OP *lex_op; /* extra info to pass back on op */
SV *lex_repl; /* runtime replacement from s/// */
U16 lex_inwhat; /* what kind of quoting are we in */
- OPCODE last_lop_op; /* last list operator */
+ OPCODE last_lop_op; /* last named list or unary operator */
I32 lex_starts; /* how many interps done on level */
SV *lex_stuff; /* runtime pattern from m// or s/// */
I32 multi_start; /* 1st line of multi-line string */
I32 lex_allbrackets;/* (), [], {}, ?: bracket count */
SUBLEXINFO sublex_info;
SV *linestr; /* current chunk of src text */
- char *bufptr;
- char *oldbufptr;
- char *oldoldbufptr;
+ char *bufptr; /* carries the cursor (current parsing
+ position) from one invocation of yylex
+ to the next */
+ char *oldbufptr; /* in yylex, beginning of current token */
+ char *oldoldbufptr; /* in yylex, beginning of previous token */
char *bufend;
char *linestart; /* beginning of most recently read line */
char *last_uni; /* position of last named-unary op */