tests: check token numbers.

[bison.git] / src / symtab.c

diff --git a/src/symtab.c b/src/symtab.c
index b65bdd48ae02a76d9d20335829c3882020ab8d8b..c956e72d6d0ae1f41f5788d0a7474eeed6b40deb 100644 (file)
--- a/src/symtab.c
+++ b/src/symtab.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* Symbol table manager for Bison.
 
-   Copyright (C) 1984, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
+   Copyright (C) 1984, 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
+   2008, 2009
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of Bison, the GNU Compiler Compiler.
@@ -58,6 +59,13 @@ symbol_new (uniqstr tag, location loc)
   symbol *res = xmalloc (sizeof *res);
 
   uniqstr_assert (tag);
+
+  /* If the tag is not a string (starts with a double quote), check
+     that it is valid for Yacc. */
+  if (tag[0] != '\"' && tag[0] != '\'' && strchr (tag, '-'))
+    yacc_at (loc, _("POSIX Yacc forbids dashes in symbol names: %s"),
+             tag);
+
   res->tag = tag;
   res->location = loc;