TODO: statistics.

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@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@ number for the error token, which POSIX wants to be 256, but which
 Bison might renumber if the user used number 256.  Keep fix and doc?
 Throw away?
 
 Bison might renumber if the user used number 256.  Keep fix and doc?
 Throw away?
 

+Also, why don't we output the token name of the error token in the
+output?  It is explicitly skipped:
+
+      /* Skip error token and tokens without identifier.  */
+      if (sym != errtoken && id)
+
+Of course there are issues with name spaces, but if we disable we have
+something which seems to be more simpler and more consistent instead
+of the special case YYERRCODE.
+
+   enum yytokentype {
+     error = 256,
+     // ...
+   };
+
+

 We could (should?) also treat the case of the undef_token, which is
 numbered 257 for yylex, and 2 internal.  Both appear for instance in
 toknum:
 We could (should?) also treat the case of the undef_token, which is
 numbered 257 for yylex, and 2 internal.  Both appear for instance in
 toknum:


@@ -178,6 +194,13 @@ parser") refers to the current `output' format.
 
 * Report
 
 
 * Report
 

+** Figures
+Some statistics about the grammar and the parser would be useful,
+especially when asking the user to send some information about the
+grammars she is working on.  We should probably also include some
+information about the variables (I'm not sure for instance we even
+specify what LR variant was used).
+

 **  GLR
 How would Paul like to display the conflicted actions?  In particular,
 what when two reductions are possible on a given lookahead token, but one is
 **  GLR
 How would Paul like to display the conflicted actions?  In particular,
 what when two reductions are possible on a given lookahead token, but one is


@@ -412,8 +435,8 @@ Equip the parser with a means to create the (visual) parse tree.
 
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-Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 Free Software Foundation,
-Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008-2009 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.

 
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