[antlr-interest] public final void mFOO() in lexers?

[Kenneth Domino]

Hi,

I was looking at the code generated for lexers and I noticed that
token type rules are translated into public routines, not private.  I
understand why rules are public in parsers, and why mTokens() is
public.  But, I don't understand why this is the case for the rest of
the token rules in the lexer.  Is there a reason why, maybe to
influence the lexing by selecting some subset of rules?

Ken Domino