%define: accept unquoted values.

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@@ -9,6 +9,33 @@ Bison News
   Also, it is possible to add code to the parser's constructors using
   "%code init" and "%define init_throws".
 
   Also, it is possible to add code to the parser's constructors using
   "%code init" and "%define init_throws".
 

+** Variable api.tokens.prefix
+
+  The variable api.tokens.prefix changes the way tokens are identified in
+  the generated files.  This is especially useful to avoid collisions
+  with identifiers in the target language.  For instance
+
+      %token FILE for ERROR
+      %define api.tokens.prefix "TOK_"
+      %%
+      start: FILE for ERROR;
+
+  will generate the definition of the symbols TOK_FILE, TOK_for, and
+  TOK_ERROR in the generated sources.  In particular, the scanner must
+  use these prefixed token names, although the grammar itself still
+  uses the short names (as in the sample rule given above).
+
+** Variable api.namespace
+
+  The "namespace" variable is renamed "api.namespace".  Backward
+  compatibility is ensured, but upgrading is recommended.
+
+** Variable parse.error
+
+  The variable error controls the verbosity of error messages.  The
+  use of the %error-verbose directive is deprecated in favor of
+  %define parse.error "verbose".
+

 * Changes in version 2.5 (????-??-??):
 
 ** IELR(1) and Canonical LR(1) Support
 * Changes in version 2.5 (????-??-??):
 
 ** IELR(1) and Canonical LR(1) Support


@@ -28,9 +55,9 @@ Bison News
   default.  You can specify the type of parser tables in the grammar
   file with these directives:
 
   default.  You can specify the type of parser tables in the grammar
   file with these directives:
 

-    %define lr.type "LALR"
-    %define lr.type "IELR"
-    %define lr.type "canonical LR"
+    %define lr.type lalr
+    %define lr.type ielr
+    %define lr.type canonical-lr

 
   The default reduction optimization in the parser tables can also be
   adjusted using `%define lr.default-reductions'.  See the documentation
 
   The default reduction optimization in the parser tables can also be
   adjusted using `%define lr.default-reductions'.  See the documentation


@@ -41,19 +68,62 @@ Bison News
   These features are experimental.  More user feedback will help to
   stabilize them.
 
   These features are experimental.  More user feedback will help to
   stabilize them.
 

-** %define can now be invoked via the command line.
+** %define improvements.
+
+*** Multiple invocations for any variable is now an error not a warning.

 
 

-  Each of these bison command-line options
+*** Can now be invoked via the command line.

 
 

-    -D NAME=VALUE
-    --define=NAME=VALUE
+  Each of these command-line options
+
+    -D NAME[=VALUE]
+    --define=NAME[=VALUE]
+
+    -F NAME[=VALUE]
+    --force-define=NAME[=VALUE]

 
   is equivalent to this grammar file declaration
 
 
   is equivalent to this grammar file declaration
 

-    %define NAME "VALUE"
+    %define NAME ["VALUE"]
+
+  except that the manner in which Bison processes multiple definitions
+  for the same NAME differs.  Most importantly, -F and --force-define
+  quietly override %define, but -D and --define do not.  For further
+  details, see the section "Bison Options" in the Bison manual.
+
+*** Variables renamed.
+
+  The following %define variables
+
+    api.push_pull
+    lr.keep_unreachable_states
+
+  have been renamed to
+
+    api.push-pull
+    lr.keep-unreachable-states
+
+  The old names are now deprecated but will be maintained indefinitely
+  for backward compatibility.

 
 

-  for any NAME and VALUE.  Omitting `=VALUE' on the command line is
-  equivalent to omitting `"VALUE"' in the declaration.
+*** Values no longer need to be quoted in grammar file.
+
+  If a %define value is an identifier, it no longer needs to be placed
+  within quotations marks.  For example,
+
+    %define api.push-pull "push"
+
+  can be rewritten as
+
+    %define api.push-pull push
+
+** Symbol names.
+
+  Consistently with directives (such as %error-verbose) and variables
+  (e.g. push-pull), symbol names may include dashes in any position,
+  similarly to periods and underscores.  This is GNU extension over
+  POSIX Yacc whose use is reported by -Wyacc, and rejected in Yacc
+  mode (--yacc).

 
 ** Temporary hack for adding a semicolon to the user action.
 
 
 ** Temporary hack for adding a semicolon to the user action.
 


@@ -76,8 +146,55 @@ Bison News
   about a missing semicolon where it did not before.  Future releases of
   Bison will cease to append semicolons entirely.
 
   about a missing semicolon where it did not before.  Future releases of
   Bison will cease to append semicolons entirely.
 

+** Character literals not of length one.
+
+  Previously, Bison quietly converted all character literals to length
+  one.  For example, without warning, Bison interpreted the operators in
+  the following grammar to be the same token:
+
+    exp: exp '++'
+       | exp '+' exp
+       ;
+
+  Bison now warns when a character literal is not of length one.  In
+  some future release, Bison will report an error instead.
+
+** Verbose error messages fixed for nonassociative tokens.
+
+  When %error-verbose is specified, syntax error messages produced by
+  the generated parser include the unexpected token as well as a list of
+  expected tokens.  Previously, this list erroneously included tokens
+  that would actually induce a syntax error because conflicts for them
+  were resolved with %nonassoc.  Such tokens are now properly omitted
+  from the list.
+

 * Changes in version 2.4.2 (????-??-??):
 
 * Changes in version 2.4.2 (????-??-??):
 

+** Detection of GNU M4 1.4.6 or newer during configure is improved.
+
+** %code is now a permanent feature.
+
+  A traditional Yacc prologue directive is written in the form:
+
+    %{CODE%}
+
+  To provide a more flexible alternative, Bison 2.3b introduced the
+  %code directive with the following forms for C/C++:
+
+    %code          {CODE}
+    %code requires {CODE}
+    %code provides {CODE}
+    %code top      {CODE}
+
+  These forms are now considered permanent features of Bison.  See the
+  %code entries in the section "Bison Declaration Summary" in the Bison
+  manual for a summary of their functionality.  See the section
+  "Prologue Alternatives" for a detailed discussion including the
+  advantages of %code over the traditional Yacc prologue directive.
+
+  Bison's Java feature as a whole including its current usage of %code
+  is still considered experimental.
+

 * Changes in version 2.4.1 (2008-12-11):
 
 ** In the GLR defines file, unexpanded M4 macros in the yylval and yylloc
 * Changes in version 2.4.1 (2008-12-11):
 
 ** In the GLR defines file, unexpanded M4 macros in the yylval and yylloc