Here is a simple C function subdivided into tokens:
-@ifinfo
@example
int /* @r{keyword `int'} */
square (int x) /* @r{identifier, open-paren, keyword `int',}
@r{identifier, semicolon} */
@} /* @r{close-brace} */
@end example
-@end ifinfo
-@ifnotinfo
-@example
-int /* @r{keyword `int'} */
-square (int x) /* @r{identifier, open-paren, keyword `int', identifier, close-paren} */
-@{ /* @r{open-brace} */
- return x * x; /* @r{keyword `return', identifier, asterisk, identifier, semicolon} */
-@} /* @r{close-brace} */
-@end example
-@end ifnotinfo
The syntactic groupings of C include the expression, the statement, the
declaration, and the function definition. These are represented in the
used in every rule.
@example
-stmt: RETURN expr ';'
- ;
+stmt: RETURN expr ';' ;
@end example
@noindent
two subexpressions:
@example
-expr: expr '+' expr @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @}
- ;
+expr: expr '+' expr @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @} ;
@end example
@noindent
%%
@group
-type_decl : TYPE ID '=' type ';'
- ;
+type_decl: TYPE ID '=' type ';' ;
@end group
@group
-type : '(' id_list ')'
- | expr DOTDOT expr
- ;
+type:
+ '(' id_list ')'
+| expr DOTDOT expr
+;
@end group
@group
-id_list : ID
- | id_list ',' ID
- ;
+id_list:
+ ID
+| id_list ',' ID
+;
@end group
@group
-expr : '(' expr ')'
- | expr '+' expr
- | expr '-' expr
- | expr '*' expr
- | expr '/' expr
- | ID
- ;
+expr:
+ '(' expr ')'
+| expr '+' expr
+| expr '-' expr
+| expr '*' expr
+| expr '/' expr
+| ID
+;
@end group
@end example
%%
-prog :
- | prog stmt @{ printf ("\n"); @}
- ;
+prog:
+ /* Nothing. */
+| prog stmt @{ printf ("\n"); @}
+;
-stmt : expr ';' %dprec 1
- | decl %dprec 2
- ;
+stmt:
+ expr ';' %dprec 1
+| decl %dprec 2
+;
-expr : ID @{ printf ("%s ", $$); @}
- | TYPENAME '(' expr ')'
- @{ printf ("%s <cast> ", $1); @}
- | expr '+' expr @{ printf ("+ "); @}
- | expr '=' expr @{ printf ("= "); @}
- ;
+expr:
+ ID @{ printf ("%s ", $$); @}
+| TYPENAME '(' expr ')'
+ @{ printf ("%s <cast> ", $1); @}
+| expr '+' expr @{ printf ("+ "); @}
+| expr '=' expr @{ printf ("= "); @}
+;
-decl : TYPENAME declarator ';'
- @{ printf ("%s <declare> ", $1); @}
- | TYPENAME declarator '=' expr ';'
- @{ printf ("%s <init-declare> ", $1); @}
- ;
+decl:
+ TYPENAME declarator ';'
+ @{ printf ("%s <declare> ", $1); @}
+| TYPENAME declarator '=' expr ';'
+ @{ printf ("%s <init-declare> ", $1); @}
+;
-declarator : ID @{ printf ("\"%s\" ", $1); @}
- | '(' declarator ')'
- ;
+declarator:
+ ID @{ printf ("\"%s\" ", $1); @}
+| '(' declarator ')'
+;
@end example
@noindent
follows:
@example
-stmt : expr ';' %merge <stmtMerge>
- | decl %merge <stmtMerge>
- ;
+stmt:
+ expr ';' %merge <stmtMerge>
+| decl %merge <stmtMerge>
+;
@end example
@noindent
@example
@group
-input: /* empty */
- | input line
+input:
+ /* empty */
+| input line
;
@end group
@group
-line: '\n'
- | exp '\n' @{ printf ("\t%.10g\n", $1); @}
+line:
+ '\n'
+| exp '\n' @{ printf ("%.10g\n", $1); @}
;
@end group
@group
-exp: NUM @{ $$ = $1; @}
- | exp exp '+' @{ $$ = $1 + $2; @}
- | exp exp '-' @{ $$ = $1 - $2; @}
- | exp exp '*' @{ $$ = $1 * $2; @}
- | exp exp '/' @{ $$ = $1 / $2; @}
- | exp exp '^' @{ $$ = pow ($1, $2); @} /* Exponentiation */
- | exp 'n' @{ $$ = -$1; @} /* Unary minus */
+exp:
+ NUM @{ $$ = $1; @}
+| exp exp '+' @{ $$ = $1 + $2; @}
+| exp exp '-' @{ $$ = $1 - $2; @}
+| exp exp '*' @{ $$ = $1 * $2; @}
+| exp exp '/' @{ $$ = $1 / $2; @}
+| exp exp '^' @{ $$ = pow ($1, $2); @} /* Exponentiation */
+| exp 'n' @{ $$ = -$1; @} /* Unary minus */
;
@end group
%%
Consider the definition of @code{input}:
@example
-input: /* empty */
- | input line
+input:
+ /* empty */
+| input line
;
@end example
Now consider the definition of @code{line}:
@example
-line: '\n'
- | exp '\n' @{ printf ("\t%.10g\n", $1); @}
+line:
+ '\n'
+| exp '\n' @{ printf ("%.10g\n", $1); @}
;
@end example
followed by a plus-sign. The third handles subtraction, and so on.
@example
-exp: NUM
- | exp exp '+' @{ $$ = $1 + $2; @}
- | exp exp '-' @{ $$ = $1 - $2; @}
- @dots{}
- ;
+exp:
+ NUM
+| exp exp '+' @{ $$ = $1 + $2; @}
+| exp exp '-' @{ $$ = $1 - $2; @}
+@dots{}
+;
@end example
We have used @samp{|} to join all the rules for @code{exp}, but we could
equally well have written them separately:
@example
-exp: NUM ;
-exp: exp exp '+' @{ $$ = $1 + $2; @} ;
-exp: exp exp '-' @{ $$ = $1 - $2; @} ;
- @dots{}
+exp: NUM ;
+exp: exp exp '+' @{ $$ = $1 + $2; @};
+exp: exp exp '-' @{ $$ = $1 - $2; @};
+@dots{}
@end example
Most of the rules have actions that compute the value of the expression in
For example, this:
@example
-exp : NUM | exp exp '+' @{$$ = $1 + $2; @} | @dots{} ;
+exp: NUM | exp exp '+' @{$$ = $1 + $2; @} | @dots{} ;
@end example
@noindent
means the same thing as this:
@example
-exp: NUM
- | exp exp '+' @{ $$ = $1 + $2; @}
- | @dots{}
+exp:
+ NUM
+| exp exp '+' @{ $$ = $1 + $2; @}
+| @dots{}
;
@end example
%% /* The grammar follows. */
@group
-input: /* empty */
- | input line
+input:
+ /* empty */
+| input line
;
@end group
@group
-line: '\n'
- | exp '\n' @{ printf ("\t%.10g\n", $1); @}
+line:
+ '\n'
+| exp '\n' @{ printf ("\t%.10g\n", $1); @}
;
@end group
@group
-exp: NUM @{ $$ = $1; @}
- | exp '+' exp @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @}
- | exp '-' exp @{ $$ = $1 - $3; @}
- | exp '*' exp @{ $$ = $1 * $3; @}
- | exp '/' exp @{ $$ = $1 / $3; @}
- | '-' exp %prec NEG @{ $$ = -$2; @}
- | exp '^' exp @{ $$ = pow ($1, $3); @}
- | '(' exp ')' @{ $$ = $2; @}
+exp:
+ NUM @{ $$ = $1; @}
+| exp '+' exp @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @}
+| exp '-' exp @{ $$ = $1 - $3; @}
+| exp '*' exp @{ $$ = $1 * $3; @}
+| exp '/' exp @{ $$ = $1 / $3; @}
+| '-' exp %prec NEG @{ $$ = -$2; @}
+| exp '^' exp @{ $$ = pow ($1, $3); @}
+| '(' exp ')' @{ $$ = $2; @}
;
@end group
%%
@example
@group
-line: '\n'
- | exp '\n' @{ printf ("\t%.10g\n", $1); @}
- | error '\n' @{ yyerrok; @}
+line:
+ '\n'
+| exp '\n' @{ printf ("\t%.10g\n", $1); @}
+| error '\n' @{ yyerrok; @}
;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-input : /* empty */
- | input line
+input:
+ /* empty */
+| input line
;
@end group
@group
-line : '\n'
- | exp '\n' @{ printf ("%d\n", $1); @}
+line:
+ '\n'
+| exp '\n' @{ printf ("%d\n", $1); @}
;
@end group
@group
-exp : NUM @{ $$ = $1; @}
- | exp '+' exp @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @}
- | exp '-' exp @{ $$ = $1 - $3; @}
- | exp '*' exp @{ $$ = $1 * $3; @}
+exp:
+ NUM @{ $$ = $1; @}
+| exp '+' exp @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @}
+| exp '-' exp @{ $$ = $1 - $3; @}
+| exp '*' exp @{ $$ = $1 * $3; @}
@end group
@group
- | exp '/' exp
- @{
- if ($3)
- $$ = $1 / $3;
- else
- @{
- $$ = 1;
- fprintf (stderr, "%d.%d-%d.%d: division by zero",
- @@3.first_line, @@3.first_column,
- @@3.last_line, @@3.last_column);
- @}
- @}
+| exp '/' exp
+ @{
+ if ($3)
+ $$ = $1 / $3;
+ else
+ @{
+ $$ = 1;
+ fprintf (stderr, "%d.%d-%d.%d: division by zero",
+ @@3.first_line, @@3.first_column,
+ @@3.last_line, @@3.last_column);
+ @}
+ @}
@end group
@group
- | '-' exp %prec NEG @{ $$ = -$2; @}
- | exp '^' exp @{ $$ = pow ($1, $3); @}
- | '(' exp ')' @{ $$ = $2; @}
+| '-' exp %prec NEG @{ $$ = -$2; @}
+| exp '^' exp @{ $$ = pow ($1, $3); @}
+| '(' exp ')' @{ $$ = $2; @}
@end group
@end example
@comment file: mfcalc.y
@example
@group
-input: /* empty */
- | input line
+input:
+ /* empty */
+| input line
;
@end group
@group
line:
- '\n'
- | exp '\n' @{ printf ("\t%.10g\n", $1); @}
- | error '\n' @{ yyerrok; @}
+ '\n'
+| exp '\n' @{ printf ("%.10g\n", $1); @}
+| error '\n' @{ yyerrok; @}
;
@end group
@group
-exp: NUM @{ $$ = $1; @}
- | VAR @{ $$ = $1->value.var; @}
- | VAR '=' exp @{ $$ = $3; $1->value.var = $3; @}
- | FNCT '(' exp ')' @{ $$ = (*($1->value.fnctptr))($3); @}
- | exp '+' exp @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @}
- | exp '-' exp @{ $$ = $1 - $3; @}
- | exp '*' exp @{ $$ = $1 * $3; @}
- | exp '/' exp @{ $$ = $1 / $3; @}
- | '-' exp %prec NEG @{ $$ = -$2; @}
- | exp '^' exp @{ $$ = pow ($1, $3); @}
- | '(' exp ')' @{ $$ = $2; @}
+exp:
+ NUM @{ $$ = $1; @}
+| VAR @{ $$ = $1->value.var; @}
+| VAR '=' exp @{ $$ = $3; $1->value.var = $3; @}
+| FNCT '(' exp ')' @{ $$ = (*($1->value.fnctptr))($3); @}
+| exp '+' exp @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @}
+| exp '-' exp @{ $$ = $1 - $3; @}
+| exp '*' exp @{ $$ = $1 * $3; @}
+| exp '/' exp @{ $$ = $1 / $3; @}
+| '-' exp %prec NEG @{ $$ = -$2; @}
+| exp '^' exp @{ $$ = pow ($1, $3); @}
+| '(' exp ')' @{ $$ = $2; @}
;
@end group
/* End of grammar. */
@example
@group
-@var{result}: @var{components}@dots{}
- ;
+@var{result}: @var{components}@dots{};
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-exp: exp '+' exp
- ;
+exp: exp '+' exp;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-@var{result}: @var{rule1-components}@dots{}
- | @var{rule2-components}@dots{}
- @dots{}
- ;
+@var{result}:
+ @var{rule1-components}@dots{}
+| @var{rule2-components}@dots{}
+@dots{}
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-expseq: /* empty */
- | expseq1
- ;
+expseq:
+ /* empty */
+| expseq1
+;
@end group
@group
-expseq1: exp
- | expseq1 ',' exp
- ;
+expseq1:
+ exp
+| expseq1 ',' exp
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-expseq1: exp
- | expseq1 ',' exp
- ;
+expseq1:
+ exp
+| expseq1 ',' exp
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-expseq1: exp
- | exp ',' expseq1
- ;
+expseq1:
+ exp
+| exp ',' expseq1
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-expr: primary
- | primary '+' primary
- ;
+expr:
+ primary
+| primary '+' primary
+;
@end group
@group
-primary: constant
- | '(' expr ')'
- ;
+primary:
+ constant
+| '(' expr ')'
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-exp: @dots{}
- | exp '+' exp
- @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @}
+exp:
+@dots{}
+| exp '+' exp @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @}
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-exp[result]: @dots{}
- | exp[left] '+' exp[right]
- @{ $result = $left + $right; @}
+exp[result]:
+@dots{}
+| exp[left] '+' exp[right] @{ $result = $left + $right; @}
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-foo: expr bar '+' expr @{ @dots{} @}
- | expr bar '-' expr @{ @dots{} @}
- ;
+foo:
+ expr bar '+' expr @{ @dots{} @}
+| expr bar '-' expr @{ @dots{} @}
+;
@end group
@group
-bar: /* empty */
- @{ previous_expr = $0; @}
- ;
+bar:
+ /* empty */ @{ previous_expr = $0; @}
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-exp: @dots{}
- | exp '+' exp
- @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @}
+exp:
+ @dots{}
+| exp '+' exp @{ $$ = $1 + $3; @}
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-stmt: LET '(' var ')'
- @{ $<context>$ = push_context ();
- declare_variable ($3); @}
- stmt @{ $$ = $6;
- pop_context ($<context>5); @}
+stmt:
+ LET '(' var ')'
+ @{ $<context>$ = push_context (); declare_variable ($3); @}
+ stmt
+ @{ $$ = $6; pop_context ($<context>5); @}
@end group
@end example
%%
-stmt: let stmt
- @{ $$ = $2;
- pop_context ($1); @}
- ;
+stmt:
+ let stmt
+ @{
+ $$ = $2;
+ pop_context ($1);
+ @};
-let: LET '(' var ')'
- @{ $$ = push_context ();
- declare_variable ($3); @}
- ;
+let:
+ LET '(' var ')'
+ @{
+ $$ = push_context ();
+ declare_variable ($3);
+ @};
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-compound: '@{' declarations statements '@}'
- | '@{' statements '@}'
- ;
+compound:
+ '@{' declarations statements '@}'
+| '@{' statements '@}'
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-compound: @{ prepare_for_local_variables (); @}
- '@{' declarations statements '@}'
+compound:
+ @{ prepare_for_local_variables (); @}
+ '@{' declarations statements '@}'
@end group
@group
- | '@{' statements '@}'
- ;
+| '@{' statements '@}'
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-compound: @{ prepare_for_local_variables (); @}
- '@{' declarations statements '@}'
- | @{ prepare_for_local_variables (); @}
- '@{' statements '@}'
- ;
+compound:
+ @{ prepare_for_local_variables (); @}
+ '@{' declarations statements '@}'
+| @{ prepare_for_local_variables (); @}
+ '@{' statements '@}'
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-compound: '@{' @{ prepare_for_local_variables (); @}
- declarations statements '@}'
- | '@{' statements '@}'
- ;
+compound:
+ '@{' @{ prepare_for_local_variables (); @}
+ declarations statements '@}'
+| '@{' statements '@}'
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-subroutine: /* empty */
- @{ prepare_for_local_variables (); @}
- ;
-
+subroutine:
+ /* empty */ @{ prepare_for_local_variables (); @}
+;
@end group
@group
-compound: subroutine
- '@{' declarations statements '@}'
- | subroutine
- '@{' statements '@}'
- ;
+compound:
+ subroutine '@{' declarations statements '@}'
+| subroutine '@{' statements '@}'
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-exp: @dots{}
- | exp '/' exp
- @{
- @@$.first_column = @@1.first_column;
- @@$.first_line = @@1.first_line;
- @@$.last_column = @@3.last_column;
- @@$.last_line = @@3.last_line;
- if ($3)
- $$ = $1 / $3;
- else
- @{
- $$ = 1;
- fprintf (stderr,
- "Division by zero, l%d,c%d-l%d,c%d",
- @@3.first_line, @@3.first_column,
- @@3.last_line, @@3.last_column);
- @}
- @}
+exp:
+ @dots{}
+| exp '/' exp
+ @{
+ @@$.first_column = @@1.first_column;
+ @@$.first_line = @@1.first_line;
+ @@$.last_column = @@3.last_column;
+ @@$.last_line = @@3.last_line;
+ if ($3)
+ $$ = $1 / $3;
+ else
+ @{
+ $$ = 1;
+ fprintf (stderr,
+ "Division by zero, l%d,c%d-l%d,c%d",
+ @@3.first_line, @@3.first_column,
+ @@3.last_line, @@3.last_column);
+ @}
+ @}
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-exp: @dots{}
- | exp '/' exp
- @{
- if ($3)
- $$ = $1 / $3;
- else
- @{
- $$ = 1;
- fprintf (stderr,
- "Division by zero, l%d,c%d-l%d,c%d",
- @@3.first_line, @@3.first_column,
- @@3.last_line, @@3.last_column);
- @}
- @}
+exp:
+ @dots{}
+| exp '/' exp
+ @{
+ if ($3)
+ $$ = $1 / $3;
+ else
+ @{
+ $$ = 1;
+ fprintf (stderr,
+ "Division by zero, l%d,c%d-l%d,c%d",
+ @@3.first_line, @@3.first_column,
+ @@3.last_line, @@3.last_column);
+ @}
+ @}
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-expr: term '+' expr
- | term
- ;
+expr:
+ term '+' expr
+| term
+;
@end group
@group
-term: '(' expr ')'
- | term '!'
- | NUMBER
- ;
+term:
+ '(' expr ')'
+| term '!'
+| NUMBER
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
if_stmt:
- IF expr THEN stmt
- | IF expr THEN stmt ELSE stmt
- ;
+ IF expr THEN stmt
+| IF expr THEN stmt ELSE stmt
+;
@end group
@end example
%%
@end group
@group
-stmt: expr
- | if_stmt
- ;
+stmt:
+ expr
+| if_stmt
+;
@end group
@group
if_stmt:
- IF expr THEN stmt
- | IF expr THEN stmt ELSE stmt
- ;
+ IF expr THEN stmt
+| IF expr THEN stmt ELSE stmt
+;
@end group
-expr: variable
- ;
+expr:
+ variable
+;
@end example
@node Precedence
@example
@group
-expr: expr '-' expr
- | expr '*' expr
- | expr '<' expr
- | '(' expr ')'
- @dots{}
- ;
+expr:
+ expr '-' expr
+| expr '*' expr
+| expr '<' expr
+| '(' expr ')'
+@dots{}
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-exp: @dots{}
- | exp '-' exp
- @dots{}
- | '-' exp %prec UMINUS
+exp:
+ @dots{}
+| exp '-' exp
+ @dots{}
+| '-' exp %prec UMINUS
@end group
@end example
@example
@group
-sequence: /* empty */
- @{ printf ("empty sequence\n"); @}
- | maybeword
- | sequence word
- @{ printf ("added word %s\n", $2); @}
- ;
+sequence:
+ /* empty */ @{ printf ("empty sequence\n"); @}
+| maybeword
+| sequence word @{ printf ("added word %s\n", $2); @}
+;
@end group
@group
-maybeword: /* empty */
- @{ printf ("empty maybeword\n"); @}
- | word
- @{ printf ("single word %s\n", $1); @}
- ;
+maybeword:
+ /* empty */ @{ printf ("empty maybeword\n"); @}
+| word @{ printf ("single word %s\n", $1); @}
+;
@end group
@end example
proper way to define @code{sequence}:
@example
-sequence: /* empty */
- @{ printf ("empty sequence\n"); @}
- | sequence word
- @{ printf ("added word %s\n", $2); @}
- ;
+sequence:
+ /* empty */ @{ printf ("empty sequence\n"); @}
+| sequence word @{ printf ("added word %s\n", $2); @}
+;
@end example
Here is another common error that yields a reduce/reduce conflict:
@example
-sequence: /* empty */
- | sequence words
- | sequence redirects
- ;
+sequence:
+ /* empty */
+| sequence words
+| sequence redirects
+;
-words: /* empty */
- | words word
- ;
+words:
+ /* empty */
+| words word
+;
-redirects:/* empty */
- | redirects redirect
- ;
+redirects:
+ /* empty */
+| redirects redirect
+;
@end example
@noindent
of sequence:
@example
-sequence: /* empty */
- | sequence word
- | sequence redirect
- ;
+sequence:
+ /* empty */
+| sequence word
+| sequence redirect
+;
@end example
Second, to prevent either a @code{words} or a @code{redirects}
@example
@group
-sequence: /* empty */
- | sequence words
- | sequence redirects
- ;
+sequence:
+ /* empty */
+| sequence words
+| sequence redirects
+;
@end group
@group
-words: word
- | words word
- ;
+words:
+ word
+| words word
+;
@end group
@group
-redirects:redirect
- | redirects redirect
- ;
+redirects:
+ redirect
+| redirects redirect
+;
@end group
@end example
%token ID
%%
-def: param_spec return_spec ','
- ;
+def: param_spec return_spec ',';
param_spec:
- type
- | name_list ':' type
- ;
+ type
+| name_list ':' type
+;
@end group
@group
return_spec:
- type
- | name ':' type
- ;
+ type
+| name ':' type
+;
@end group
@group
-type: ID
- ;
+type: ID;
@end group
@group
-name: ID
- ;
+name: ID;
name_list:
- name
- | name ',' name_list
- ;
+ name
+| name ',' name_list
+;
@end group
@end example
%%
@dots{}
return_spec:
- type
- | name ':' type
- /* This rule is never used. */
- | ID BOGUS
- ;
+ type
+| name ':' type
+| ID BOGUS /* This rule is never used. */
+;
@end group
@end example
@example
param_spec:
- type
- | name_list ':' type
- ;
+ type
+| name_list ':' type
+;
return_spec:
- type
- | ID ':' type
- ;
+ type
+| ID ':' type
+;
@end example
For a more detailed exposition of LALR(1) parsers and parser
parse. Finally, the base of the temporary stack used during an exploratory
parse is a pointer into the normal parser state stack so that the stack is
never physically copied. In our experience, the performance penalty of LAC
-has proven insignificant for practical grammars.
+has proved insignificant for practical grammars.
@end itemize
While the LAC algorithm shares techniques that have been recognized in the
For example:
@example
-stmnts: /* empty string */
- | stmnts '\n'
- | stmnts exp '\n'
- | stmnts error '\n'
+stmts:
+ /* empty string */
+| stmts '\n'
+| stmts exp '\n'
+| stmts error '\n'
@end example
The fourth rule in this example says that an error followed by a newline
-makes a valid addition to any @code{stmnts}.
+makes a valid addition to any @code{stmts}.
What happens if a syntax error occurs in the middle of an @code{exp}? The
error recovery rule, interpreted strictly, applies to the precise sequence
-of a @code{stmnts}, an @code{error} and a newline. If an error occurs in
+of a @code{stmts}, an @code{error} and a newline. If an error occurs in
the middle of an @code{exp}, there will probably be some additional tokens
-and subexpressions on the stack after the last @code{stmnts}, and there
+and subexpressions on the stack after the last @code{stmts}, and there
will be tokens to read before the next newline. So the rule is not
applicable in the ordinary way.
the semantic context and part of the input. First it discards states
and objects from the stack until it gets back to a state in which the
@code{error} token is acceptable. (This means that the subexpressions
-already parsed are discarded, back to the last complete @code{stmnts}.)
+already parsed are discarded, back to the last complete @code{stmts}.)
At this point the @code{error} token can be shifted. Then, if the old
lookahead token is not acceptable to be shifted next, the parser reads
tokens and discards them until it finds a token which is acceptable. In
the current input line or current statement if an error is detected:
@example
-stmnt: error ';' /* On error, skip until ';' is read. */
+stmt: error ';' /* On error, skip until ';' is read. */
@end example
It is also useful to recover to the matching close-delimiter of an
spurious error message:
@example
-primary: '(' expr ')'
- | '(' error ')'
- @dots{}
- ;
+primary:
+ '(' expr ')'
+| '(' error ')'
+@dots{}
+;
@end example
Error recovery strategies are necessarily guesses. When they guess wrong,
one syntax error often leads to another. In the above example, the error
recovery rule guesses that an error is due to bad input within one
-@code{stmnt}. Suppose that instead a spurious semicolon is inserted in the
-middle of a valid @code{stmnt}. After the error recovery rule recovers
+@code{stmt}. Suppose that instead a spurious semicolon is inserted in the
+middle of a valid @code{stmt}. After the error recovery rule recovers
from the first error, another syntax error will be found straightaway,
since the text following the spurious semicolon is also an invalid
-@code{stmnt}.
+@code{stmt}.
To prevent an outpouring of error messages, the parser will output no error
message for another syntax error that happens shortly after the first; only
@example
@group
initdcl:
- declarator maybeasm '='
- init
- | declarator maybeasm
- ;
+ declarator maybeasm '=' init
+| declarator maybeasm
+;
@end group
@group
notype_initdcl:
- notype_declarator maybeasm '='
- init
- | notype_declarator maybeasm
- ;
+ notype_declarator maybeasm '=' init
+| notype_declarator maybeasm
+;
@end group
@end example
@dots{}
@end group
@group
-expr: IDENTIFIER
- | constant
- | HEX '('
- @{ hexflag = 1; @}
- expr ')'
- @{ hexflag = 0;
- $$ = $4; @}
- | expr '+' expr
- @{ $$ = make_sum ($1, $3); @}
- @dots{}
- ;
+expr:
+ IDENTIFIER
+| constant
+| HEX '(' @{ hexflag = 1; @}
+ expr ')' @{ hexflag = 0; $$ = $4; @}
+| expr '+' expr @{ $$ = make_sum ($1, $3); @}
+@dots{}
+;
@end group
@group
constant:
- INTEGER
- | STRING
- ;
+ INTEGER
+| STRING
+;
@end group
@end example
tokens until the next semicolon, and then start a new statement, like this:
@example
-stmt: expr ';'
- | IF '(' expr ')' stmt @{ @dots{} @}
- @dots{}
- error ';'
- @{ hexflag = 0; @}
- ;
+stmt:
+ expr ';'
+| IF '(' expr ')' stmt @{ @dots{} @}
+@dots{}
+| error ';' @{ hexflag = 0; @}
+;
@end example
If there is a syntax error in the middle of a @samp{hex (@var{expr})}
@example
@group
-expr: @dots{}
- | '(' expr ')'
- @{ $$ = $2; @}
- | '(' error ')'
- @dots{}
+expr:
+ @dots{}
+| '(' expr ')' @{ $$ = $2; @}
+| '(' error ')'
+@dots{}
@end group
@end example
%left '+' '-'
%left '*'
%%
-exp: exp '+' exp
- | exp '-' exp
- | exp '*' exp
- | exp '/' exp
- | NUM
- ;
+exp:
+ exp '+' exp
+| exp '-' exp
+| exp '*' exp
+| exp '/' exp
+| NUM
+;
useless: STR;
%%
@end example
For example, warn about unset @code{$$} in the mid-rule action in:
@example
- exp: '1' @{ $1 = 1; @} '+' exp @{ $$ = $2 + $4; @};
+exp: '1' @{ $1 = 1; @} '+' exp @{ $$ = $2 + $4; @};
@end example
These warnings are not enabled by default since they sometimes prove to
%start unit;
unit: assignments exp @{ driver.result = $2; @};
-assignments: assignments assignment @{@}
- | /* Nothing. */ @{@};
+assignments:
+ /* Nothing. */ @{@}
+| assignments assignment @{@};
assignment:
"identifier" ":=" exp
@example
%token START_FOO START_BAR;
%start start;
-start: START_FOO foo
- | START_BAR bar;
+start:
+ START_FOO foo
+| START_BAR bar;
@end example
These tokens prevents the introduction of new conflicts. As far as the
@c LocalWords: NUM exp subsubsection kbd Ctrl ctype EOF getchar isdigit nonfree
@c LocalWords: ungetc stdin scanf sc calc ulator ls lm cc NEG prec yyerrok rr
@c LocalWords: longjmp fprintf stderr yylloc YYLTYPE cos ln Stallman Destructor
-@c LocalWords: symrec val tptr FNCT fnctptr func struct sym enum
+@c LocalWords: symrec val tptr FNCT fnctptr func struct sym enum IEC syntaxes
@c LocalWords: fnct putsym getsym fname arith fncts atan ptr malloc sizeof Lex
@c LocalWords: strlen strcpy fctn strcmp isalpha symbuf realloc isalnum DOTDOT
@c LocalWords: ptypes itype YYPRINT trigraphs yytname expseq vindex dtype Unary
@c LocalWords: strncmp intval tindex lvalp locp llocp typealt YYBACKUP subrange
@c LocalWords: YYEMPTY YYEOF YYRECOVERING yyclearin GE def UMINUS maybeword loc
@c LocalWords: Johnstone Shamsa Sadaf Hussain Tomita TR uref YYMAXDEPTH inline
-@c LocalWords: YYINITDEPTH stmnts ref stmnt initdcl maybeasm notype Lookahead
+@c LocalWords: YYINITDEPTH stmts ref initdcl maybeasm notype Lookahead yyoutput
@c LocalWords: hexflag STR exdent itemset asis DYYDEBUG YYFPRINTF args Autoconf
@c LocalWords: infile ypp yxx outfile itemx tex leaderfill Troubleshouting sqrt
@c LocalWords: hbox hss hfill tt ly yyin fopen fclose ofirst gcc ll lookahead
@c LocalWords: nbar yytext fst snd osplit ntwo strdup AST Troublereporting th
@c LocalWords: YYSTACK DVI fdl printindex IELR nondeterministic nonterminals ps
@c LocalWords: subexpressions declarator nondeferred config libintl postfix LAC
-@c LocalWords: preprocessor nonpositive unary nonnumeric typedef extern rhs
-@c LocalWords: yytokentype destructor multicharacter nonnull EBCDIC
+@c LocalWords: preprocessor nonpositive unary nonnumeric typedef extern rhs sr
+@c LocalWords: yytokentype destructor multicharacter nonnull EBCDIC nterm LR's
@c LocalWords: lvalue nonnegative XNUM CHR chr TAGLESS tagless stdout api TOK
-@c LocalWords: destructors Reentrancy nonreentrant subgrammar nonassociative
+@c LocalWords: destructors Reentrancy nonreentrant subgrammar nonassociative Ph
@c LocalWords: deffnx namespace xml goto lalr ielr runtime lex yacc yyps env
@c LocalWords: yystate variadic Unshift NLS gettext po UTF Automake LOCALEDIR
@c LocalWords: YYENABLE bindtextdomain Makefile DEFS CPPFLAGS DBISON DeRemer
-@c LocalWords: autoreconf Pennello multisets nondeterminism Generalised baz
+@c LocalWords: autoreconf Pennello multisets nondeterminism Generalised baz ACM
@c LocalWords: redeclare automata Dparse localedir datadir XSLT midrule Wno
-@c LocalWords: Graphviz multitable headitem hh basename Doxygen fno
+@c LocalWords: Graphviz multitable headitem hh basename Doxygen fno filename
@c LocalWords: doxygen ival sval deftypemethod deallocate pos deftypemethodx
@c LocalWords: Ctor defcv defcvx arg accessors arithmetics CPP ifndef CALCXX
@c LocalWords: lexer's calcxx bool LPAREN RPAREN deallocation cerrno climits
@c LocalWords: cstdlib Debian undef yywrap unput noyywrap nounput zA yyleng
-@c LocalWords: errno strtol ERANGE str strerror iostream argc argv Javadoc
+@c LocalWords: errno strtol ERANGE str strerror iostream argc argv Javadoc PSLR
@c LocalWords: bytecode initializers superclass stype ASTNode autoboxing nls
@c LocalWords: toString deftypeivar deftypeivarx deftypeop YYParser strictfp
@c LocalWords: superclasses boolean getErrorVerbose setErrorVerbose deftypecv
@c LocalWords: getDebugStream setDebugStream getDebugLevel setDebugLevel url
@c LocalWords: bisonVersion deftypecvx bisonSkeleton getStartPos getEndPos
-@c LocalWords: getLVal defvar deftypefn deftypefnx gotos msgfmt Corbett
-@c LocalWords: subdirectory Solaris nonassociativity
+@c LocalWords: getLVal defvar deftypefn deftypefnx gotos msgfmt Corbett LALR's
+@c LocalWords: subdirectory Solaris nonassociativity perror schemas Malloy
+@c LocalWords: Scannerless ispell american
@c Local Variables:
@c ispell-dictionary: "american"
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