2007-10-17 Wojciech Polak <polak@gnu.org>

[bison.git] / NEWS

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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ Bison News
 
 Changes in version 2.3a+ (????-??-??):
 
+* Previously, Bison sometimes generated parser tables with states that were
+  unreachable due to conflicts in predecessor states.  Bison now:
+
+    1. Removes unreachable states.
+
+    2. Does not report any conflicts that appeared in unreachable states.
+       WARNING: As a result, you may need to update %expect and %expect-rr
+       directives in existing grammar files.
+
+    3. For any rule used only in such states, Bison now reports the rule as
+       "never reduced because of conflicts".
+
 * The -g and --graph options now output graphs in Graphviz DOT format,
   not VCG format.
 
@@ -39,8 +51,8 @@ Changes in version 2.3a+ (????-??-??):
     3. `%code provides {CODE}' replaces `%end-header    {CODE}'
     4. `%code top      {CODE}' replaces `%before-header {CODE}'
 
-  See the %code entries in `Appendix A Bison Symbols' in the Bison manual for a
-  summary of the new functionality.  See the new section `Prologue
+  See the %code entries in section `Bison Declaration Summary' in the Bison
+  manual for a summary of the new functionality.  See the new section `Prologue
   Alternatives' for a detailed discussion including the advantages of %code
   over the traditional Yacc prologues.
 
@@ -918,17 +930,15 @@ Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
 
 This file is part of Bison, the GNU Compiler Compiler.
 
-Bison is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
-any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
 
-Bison is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with autoconf; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
-Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.