lalr1.cc: check (and fix) %initial-action exception safety

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@@ -2,7 +2,62 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
- Bison no longer executes user-specified M4 code when processing a grammar.
+** Bug fixes
+
+  Bugs and portability issues in the test suite have been fixed.
+
+  Some errors in translations have been addressed, and --help now directs
+  users to the appropriate place to report them.
+
+  Stray Info files shipped by accident are removed.
+
+  Incorrect definitions of YY_, issued by yacc.c when no parser header is
+  generated, are removed.
+
+  All the generated headers are self-contained.
+
+** Changes in the format of error messages
+
+  This used to be the format of many error reports:
+
+    foo.y:5.10-24: result type clash on merge function 'merge': <t3> != <t2>
+    foo.y:4.13-27: previous declaration
+
+  It is now:
+
+    foo.y:5.10-25: result type clash on merge function 'merge': <t3> != <t2>
+    foo.y:4.13-27:     previous declaration
+
+** Header guards (yacc.c, glr.c, glr.cc)
+
+  In order to avoid collisions, the header guards are now
+  YY_<PREFIX>_<FILE>_INCLUDED, instead of merely <PREFIX>_<FILE>.
+  For instance the header generated from
+
+    %define api.prefix "calc"
+    %defines "lib/parse.h"
+
+  will use YY_CALC_LIB_PARSE_H_INCLUDED as guard.
+
+* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.2 (2012-08-03) [stable]
+
+** Bug fixes
+
+  Buffer overruns, complaints from Flex, and portability issues in the test
+  suite have been fixed.
+
+** Spaces in %lex- and %parse-param (lalr1.cc, glr.cc)
+
+  Trailing end-of-lines in %parse-param or %lex-param would result in
+  invalid C++.  This is fixed.
+
+** Spurious spaces and end-of-lines
+
+  The generated files no longer end (nor start) with empty lines.
+
+* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.1 (2012-07-30) [stable]
+
+  Bison no longer executes user-specified M4 code when processing a grammar.
 
 ** Future Changes
 
@@ -22,15 +77,21 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 *** glr.cc: set_debug_level and debug_level work as expected.
 
-** Type names in printers and destructors
+*** Stray @ or $ in actions
+
+  While Bison used to warn about stray $ or @ in action rules, it did not
+  for other actions such as printers, destructors, or initial actions.  It
+  now does.
+
+** Type names in actions
 
   For consistency with rule actions, it is now possible to qualify $$ by a
-  type-name in printers and destructors.  For instance:
+  type-name in destructors, printers, and initial actions.  For instance:
 
     %printer { fprintf (yyo, "(%d, %f)", $<ival>$, $<fval>$); } <*> <>;
 
   will display two values for each typed and untyped symbol (provided
-  that YYSTYPE supports it).
+  that YYSTYPE has both "ival" and "fval" fields).
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release 2.6 (2012-07-19) [stable]
 
@@ -1835,7 +1896,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  LocalWords:  namespaces strerror const autoconfiguration Dconst Autoconf's FDL
  LocalWords:  Automake TMPDIR LESSEQ ylwrap endif yydebug YYTOKEN YYLSP ival hh
  LocalWords:  extern YYTOKENTYPE TOKENTYPE yytokentype tokentype STYPE lval pdf
- LocalWords:  lang yyoutput dvi html ps POSIX lvalp llocp
+ LocalWords:  lang yyoutput dvi html ps POSIX lvalp llocp calc yyo fval
 
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