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+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       * TODO: Update.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       Formatting changes.
+       * tests/input.at: here.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       Remove duplicate header inclusion.
+       * src/LR0.c: here.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       * src/parse-gram.h, src/parse-gram.c: Regen.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       Support parametric types.
+
+       There are two issues to handle: first scanning nested angle
+       bracket pairs to support types such as std::pair< std::string,
+       std::list<std::string> > >.
+
+       Another issue is to address idiosyncracies of C++: do not glue two
+       closing angle brackets together (otherwise it's operator>>), and
+       avoid sticking blindly a TYPE to the opening <, as it can result
+       in '<:' which is a digraph for '['.
+
+       * src/scan-gram.l (brace_level): Rename as...
+       (nesting): this.
+       (SC_TAG): New.
+       Implement support for complex tags.
+       (tag): Accept
+       , but not <.
+       * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_value, b4_symbol_value_template)
+       (b4_symbol_variant): Leave space around types as parameters.
+       * examples/variant.yy: Use nested template types and leading ::.
+       * src/parse-gram.y (TYPE, TYPE_TAG_ANY, TYPE_TAG_NONE, type.opt):
+       Rename as...
+       (TAG, TAG_ANY, TAG_NONE, tag.opt): these.
+       * tests/c++.at: Test parametric types.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <akim@betelgeuse.gostai.ensta.fr>
+
+       Test token.prefix.
+       This is not sufficient, but we test at least that the make_SYMBOL
+       interface is not affected by token.prefix.  A more general test
+       will be implemented when the support of token.prefix is generalized
+       to more skeletons.
+
+       * tests/c++.at: One more variant test, using token.prefix.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <akim@betelgeuse.gostai.ensta.fr>
+
+       Test the make_TOKEN interface.
+       * tests/c++.at (AT_CHECK_VARIANTS): Require and use locations.
+       Factor the common code in yylex.
+       Use it to test "%define lex_symbol".
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <akim@betelgeuse.gostai.ensta.fr>
+
+       Formatting change.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <akim@betelgeuse.gostai.ensta.fr>
+
+       Simplify code for variants bench marks.
+       * etc/bench.pl.in (&generate_grammar_list): Define and use
+       location_type.
+       Factor the common code in yylex.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       Better error message.
+       * bootstrap (find_tool): Fix the error message.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       Update variant.yy to newest interface.
+       * examples/variant.yy: Define lex_symbol.
+       Adjust.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       Don't use locations in variant.yy.
+       * examples/variant.yy: Adjust to not using locations.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       Comment changes.
+       * data/local.mk, etc/local.mk, examples/local.mk: Use Automake
+       comments for the license.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       Remove tests/Makefile.am.
+       * tests/Makefile.am: Rename as...
+       * tests/local.mk: this.
+       * Makefile.am, configure.ac: Adjust.
+       * Makefile.am (DISTCLEANFILES): Define.
+       (maintainer-check, maintainer-xml-check, maintainer-push-check):
+       Remove, we no longer need to bounce to the real targets.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       Comment changes.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       djgpp/local.mk.
+       * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Move djgpp related part to...
+       * djgpp/local.mk: this new file.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       Remove doc/Makefile.am.
+       * doc/Makefile.am: Rename as...
+       * doc/local.mk: this.
+       Adjust paths
+       * Makefile.am, configure.ac: Adjust.
+       * Makefile.am (MOSTLYCLEANFILES): New.
+       * src/local.mk: Adjust.
+
+2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       Move sc_tight_scope into maint.mk.
+       It does not work, and I don't know how it was supposed to work: it
+       seems to be looking for sources in the build tree.  I just moved
+       it at a better place, fixing it is still required.
+
+       * src/local.mk (echo): Remove.
+       (sc_tight_scope): Move to...
+       * maint.mk: here.
+

 2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Regen.
 2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Regen.


@@ -79,7 +215,8 @@
 
 2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
 
 2008-11-15  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 

-       Instead of using make_symbol<TOK_FOO>, generate make_FOO for each token type.
+       Instead of using make_symbol<TOK_FOO>, generate make_FOO for each
+       token type.

        Using template buys us nothing, and makes it uselessly complex to
        construct a symbol.  Besides, it could not be generalized to other
        languages, while make_FOO would work in C/Java etc.
        Using template buys us nothing, and makes it uselessly complex to
        construct a symbol.  Besides, it could not be generalized to other
        languages, while make_FOO would work in C/Java etc.


@@ -102,10 +239,10 @@
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        %define token.prefix.
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        %define token.prefix.

-       Provide a means to add a prefix to the name of the tokens as output in the
-       generated files.  Because of name clashes, it is good to have such a
-       prefix such as TOK_ that protects from names such as EOF, FILE etc.
-       But it clutters the grammar itself.
+       Provide a means to add a prefix to the name of the tokens as
+       output in the generated files.  Because of name clashes, it is
+       good to have such a prefix such as TOK_ that protects from names
+       such as EOF, FILE etc.  But it clutters the grammar itself.

 
        * data/bison.m4 (token.prefix): Empty by default.
        * data/c.m4 (b4_token_enum, b4_token_define): Use it.
 
        * data/bison.m4 (token.prefix): Empty by default.
        * data/c.m4 (b4_token_enum, b4_token_define): Use it.


@@ -120,8 +257,7 @@
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        symbol::token.
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        symbol::token.

-       This is allows the user to get the type of a token return by
-       yylex.
+       This allows the user to get the type of a token returned by yylex.

 
        * data/lalr1.cc (symbol::token): New.
        (yytoknum_): Define when %define lex_symbol, independently of
 
        * data/lalr1.cc (symbol::token): New.
        (yytoknum_): Define when %define lex_symbol, independently of


@@ -151,8 +287,9 @@
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Define make_symbol in the header.
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Define make_symbol in the header.

-       To reach good performances these functions should be inlined (yet this is
-       to measure precisely).  To this end they must be available to the caller.
+       To reach good performances these functions should be inlined (yet
+       this is to measure precisely).  To this end they must be available
+       to the caller.

 
        * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_constructor_definition_): Qualify
        location_type with the class name.
 
        * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_constructor_definition_): Qualify
        location_type with the class name.


@@ -170,13 +307,14 @@
 
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
 
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 

-       Define the constructors of symbol_type in b4_symbol_constructor_definitions.
+       Define the constructors of symbol_type in
+       b4_symbol_constructor_definitions.

        The constructors are called by the make_symbol functions, which a
        The constructors are called by the make_symbol functions, which a

-       forthcoming patch will move elsewhere.  Hence the interest of putting them
-       together.
+       forthcoming patch will move elsewhere.  Hence the interest of
+       putting them together.

 
 

-       The stack_symbol_type does not need to be moved, it is used only by the
-       parser.
+       The stack_symbol_type does not need to be moved, it is used only
+       by the parser.

 
        * data/lalr1.cc: Move symbol_type and symbol_base_type
        constructors into...
 
        * data/lalr1.cc: Move symbol_type and symbol_base_type
        constructors into...


@@ -227,9 +365,9 @@
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Use b4_type_names for the union type.
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Use b4_type_names for the union type.

-       The union used to compute the size of the variant used to iterate over the
-       type of all the symbols, with a lot of redundancy.  Now iterate over the
-       lists of symbols having the same type-name.
+       The union used to compute the size of the variant used to iterate
+       over the type of all the symbols, with a lot of redundancy.  Now
+       iterate over the lists of symbols having the same type-name.

 
        * data/lalr1.cc (b4_char_sizeof_): New.
        (b4_char_sizeof): Use it.
 
        * data/lalr1.cc (b4_char_sizeof_): New.
        (b4_char_sizeof): Use it.


@@ -240,12 +378,12 @@
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Define the "identifier" of a symbol.
 2008-11-13  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Define the "identifier" of a symbol.

-       Symbols may have several string representations, for instance if they
-       have an alias.  What I call its "id" is a string that can be used as
-       an identifier.  May not exist.
+       Symbols may have several string representations, for instance if
+       they have an alias.  What I call its "id" is a string that can be
+       used as an identifier.  May not exist.

 
 

-       Currently the symbols which have the "tag_is_id" flag set are those that
-       don't have an alias.  Look harder for the id.
+       Currently the symbols which have the "tag_is_id" flag set are
+       those that don't have an alias.  Look harder for the id.

 
        * src/output.c (is_identifier): Move to...
        * src/symtab.c (is_identifier): here.
 
        * src/output.c (is_identifier): Move to...
        * src/symtab.c (is_identifier): here.


@@ -385,13 +523,13 @@
 2008-11-11  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Introduce make_symbol.
 2008-11-11  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Introduce make_symbol.

-       make_symbol provides a means to construct a full symbol (kind, value,
-       location) in a single shot.  It is meant to be a Symbol constructor,
-       parameterized by the symbol kind so that overloading would prevent
-       incorrect kind/value pairs.  Unfortunately parameterized constructors do
-       not work well in C++ (unless the parameter also appears as an argument,
-       which is not acceptable), hence the use of a function instead of a
-       constructor.
+       make_symbol provides a means to construct a full symbol (kind,
+       value, location) in a single shot.  It is meant to be a Symbol
+       constructor, parameterized by the symbol kind so that overloading
+       would prevent incorrect kind/value pairs.  Unfortunately
+       parameterized constructors do not work well in C++ (unless the
+       parameter also appears as an argument, which is not acceptable),
+       hence the use of a function instead of a constructor.

 
        * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_constructor_declaration_)
        (b4_symbol_constructor_declarations)
 
        * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_constructor_declaration_)
        (b4_symbol_constructor_declarations)


@@ -544,8 +682,8 @@
 2008-11-10  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Make parser::yytranslate static.
 2008-11-10  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Make parser::yytranslate static.

-       Small speedup (1%) on the list grammar.  And makes yytranslate_ available
-       in non member functions.
+       Small speedup (1%) on the list grammar.  And makes yytranslate_
+       available in non member functions.

 
        * data/lalr1.cc (yytranslate_): Does not need to be a instance
        function.
 
        * data/lalr1.cc (yytranslate_): Does not need to be a instance
        function.


@@ -805,9 +943,10 @@
 2008-11-09  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Rely on the state stack to display reduction traces.
 2008-11-09  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Rely on the state stack to display reduction traces.

-       To display rhs symbols before a reduction, we used information about the rule
-       reduced, which required the tables yyrhs and yyprhs.  Now use rely only on the
-       state stack to get the same information.
+       To display rhs symbols before a reduction, we used information
+       about the rule reduced, which required the tables yyrhs and
+       yyprhs.  Now use rely only on the state stack to get the same
+       information.

 
        * data/lalr1.cc (b4_rhs_data, b4_rhs_state): New.
        Use them.
 
        * data/lalr1.cc (b4_rhs_data, b4_rhs_state): New.
        Use them.


@@ -1232,18 +1371,22 @@
 2008-11-03  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Fuse the three stacks into a single one.
 2008-11-03  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Fuse the three stacks into a single one.

-       In order to make it easy to perform benchmarks to ensure that there are no
-       performance loss, lalr1.cc is forked into lalr1-fusion.cc.  Eventually,
-       lalr1-fusion.cc will replace lalr1.cc.

 
 

-       Meanwhile, to make sure that lalr1-fusion.cc is correctly exercized by the
-       test suite, the user must install a symbolic link from lalr1.cc to it.
+       In order to make it easy to perform benchmarks to ensure that
+       there are no performance loss, lalr1.cc is forked into
+       lalr1-fusion.cc.  Eventually, lalr1-fusion.cc will replace
+       lalr1.cc.

 
 

-       Instead of having three stacks (state, value, location), use a stack
-       of triples.  This considerably simplifies the code (and it will be
-       easier not to require locations as currently does the C++ parser),
-       and also gives a 10% speedup according to etc/bench (probably mainly since
-       memory allocation is done once instead of three times).
+       Meanwhile, to make sure that lalr1-fusion.cc is correctly
+       exercized by the test suite, the user must install a symbolic link
+       from lalr1.cc to it.
+
+       Instead of having three stacks (state, value, location), use a
+       stack of triples.  This considerably simplifies the code (and it
+       will be easier not to require locations as currently does the C++
+       parser), and also gives a 10% speedup according to
+       etc/bench (probably mainly since memory allocation is done once
+       instead of three times).

 
        Another motivation is to make it easier to destruct properly
        semantic values: now that they are bound to their state (hence
 
        Another motivation is to make it easier to destruct properly
        semantic values: now that they are bound to their state (hence


@@ -1251,8 +1394,8 @@
 
        These changes should probably benefit the C parser too.
 
 
        These changes should probably benefit the C parser too.
 

-       * data/lalr1.cc: Copy as...  * data/lalr1-fusion.cc: this new
-       file.
+       * data/lalr1.cc: Copy as...
+       * data/lalr1-fusion.cc: this new file.

        (b4_rhs_value, b4_rhs_location): New definitions overriding those
        from c++.m4.
        (state_stack_type, semantic_stack_type, location_stack_type)
        (b4_rhs_value, b4_rhs_location): New definitions overriding those
        from c++.m4.
        (state_stack_type, semantic_stack_type, location_stack_type)


@@ -1295,14 +1438,15 @@
 2008-11-03  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Use variants to support objects as semantic values.
 2008-11-03  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        Use variants to support objects as semantic values.

-       This patch was inspired by work by Michiel De Wilde.  But he used Boost
-       variants which (i) requires Boost on the user side, (ii) is slow, and
-       (iii) has useless overhead (the parser knows the type of the semantic value
-       there is no reason to duplicate this information as Boost.Variants do).
-
-       This implementation reserves a buffer large enough to store the largest
-       objects.  yy::variant implements this buffer.  It was implemented with
-       Quentin Hocquet.
+       This patch was inspired by work by Michiel De Wilde.  But he used
+       Boost variants which (i) requires Boost on the user side, (ii) is
+       slow, and (iii) has useless overhead (the parser knows the type of
+       the semantic value there is no reason to duplicate this
+       information as Boost.Variants do).
+
+       This implementation reserves a buffer large enough to store the
+       largest objects.  yy::variant implements this buffer.  It was
+       implemented with Quentin Hocquet.

 
        * src/output.c (type_names_output): New.
        (output_skeleton): Invoke it.
 
        * src/output.c (type_names_output): New.
        (output_skeleton): Invoke it.