* Header guards
-En rentrant chez moi, je relance un `make' sur un projet que j'ai avancé
-ailleurs durant la semaine. Le système que j'utilise ici est un peu plus
-à jour que l'autre, et le Bison est probablement plus récent itou. Ici,
-c'est la version 1.33. J'obtiens, en montrant un peu plus que nécessaire:
-
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-cd ~/fpub/pyrexpp/Pyrexpp/
-LANGUAGE= /usr/bin/make MAKEFLAGS='-k -j2'
-/usr/bin/make -C .. install
-make[1]: Entre dans le répertoire `/bpi/titan/home/pinard/fpub/pyrexpp'
-install -g bpi -m 2775 -d Prépare-titan
-chmod g+sw Prépare-titan
-touch Prépare-titan/.estampille
-/usr/bin/gcc -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.2 -IPrépare-titan -g -c -o Prépare-titan/ctools.o ctools.c
-bison -d -o Prépare-titan/c-parser.c c-parser.y
-/usr/bin/gcc -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.2 -IPrépare-titan -g -c -o Prépare-titan/c-parser.o Prépare-titan/c-parser.c
-flex -t c-scanner.l | grep -v '^#line' > Prépare-titan/c-scanner.c
-/usr/bin/gcc -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.2 -IPrépare-titan -g -c -o Prépare-titan/c-scanner.o Prépare-titan/c-scanner.c
-In file included from Prépare-titan/c-scanner.c:547:
-Prépare-titan/c-parser.h:1: warning: garbage at end of `#ifndef' argument
-Prépare-titan/c-parser.h:2: warning: missing white space after `#define BISON_PR'
-/usr/bin/gcc -o Prépare-titan/ctools.so Prépare-titan/ctools.o Prépare-titan/c-scanner.o -shared -lm
-python setup.py --quiet build
-install -g bpi -m 664 Prépare-titan/ctools.so /bpi/titan/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/Pyrexpp
-python setup.py --quiet install
-make[1]: Quitte le répertoire `/bpi/titan/home/pinard/fpub/pyrexpp'
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-
-Diagnostics que je n'avais sûrement pas, plus tôt en journée, sur l'autre
-système. En allant voir, je trouve:
-
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-#ifndef BISON_PRÉPARE_TITAN_C_PARSER_H
-# define BISON_PRÉPARE_TITAN_C_PARSER_H
-
-# ifndef YYSTYPE
-# define YYSTYPE int
-# endif
-# define IDENTIFIER 257
-[...]
-
-extern YYSTYPE yylval;
-
-#endif /* not BISON_PRÉPARE_TITAN_C_PARSER_H */
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-
-Le pré-processeur de C n'est pas à l'aise avec les caractères accentués
-dans les identificateurs.
-
-Bon, de mon expérience, il n'a jamais été nécessaire de protéger un fichier
-`.h' de Bison ou Yacc contre de multiples inclusions, mais si ça été
-fait, je présume qu'il y avait un problème réel et convaincant à régler,
-et qu'il ne s'agit pas d'une simple fantaisie: je ne mettrai donc pas
-ça en doute. Mais le choix du nom de l'identificateur laisse à désirer,
-tu en conviendras :-). Et faut-il vraiment y inclure le répertoire?
+From Franc,ois: should we keep the directory part in the CPP guard?
-* URGENT: Documenting C++ output
-Write a first documentation for C++ output.
+* Yacc.c: CPP Macros
-
-* Documentation
-Before releasing, make sure the documentation refers to the current
-`output' format.
+Do some people use YYPURE, YYLSP_NEEDED like we do in the test suite?
+They should not: it is not documented. But if they need to, let's
+find something clean (not like YYLSP_NEEDED...).
-* Error messages
-Some are really funky. For instance
-
- type clash (`%s' `%s') on default action
-
-is really weird. Revisit them all.
+* URGENT: Documenting C++ output
+Write a first documentation for C++ output.
-* read_pipe.c
-This is not portable to DOS for instance. Implement a more portable
-scheme. Sources of inspiration include GNU diff, and Free Recode.
+* Documentation
+Before releasing, make sure the documentation ("Understanding your
+parser") refers to the current `output' format.
-* value_components_used
-Was defined but not used: where was it coming from? It can't be to
-check if %union is used, since the user is free to $<foo>n on her
-union, doesn't she?
+* GLR & C++
+Currently, the GLR parser cannot compile with a C++ compiler.
* Report
* Extensions
-** yyerror, yysymprint interface
+** %destructor
+I think we should document it as experimental, and allow its use in
+the next releases. But we also need to port it to GLR. What about
+lalr1.cc? Well, read what Hans reported, maybe we don't want
+%detructor. On the other hand, there is no reason not to provide it:
+users can avoid its use.
+
+** $foo
+Have a look at the Lemon parser generator: instead of $1, $2 etc. they
+can name the values. This is much more pleasant. For instance:
+
+ exp (res): exp (a) '+' exp (b) { $res = $a + $b; };
+
+I love this. I have been bitten too often by the removal of the
+symbol, and forgetting to shift all the $n to $n-1. If you are
+unlucky, it compiles...
+
+** $-1
+We should find a means to provide an access to values deep in the
+stack. For instance, instead of
+
+ baz: qux { $$ = $<foo>-1 + $<bar>0 + $1; }
+
+we should be able to have:
+
+ foo($foo) bar($bar) baz($bar): qux($qux) { $baz = $foo + $bar + $qux; }
+
+Or something like this.
+
+
+** yysymprint interface
It should be improved, in particular when using Bison features such as
-locations, and YYPARSE_PARAMS. For the time being, it is recommended
-to #define yyerror and yyprint to steal internal variables...
+locations, and YYPARSE_PARAMS. For the time being, it is almost
+recommended to yyprint to steal internal variables...
** Several %unions
I think this is a pleasant (but useless currently) feature, but in the
char *sval;
}
+** %if and the like
+It should be possible to have %if/%else/%endif. The implementation is
+not clear: should it be lexical or syntactic. Vadim Maslow thinks it
+must be in the scanner: we must not parse what is in a switched off
+part of %if. Akim Demaille thinks it should be in the parser, so as
+to avoid falling into another CPP mistake.
+
+** -D, --define-muscle NAME=VALUE
+To define muscles via cli. Or maybe support directly NAME=VALUE?
+
+
* Unit rules
Maybe we could expand unit rules, i.e., transform
* Java, Fortran, etc.
- Add support for languages other than C and C++. Here is a proposed
- patch for Java:
+** Java
+
+There are a couple of proposed outputs:
+
+- BYACC/J
+ which is based on Byacc.
+ <http://troi.lincom-asg.com/~rjamison/byacc/>
+
+- Bison Java
+ which is based on Bison.
<http://www.goice.co.jp/member/mo/hack-progs/bison-java.html>
+Sébastien Serrurier (serrur_s@epita.fr) is working on this: he is
+expected to contact the authors, design the output, and implement it
+into Bison.
* Coding system independence
Show reductions. []
* Broken options ?
-** %no-lines [ok]
** %no-parser []
-** %pure-parser []
** %token-table []
-** Options which could use parse_dquoted_param ().
-Maybe transferred in lex.c.
-*** %skeleton [ok]
-*** %output []
-*** %file-prefix []
-*** %name-prefix []
-
** Skeleton strategy. []
Must we keep %no-parser?
%token-table?
-*** New skeletons. []
* src/print_graph.c
Find the best graph parameters. []
** tests/pure-parser.at []
New tests.
-* input synclines
-Some users create their foo.y files, and equip them with #line. Bison
-should recognize these, and preserve them.
-
* BTYacc
-See if we can integrate backtracking in Bison. Contact the BTYacc
-maintainers.
+See if we can integrate backtracking in Bison. Charles-Henri de
+Boysson <de-boy_c@epita.fr> is working on this, and already has some
+results. Vadim Maslow, the maintainer of BTYacc was contacted, and we
+stay in touch with him. Adjusting the Bison grammar parser will be
+needed to support some extra BTYacc features. This is less urgent.
** Keeping the conflicted actions
First, analyze the differences between byacc and btyacc (I'm referring
projects / bison.git / blobdiff