# File lib/racc/statetransitiontable.rb, line 227
    def set_table(entries, dummy, tbl, chk, ptr)
      upper = 0
      map = '-' * 10240

      # sort long to short
      entries.sort! {|a,b| b[0].size <=> a[0].size }

      entries.each do |arr, chkval, expr, min, ptri|
        if upper + arr.size > map.size
          map << '-' * (arr.size + 1024)
        end
        idx = map.index(expr)
        ptr[ptri] = idx - min
        arr.each_with_index do |item, i|
          if item
            i += idx
            tbl[i] = item
            chk[i] = chkval
            map[i] = ?o
          end
        end
        upper = idx + arr.size
      end
    end