[antlr-interest] Non-greedy lexer rule in ANTLR4

[Terence Parr]

it's like an "else" clause as ambiguities resolve to first alt specified.
T
On Oct 12, 2012, at 5:03 PM, Gavin Lambert wrote:

> At 11:56 13/10/2012, Terence Parr wrote:
> >oh. if no newline and such what Bart suggests might be best.  maybe
> >'<<' (~[\r\n] | .)* '>>' which is nongreedy
> 
> Doesn't the "." alt cancel out the first alt?
> 
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