TODO: statistics.

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@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@ number for the error token, which POSIX wants to be 256, but which
 Bison might renumber if the user used number 256.  Keep fix and doc?
 Throw away?
 
+Also, why don't we output the token name of the error token in the
+output?  It is explicitly skipped:
+
+      /* Skip error token and tokens without identifier.  */
+      if (sym != errtoken && id)
+
+Of course there are issues with name spaces, but if we disable we have
+something which seems to be more simpler and more consistent instead
+of the special case YYERRCODE.
+
+   enum yytokentype {
+     error = 256,
+     // ...
+   };
+
+
 We could (should?) also treat the case of the undef_token, which is
 numbered 257 for yylex, and 2 internal.  Both appear for instance in
 toknum:
@@ -178,6 +194,13 @@ parser") refers to the current `output' format.
 
 * Report
 
+** Figures
+Some statistics about the grammar and the parser would be useful,
+especially when asking the user to send some information about the
+grammars she is working on.  We should probably also include some
+information about the variables (I'm not sure for instance we even
+specify what LR variant was used).
+
 **  GLR
 How would Paul like to display the conflicted actions?  In particular,
 what when two reductions are possible on a given lookahead token, but one is
@@ -293,8 +316,6 @@ Are there any Texinfo standards for bibliography?
 ** %printer
 Wow, %printer is not documented.  Clearly mark YYPRINT as obsolete.
 
-** %define assert
-
 * Java, Fortran, etc.
 
 
@@ -414,8 +435,8 @@ Equip the parser with a means to create the (visual) parse tree.
 
 -----
 
-Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 Free Software Foundation,
-Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008-2009 Free Software
+Foundation, Inc.
 
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