+/** Set the new current left-hand side symbol, possibly common
+ * to several right-hand side parts of rule.
+ */
+static
+void
+current_lhs(symbol *sym, location loc, named_ref *ref)
+{
+ current_lhs_symbol = sym;
+ current_lhs_location = loc;
+ /* In order to simplify memory management, named references for lhs
+ are always assigned by deep copy into the current symbol_list
+ node. This is because a single named-ref in the grammar may
+ result in several uses when the user factors lhs between several
+ rules using "|". Therefore free the parser's original copy. */
+ free (current_lhs_named_ref);
+ current_lhs_named_ref = ref;
+}
+
+