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8c44d3ec 4Changes in version 1.28a:
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6* Russian translation added.
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8* NLS support updated; should hopefully be less troublesome.
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10* Added the old Bison reference card.
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12Changes in version 1.28:
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14* Should compile better now with K&R compilers.
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16* Added NLS.
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18* Fixed a problem with escaping the double quote character.
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20* There is now a FAQ.
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22Changes in version 1.27:
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24* The make rule which prevented bison.simple from being created on
25 some systems has been fixed.
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27Changes in version 1.26:
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29* Bison now uses automake.
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31* New mailing lists: <bug-bison@gnu.org> and <help-bison@gnu.org>.
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33* Token numbers now start at 257 as previously documented, not 258.
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35* Bison honors the TMPDIR environment variable.
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37* A couple of buffer overruns have been fixed.
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39* Problems when closing files should now be reported.
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41* Generated parsers should now work even on operating systems which do
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5c31c3c2 44Changes in version 1.25:
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46* Errors in the input grammar are not fatal; Bison keeps reading
47the grammar file, and reports all the errors found in it.
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49* Tokens can now be specified as multiple-character strings: for
50example, you could use "<=" for a token which looks like <=, instead
51of chosing a name like LESSEQ.
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53* The %token_table declaration says to write a table of tokens (names
54and numbers) into the parser file. The yylex function can use this
55table to recognize multiple-character string tokens, or for other
56purposes.
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58* The %no_lines declaration says not to generate any #line preprocessor
59directives in the parser file.
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61* The %raw declaration says to use internal Bison token numbers, not
62Yacc-compatible token numbers, when token names are defined as macros.
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64* The --no-parser option produces the parser tables without including
65the parser engine; a project can now use its own parser engine.
66The actions go into a separate file called NAME.act, in the form of
67a switch statement body.
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69Changes in version 1.23:
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71The user can define YYPARSE_PARAM as the name of an argument to be
72passed into yyparse. The argument should have type void *. It should
73actually point to an object. Grammar actions can access the variable
74by casting it to the proper pointer type.
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6780ca7a 76Line numbers in output file corrected.
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78Changes in version 1.22:
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80--help option added.
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82Changes in version 1.20:
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84Output file does not redefine const for C++.