[antlr-interest] Another parsing question

[Johannes Luber]

Foust schrieb:
>> Lexing is all done up front with no input from the parser at all.
>>
> 
> Why was that done? Is it the price you pay for infinite lookahead?
> 
> Brent
> 
I suppose it was merely the most convenient way to implement a lexer. 
Infinite lookahead with lexer states will complicate the implementation, 
but it should be nonetheless possible.

Johannes