[antlr-interest] Re: Token Streams, multiple lexers - how does lexer access selector?

[Ric Klaren]

Hi,

On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 03:15:49PM -0000, davidjpenton2002 <djplists at arrowsash.com> wrote:
> Is it "safe" to push and pop lexers using a selector object (as in
> the example in the ref manual) from within a parser action instead of 
> from within a lexer rule?

It's unsafe to do from parser. In some situations you might get away with
it, but it's something that will break very easily. Think guns and feet
with holes in them.

Ric
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