graphs: fix spacing refactoring

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@@ -1,11 +1,59 @@
--*- outline -*-
-

 * Short term
 * Short term

-** Use b4_symbol in all the skeleton
-Then remove the older system, including the tables generated by
-output.c
+** Graphviz display code thoughts
+The code for the --graph option is over two files: print_graph, and
+graphviz. I believe this is because Bison used to also produce VCG graphs,
+but since this is no longer true, maybe we could consider these files for
+fusion.
+
+Little effort factoring seems to have been given to factoring in these files,
+and their print-xml and print counterpart. We would very much like to re-use
+the pretty format of states from .output in the .dot
+
+Also, the underscore in print_graph.[ch] isn't very fitting considering
+the dashes in the other filenames.
+
+** push-parser
+Check it too when checking the different kinds of parsers.  And be
+sure to check that the initial-action is performed once per parsing.
+
+** m4 names
+b4_shared_declarations is no longer what it is.  Make it
+b4_parser_declaration for instance.
+
+** yychar in lalr1.cc
+There is a large difference bw maint and master on the handling of
+yychar (which was removed in lalr1.cc).  See what needs to be
+back-ported.
+
+
+    /* User semantic actions sometimes alter yychar, and that requires
+       that yytoken be updated with the new translation.  We take the
+       approach of translating immediately before every use of yytoken.
+       One alternative is translating here after every semantic action,
+       but that translation would be missed if the semantic action
+       invokes YYABORT, YYACCEPT, or YYERROR immediately after altering
+       yychar.  In the case of YYABORT or YYACCEPT, an incorrect
+       destructor might then be invoked immediately.  In the case of
+       YYERROR, subsequent parser actions might lead to an incorrect
+       destructor call or verbose syntax error message before the
+       lookahead is translated.  */
+
+    /* Make sure we have latest lookahead translation.  See comments at
+       user semantic actions for why this is necessary.  */
+    yytoken = yytranslate_ (yychar);
+
+
+** $ and others in epilogue
+A stray $ is a warning in the actions, but an error in the epilogue.
+IMHO, it should not even be a warning in the epilogue.
+
+** stack.hh
+Get rid of it.  The original idea is nice, but actually it makes
+the code harder to follow, and uselessly different from the other
+skeletons.

 
 

-** Update the documentation on gnu.org
+** Variable names.
+What should we name `variant' and `lex_symbol'?

 
 ** Get rid of fake #lines [Bison: ...]
 Possibly as simple as checking whether the column number is nonnegative.
 
 ** Get rid of fake #lines [Bison: ...]
 Possibly as simple as checking whether the column number is nonnegative.


@@ -36,18 +84,7 @@ as lr0.cc, why upper case?
 ** bench several bisons.
 Enhance bench.pl with %b to run different bisons.
 
 ** bench several bisons.
 Enhance bench.pl with %b to run different bisons.
 

-** Use b4_symbol everywhere.
-Move its definition in the more standard places and deploy it in other
-skeletons.
-

 * Various
 * Various

-** YYPRINT
-glr.c inherits its symbol_print function from c.m4, which supports
-YYPRINT.  But to use YYPRINT yytoknum is needed, which not defined by
-glr.c.
-
-Anyway, IMHO YYPRINT is obsolete and should be restricted to yacc.c.
-

 ** YYERRCODE
 Defined to 256, but not used, not documented.  Probably the token
 number for the error token, which POSIX wants to be 256, but which
 ** YYERRCODE
 Defined to 256, but not used, not documented.  Probably the token
 number for the error token, which POSIX wants to be 256, but which


@@ -93,62 +130,15 @@ so both 256 and 257 are "mysterious".
   "\"end of command\"", "error", "$undefined", "\"=\"", "\"break\"",
 
 
   "\"end of command\"", "error", "$undefined", "\"=\"", "\"break\"",
 
 

-** YYFAIL
-It is seems to be *really* obsolete now, shall we remove it?
-
-** YYBACKUP
-There is no test about it, no examples in the doc, and I'm not sure
-what it should look like.  For instance what follows crashes.
-
-  %error-verbose
-  %debug
-  %pure-parser
-  %code {
-  # include <stdio.h>
-  # include <stdlib.h>
-  # include <assert.h>
-
-    static void yyerror (const char *msg);
-    static int yylex (YYSTYPE *yylval);
-  }
-  %%
-  exp:
-    'a'   { printf ("a: %d\n", $1); }
-  | 'b'   { YYBACKUP('a', 123); }
-  ;
-  %%
-  static int
-  yylex (YYSTYPE *yylval)
-  {
-    static char const input[] = "b";
-    static size_t toknum;
-    assert (toknum < sizeof input);
-    *yylval = (toknum + 1) * 10;
-    return input[toknum++];
-  }
-
-  static void
-  yyerror (const char *msg)
-  {
-    fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", msg);
-  }
-
-  int
-  main (void)
-  {
-    yydebug = !!getenv("YYDEBUG");
-    return yyparse ();
-  }
-

 ** yychar == yyempty_
 The code in yyerrlab reads:
 
       if (yychar <= YYEOF)
 ** yychar == yyempty_
 The code in yyerrlab reads:
 
       if (yychar <= YYEOF)

-       {
-         /* Return failure if at end of input.  */
-         if (yychar == YYEOF)
-           YYABORT;
-       }
+        {
+          /* Return failure if at end of input.  */
+          if (yychar == YYEOF)
+            YYABORT;
+        }

 
 There are only two yychar that can be <= YYEOF: YYEMPTY and YYEOF.
 But I can't produce the situation where yychar is YYEMPTY here, is it
 
 There are only two yychar that can be <= YYEOF: YYEMPTY and YYEOF.
 But I can't produce the situation where yychar is YYEMPTY here, is it


@@ -174,26 +164,16 @@ we do the same in yacc.c.
 The code bw glr.c and yacc.c is really alike, we can certainly factor
 some parts.
 
 The code bw glr.c and yacc.c is really alike, we can certainly factor
 some parts.
 

-* Header guards
-
-From Franc,ois: should we keep the directory part in the CPP guard?
-
-
-* Yacc.c: CPP Macros
-
-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...).
-
-
-* Installation
-
-* Documentation
-Before releasing, make sure the documentation ("Understanding your
-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


@@ -222,36 +202,11 @@ DeRemer and Penello: they already provide the algorithm.
 
 * Extensions
 
 
 * Extensions
 

-** Labeling the symbols
-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...
-
-But instead of using $a etc., we can use regular variables.  And
-instead of using (), I propose to use `:' (again).  Paul suggests
-supporting `->' in addition to `:' to separate LHS and RHS. In other
-words:
-
-       r:exp -> a:exp '+' b:exp { r = a + b; };
-
-That requires an significant improvement of the grammar parser.  Using
-GLR would be nice.  It also requires that Bison know the type of the
-symbols (which will be useful for %include anyway).  So we have some
-time before...
-
-Note that there remains the problem of locations: `@r'?
-
-

 ** $-1
 We should find a means to provide an access to values deep in the
 stack.  For instance, instead of
 
 ** $-1
 We should find a means to provide an access to values deep in the
 stack.  For instance, instead of
 

-       baz: qux { $$ = $<foo>-1 + $<bar>0 + $1; }
+        baz: qux { $$ = $<foo>-1 + $<bar>0 + $1; }

 
 we should be able to have:
 
 
 we should be able to have:
 


@@ -284,13 +239,13 @@ XML output for GNU Bison
 * Unit rules
 Maybe we could expand unit rules, i.e., transform
 
 * Unit rules
 Maybe we could expand unit rules, i.e., transform
 

-       exp: arith | bool;
-       arith: exp '+' exp;
-       bool: exp '&' exp;
+        exp: arith | bool;
+        arith: exp '+' exp;
+        bool: exp '&' exp;

 
 into
 
 
 into
 

-       exp: exp '+' exp | exp '&' exp;
+        exp: exp '+' exp | exp '&' exp;

 
 when there are no actions.  This can significantly speed up some
 grammars.  I can't find the papers.  In particular the book `LR
 
 when there are no actions.  This can significantly speed up some
 grammars.  I can't find the papers.  In particular the book `LR


@@ -306,28 +261,22 @@ this issue.  Does anybody have it?
 Some history of Bison and some bibliography would be most welcome.
 Are there any Texinfo standards for bibliography?
 
 Some history of Bison and some bibliography would be most welcome.
 Are there any Texinfo standards for bibliography?
 

-** %printer
-Wow, %printer is not documented.  Clearly mark YYPRINT as obsolete.
-
-* Java, Fortran, etc.
-
-

 * Coding system independence
 Paul notes:
 
 * Coding system independence
 Paul notes:
 

-       Currently Bison assumes 8-bit bytes (i.e. that UCHAR_MAX is
-       255).  It also assumes that the 8-bit character encoding is
-       the same for the invocation of 'bison' as it is for the
-       invocation of 'cc', but this is not necessarily true when
-       people run bison on an ASCII host and then use cc on an EBCDIC
-       host.  I don't think these topics are worth our time
-       addressing (unless we find a gung-ho volunteer for EBCDIC or
-       PDP-10 ports :-) but they should probably be documented
-       somewhere.
+        Currently Bison assumes 8-bit bytes (i.e. that UCHAR_MAX is
+        255).  It also assumes that the 8-bit character encoding is
+        the same for the invocation of 'bison' as it is for the
+        invocation of 'cc', but this is not necessarily true when
+        people run bison on an ASCII host and then use cc on an EBCDIC
+        host.  I don't think these topics are worth our time
+        addressing (unless we find a gung-ho volunteer for EBCDIC or
+        PDP-10 ports :-) but they should probably be documented
+        somewhere.

 
 

-       More importantly, Bison does not currently allow NUL bytes in
-       tokens, either via escapes (e.g., "x\0y") or via a NUL byte in
-       the source code.  This should get fixed.
+        More importantly, Bison does not currently allow NUL bytes in
+        tokens, either via escapes (e.g., "x\0y") or via a NUL byte in
+        the source code.  This should get fixed.

 
 * --graph
 Show reductions.
 
 * --graph
 Show reductions.


@@ -337,29 +286,6 @@ Show reductions.
 ** Skeleton strategy
 Must we keep %token-table?
 
 ** Skeleton strategy
 Must we keep %token-table?
 

-* BTYacc
-See if we can integrate backtracking in Bison.  Charles-Henri de
-Boysson <de-boy_c@epita.fr> has been working on this, but never gave
-the results.
-
-Vadim Maslow, the maintainer of BTYacc was once contacted.  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
-to the executables).  Find where the conflicts are preserved.
-
-** Compare with the GLR tables
-See how isomorphic the way BTYacc and the way the GLR adjustments in
-Bison are compatible.  *As much as possible* one should try to use the
-same implementation in the Bison executables.  I insist: it should be
-very feasible to use the very same conflict tables.
-
-** Adjust the skeletons
-Import the skeletons for C and C++.
-
-

 * Precedence
 
 ** Partial order
 * Precedence
 
 ** Partial order


@@ -426,10 +352,32 @@ to bison. If you're interested, I'll work on a patch.
 * Better graphics
 Equip the parser with a means to create the (visual) parse tree.
 
 * Better graphics
 Equip the parser with a means to create the (visual) parse tree.
 

+* Complaint submessage indentation.
+We already have an implementation that works fairly well for named
+reference messages, but it would be nice to use it consistently for all
+submessages from Bison.  For example, the "previous definition"
+submessage or the list of correct values for a %define variable might
+look better with indentation.
+
+However, the current implementation makes the assumption that the
+location printed on the first line is not usually much shorter than the
+locations printed on the submessage lines that follow.  That assumption
+may not hold true as often for some kinds of submessages especially if
+we ever support multiple grammar files.
+
+Here's a proposal for how a new implementation might look:
+
+  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2009-09/msg00086.html
+
+
+Local Variables:
+mode: outline
+coding: utf-8
+End:
+

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-Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2001-2004, 2006, 2008-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 
 This file is part of Bison, the GNU Compiler Compiler.
 
 
 This file is part of Bison, the GNU Compiler Compiler.