2 # Copyright (C) 2012-2015, 2018-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 # This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
4 # gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
5 # with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
9 # Look for flex or lex. Set its associated library to LEXLIB.
10 # Check if lex declares yytext as a char * by default, not a char[].
11 AN_MAKEVAR([LEX], [AC_PROG_LEX])
12 AN_PROGRAM([lex], [AC_PROG_LEX])
13 AN_PROGRAM([flex], [AC_PROG_LEX])
14 AC_DEFUN_ONCE([AC_PROG_LEX],
15 [AC_CHECK_PROGS([LEX], [flex lex], [:])
16 if test "x$LEX" != "x:"; then
17 _AC_PROG_LEX_YYTEXT_DECL
19 AC_SUBST([LEX_IS_FLEX],
20 [`test "$ac_cv_prog_lex_is_flex" = yes && echo true || echo false`])dnl
24 # _AC_PROG_LEX_YYTEXT_DECL
25 # ------------------------
26 # Check whether this is Flex, for the Lex output root, the Lex library,
27 # and whether Lex declares yytext as a char * by default.
28 m4_define([_AC_PROG_LEX_YYTEXT_DECL],
29 [AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether lex is flex],
30 [ac_cv_prog_lex_is_flex],
31 [cat >conftest.l <<_ACEOF[
32 %option debug nodefault noinput nounput noyywrap never-interactive
35 a { BEGIN SC_CONF_TEST; }
37 if _AC_DO_VAR([LEX conftest.l]); then
38 ac_cv_prog_lex_is_flex=yes
40 ac_cv_prog_lex_is_flex=no
45 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether flex supports --header=FILE],
46 [ac_cv_prog_lex_supports_header_opt],
47 [if _AC_DO_VAR([LEX --header=conftest.h conftest.l]); then
48 ac_cv_prog_lex_supports_header_opt=yes
50 ac_cv_prog_lex_supports_header_opt=no
53 if test "$ac_cv_prog_lex_supports_header_opt" = yes; then
54 FLEX_SUPPORTS_HEADER_OPT=true
56 FLEX_SUPPORTS_HEADER_OPT=false
60 cat >conftest.l <<_ACEOF[
66 e { /* IRIX 6.5 flex 2.5.4 underquotes its yyless argument. */
67 yyless ((input () != 0)); }
68 f { unput (yytext[0]); }
77 return ! yylex () + ! yywrap ();
80 _AC_DO_VAR([LEX conftest.l])
81 AC_CACHE_CHECK([lex output file root], [ac_cv_prog_lex_root], [
82 if test -f lex.yy.c; then
83 ac_cv_prog_lex_root=lex.yy
84 elif test -f lexyy.c; then
85 ac_cv_prog_lex_root=lexyy
87 AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find output from $LEX; giving up])
89 AC_SUBST([LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT], [$ac_cv_prog_lex_root])dnl
91 if test -z "${LEXLIB+set}"; then
92 AC_CACHE_CHECK([lex library], [ac_cv_lib_lex], [
94 ac_cv_lib_lex='none needed'
95 for ac_lib in '' -lfl -ll; do
96 LIBS="$ac_lib $ac_save_LIBS"
97 AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_DEFINES_PROVIDED[`cat $LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT.c`]],
98 [ac_cv_lib_lex=$ac_lib])
99 test "$ac_cv_lib_lex" != 'none needed' && break
103 test "$ac_cv_lib_lex" != 'none needed' && LEXLIB=$ac_cv_lib_lex
107 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether yytext is a pointer],
108 [ac_cv_prog_lex_yytext_pointer],
109 [# POSIX says lex can declare yytext either as a pointer or an array; the
110 # default is implementation-dependent. Figure out which it is, since
111 # not all implementations provide the %pointer and %array declarations.
112 ac_cv_prog_lex_yytext_pointer=no
114 LIBS="$LEXLIB $ac_save_LIBS"
115 AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_DEFINES_PROVIDED
116 [#define YYTEXT_POINTER 1
117 `cat $LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT.c`]],
118 [ac_cv_prog_lex_yytext_pointer=yes])
122 if test $ac_cv_prog_lex_yytext_pointer = yes; then
123 AC_DEFINE([YYTEXT_POINTER], [1],
124 [Define to 1 if `lex' declares `yytext' as a `char *' by default,
127 rm -f conftest.l $LEX_OUTPUT_ROOT.c
128 ])# _AC_PROG_LEX_YYTEXT_DECL