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4Changes in version 1.49a:
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6* items overflow
7 Bison no longer dumps core when there are too many items, it just
8 dies.
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11Changes in version 1.30:
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13* `--defines' and `--graph' have now an optionnal argument which is the
14 output file name. `-d' and `-g' do not change, they do not take any
15 argument.
16
17* `%source_extension' and `%header_extension' are removed, failed
18 experiment.
19
20* Portability fixes.
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22Changes in version 1.29, 2001-09-07:
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24* The output file does not define const, as this caused problems when used
25 with common autoconfiguration schemes. If you still use ancient compilers
26 that lack const, compile with the equivalent of the C compiler option
27 `-Dconst='. autoconf's AC_C_CONST macro provides one way to do this.
28
29* Added `-g' and `--graph'.
30
31* The Bison manual is now distributed under the terms of the GNU FDL.
32
33* The input and the output files has automatically a similar extension.
34
35* Russian translation added.
36
37* NLS support updated; should hopefully be less troublesome.
38
39* Added the old Bison reference card.
40
41* Added `--locations' and `%locations'.
42
43* Added `-S' and `--skeleton'.
44
45* `%raw', `-r', `--raw' is disabled.
46
47* Special characters are escaped when output. This solves the problems
48 of the #line lines with path names including backslashes.
49
50* New directives.
51 `%yacc', `%fixed_output_files', `%defines', `%no_parser', `%verbose',
52 `%debug', `%source_extension' and `%header_extension'.
53
54* @$
55 Automatic location tracking.
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57Changes in version 1.28, 1999-07-06:
58
59* Should compile better now with K&R compilers.
60
61* Added NLS.
62
63* Fixed a problem with escaping the double quote character.
64
65* There is now a FAQ.
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67Changes in version 1.27:
68
69* The make rule which prevented bison.simple from being created on
70 some systems has been fixed.
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72Changes in version 1.26:
73
74* Bison now uses automake.
75
76* New mailing lists: <bug-bison@gnu.org> and <help-bison@gnu.org>.
77
78* Token numbers now start at 257 as previously documented, not 258.
79
80* Bison honors the TMPDIR environment variable.
81
82* A couple of buffer overruns have been fixed.
83
84* Problems when closing files should now be reported.
85
86* Generated parsers should now work even on operating systems which do
87 not provide alloca().
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89Changes in version 1.25, 1995-10-16:
90
91* Errors in the input grammar are not fatal; Bison keeps reading
92the grammar file, and reports all the errors found in it.
93
94* Tokens can now be specified as multiple-character strings: for
95example, you could use "<=" for a token which looks like <=, instead
96of chosing a name like LESSEQ.
97
98* The %token_table declaration says to write a table of tokens (names
99and numbers) into the parser file. The yylex function can use this
100table to recognize multiple-character string tokens, or for other
101purposes.
102
103* The %no_lines declaration says not to generate any #line preprocessor
104directives in the parser file.
105
106* The %raw declaration says to use internal Bison token numbers, not
107Yacc-compatible token numbers, when token names are defined as macros.
108
109* The --no-parser option produces the parser tables without including
110the parser engine; a project can now use its own parser engine.
111The actions go into a separate file called NAME.act, in the form of
112a switch statement body.
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114Changes in version 1.23:
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116The user can define YYPARSE_PARAM as the name of an argument to be
117passed into yyparse. The argument should have type void *. It should
118actually point to an object. Grammar actions can access the variable
119by casting it to the proper pointer type.
120
121Line numbers in output file corrected.
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123Changes in version 1.22:
124
125--help option added.
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127Changes in version 1.20:
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129Output file does not redefine const for C++.
130
131Local Variables:
132mode: outline
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