doc: minor fixes

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@@ -1,4 +1,28 @@
 * Short term
+** Graphviz display code thoughts
+The code for the --graph option is over two files: print_graph, and
+graphviz. 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.
+
+An other consideration worth noting is that print_graph.c (correct me if I
+am wrong) should contain generic functions, whereas graphviz.c and other
+potential files should contain just the specific code for that output
+format. It will probably prove difficult to tell if the implementation is
+actually generic whilst only having support for a single format, but it
+would be nice to keep stuff a bit tidier: right now, the construction of the
+bitset used to show reductions is in the graphviz-specific code, and on the
+opposite side we have some use of \l, which is graphviz-specific, in what
+should be generic code.
+
+Little effort seems to have been given to factoring these files and their
+rint{,-xml} counterpart. We would very much like to re-use the pretty format
+of states from .output for the graphs, etc.
+
+Also, the underscore in print_graph.[ch] isn't very fitting considering the
+dashes in the other filenames.
+
+Since graphviz dies on medium-to-big grammars, maybe consider an other tool?
+
 ** 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.
@@ -30,18 +54,11 @@ back-ported.
     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.
 
-** 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.
 
@@ -68,9 +85,6 @@ since it is no longer bound to a particular parser, it's just a
 ** Rename LR0.cc
 as lr0.cc, why upper case?
 
-** bench several bisons.
-Enhance bench.pl with %b to run different bisons.
-
 * Various
 ** YYERRCODE
 Defined to 256, but not used, not documented.  Probably the token
@@ -134,12 +148,6 @@ really possible?  The test suite does not exercise this case.
 This shows that it would be interesting to manage to install skeleton
 coverage analysis to the test suite.
 
-** Table definitions
-It should be very easy to factor the definition of the various tables,
-including the separation bw declaration and definition.  See for
-instance b4_table_define in lalr1.cc.  This way, we could even factor
-C vs. C++ definitions.
-
 * From lalr1.cc to yacc.c
 ** Single stack
 Merging the three stacks in lalr1.cc simplified the code, prompted for
@@ -168,13 +176,13 @@ part of $default.  Should we make the two reductions explicit, or just
 keep $default?  See the following point.
 
 ** Disabled Reductions
-See `tests/conflicts.at (Defaulted Conflicted Reduction)', and decide
+See 'tests/conflicts.at (Defaulted Conflicted Reduction)', and decide
 what we want to do.
 
 ** Documentation
 Extend with error productions.  The hard part will probably be finding
 the right rule so that a single state does not exhibit too many yet
-undocumented ``features''.  Maybe an empty action ought to be
+undocumented ''features''.  Maybe an empty action ought to be
 presented too.  Shall we try to make a single grammar with all these
 features, or should we have several very small grammars?
 
@@ -235,9 +243,9 @@ into
         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
+grammars.  I can't find the papers.  In particular the book 'LR
 parsing: Theory and Practice' is impossible to find, but according to
-`Parsing Techniques: a Practical Guide', it includes information about
+'Parsing Techniques: a Practical Guide', it includes information about
 this issue.  Does anybody have it?
 
 
@@ -265,9 +273,6 @@ Paul notes:
         tokens, either via escapes (e.g., "x\0y") or via a NUL byte in
         the source code.  This should get fixed.
 
-* --graph
-Show reductions.
-
 * Broken options ?
 ** %token-table
 ** Skeleton strategy
@@ -364,7 +369,7 @@ End:
 
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+Copyright (C) 2001-2004, 2006, 2008-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
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