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alex-3.5.4.0

lexical analyser generator for Haskell

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Description

Alex is a tool for generating lexical analysers in Haskell, given a description of the tokens to be recognised in the form of regular expressions. It is similar to the tool lex or flex for C/C++.

Package information

Ports path
devel/alex
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
The OpenBSD ports mailing-list <ports@openbsd.org>
Categories
devel
Available flavors
None listed
Only for architectures
arm64, amd64

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