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From: Stefan Reuther <stefan.news@arcor.de>
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Subject: Re: Static regex for embedded systems
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:03:33 +0100
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Am 21.01.2025 um 15:31 schrieb pozz:
> Many times I need to parse/decode a text string that comes from an
> external system, over a serial bus, MQTT, and so on.
> 
> Many times this string has a fixed syntax/layout. In order to parse this
> string, I everytime create a custom parser that can be tedious,
> cumbersom and error prone.
[...]

I don't see a question in this posting, but isn't this the task that
'lex' is intended to be used for?

(Personally, I have no problem with handcrafted parsers.)


  Stefan