --runtime flex