Yes this is a good point! That's probably why it's dynamic in Clang and not done ahead of time. FWIW I mention the C Lexer Hack here: The Oil Lexer: Introduc

Yes this is a good point! That's probably why it's dynamic in Clang and not done ahead of time. FWIW I mention the C Lexer Hack here: The Oil Lexer: Introduction and Recap http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2017/12/15.html#toc_5 http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2017/12/15.html#toc_5