X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/0925d5bfd40aac15b9c55cd1b60e28befc4bd55d..7484f1d4f3a173a2d8a5f08b8b561d31118c29e1:/ChangeLog diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index f562d3a9..c15a1541 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,263 @@ +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Improve genericity of bench.pl. + * etc/bench.pl.in (&bench_grammar): Take the set of benches as + argument. + (&bench_push_parser): New. + Call it. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Add documentation to bench.pl. + * etc/bench.pl.in: Comment changes. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Fuse the three stacks into a single one. + In order to make it easy to perform benchmarks to ensure that there are no + performance loss, lalr1.cc is forked into lalr1-fusion.cc. Eventually, + lalr1-fusion.cc will replace lalr1.cc. + + Meanwhile, to make sure that lalr1-fusion.cc is correctly exercized by the + test suite, the user must install a symbolic link from lalr1.cc to it. + + Instead of having three stacks (state, value, location), use a stack + of triples. This considerably simplifies the code (and it will be + easier not to require locations as currently does the C++ parser), + and also gives a 10% speedup according to etc/bench (probably mainly since + memory allocation is done once instead of three times). + + Another motivation is to make it easier to destruct properly + semantic values: now that they are bound to their state (hence + symbol type) it will be easier to call the appropriate destructor. + + These changes should probably benefit the C parser too. + + * data/lalr1.cc: Copy as... * data/lalr1-fusion.cc: this new + file. + (b4_rhs_value, b4_rhs_location): New definitions overriding those + from c++.m4. + (state_stack_type, semantic_stack_type, location_stack_type) + (yystate_stack_, yysemantic_stack_, yylocation_stack_): Remove. + (data_type, stack_type, yystack_): New. + (YYLLOC_DEFAULT, yypush_): Adjust. + (yyerror_range): Now based on data_type, not location_type. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Push the state, value, and location at the same time. + This is needed to prepare a forthcoming patch that fuses the three + stacks into one. + + * data/lalr1.cc (parser::yypush_): New. + (parser::yynewstate): Change the semantics: instead of arriving to + this label when value and location have been pushed, but yystate + is to be pushed on the state stack, now the three of them must + have been pushed before. yystate still must be the new state. + This allows to use yypush_ everywhere instead of individual + handling of the stacks. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Prefer references to pointers. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_actions): New, overrides the default C + definition to use references instead of pointers. + (yy_symbol_value_print_, yy_symbol_print_, yydestruct_): + Take the value and location as references. + Adjust callers. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + stack::size instead of stack::height. + * data/lalr1.cc (stack::height): Rename as... + (stack::size): this. + Fix the output type. + Comment changes. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Use variants to support objects as semantic values. + This patch was inspired by work by Michiel De Wilde. But he used Boost + variants which (i) requires Boost on the user side, (ii) is slow, and + (iii) has useless overhead (the parser knows the type of the semantic value + there is no reason to duplicate this information as Boost.Variants do). + + This implementation reserves a buffer large enough to store the largest + objects. yy::variant implements this buffer. It was implemented with + Quentin Hocquet. + + * src/output.c (type_names_output): New. + (output_skeleton): Invoke it. + * data/c++.m4 (b4_variant_if): New. + (b4_symbol_value): If needed, provide a definition for variants. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_value, b4_symbol_action_) + (b4_symbol_variant, _b4_char_sizeof_counter, _b4_char_sizeof_dummy) + (b4_char_sizeof, yy::variant): New. + (parser::parse): If variants are requested, define + parser::union_type, parser::variant, change the definition of + semantic_type, construct $$ before running the user action instead + of performing a default $$ = $1. + * examples/variant.yy: New. + Based on an example by Michiel De Wilde. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Parameterize the extraction of semantic values. + To make future changes easier, no longer rely on ".TYPE" being the + way to get a semantic value. + + * data/c.m4 (b4_symbol_value): New. + Use it. + * data/c++.m4, data/yacc.c: Use it. + * data/glr.c: Use b4_symbol_value. + (b4_rhs_data): New. + Use it. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Prepare easier M4 changes. + * data/lalr1.cc: Use escaped [] instead of literals to prepare + future changes. + +2008-11-02 Joel E. Denny + + Initiate further development. + * NEWS: Create an empty section for new entries. + * gnulib: Update submodule to HEAD. + +2008-11-02 Joel E. Denny + + * NEWS: Version 2.4. + +2008-11-02 Joel E. Denny + + Prepare for next release. + * NEWS: Briefly mention changes since 2.3b. + * README: Say GNU m4 1.4.6, which we've been requiring in release + announcements already, not 1.4.3, which breaks the build. + +2008-11-02 Joel E. Denny + + Say %language is experimental. + We're thinking of extending it's effect on output file naming. See the + thread at + . + * NEWS: Say it's experimental. + * doc/bison.texinfo (Decl Summary): Say it's experimental, and so don't + recommend it over %skeleton for now. + (Bison Options): Likewise. + (C++ Bison Interface): Use %skeleton not %language. + (Calc++ Parser): Use %skeleton not %language. + * src/getargs.c (usage): Say it's experimental. + +2008-11-01 Di-an Jan + Paolo Bonzini + + Support all Java parser class modifiers. + * data/java.m4 (b4_percent_define_get3): New. + (b4_final_if, b4_strictfp_if): New. + * data/lalr1.java (final, strictfp, extends, implements): Support. + * doc/bison.texinfo (final, strictfp, extends, implements): Add + documentation. + * tests/java.at (AT_CHECK_JAVA_MINIMAL): New. + (AT_CHECK_JAVA_MINIMAL_W_LEXER): New. + (AT_CHECK_JAVA_GREP): New. + (Java parser class modifiers): New test. + (Java parser class extends and implements): New test. + + Model exception propagation better with throws and lex_throws. + * data/java.m4 (b4_list2): New. + (throws): Change default. + * data/lalr1.java (yyaction): Add throws. + (parse): Add lex_throws in addition to throws. + * doc/bison.texinfo (throws, lex_throws): Add documentation. + * tests/java.at (Java throws specifications): New test. + + Improve documentation for Java parsers. + * doc/bison.texinfo (Java Parsers): Add subsections. + Don't quote first argument of %define. + (Java Bison Interface): Document output files. Move documentation + of parser class and merge into Java Parser Interface. Document + features that error out. Document directives with no effect. + Move note about Javadoc higher. + (Java Semantic Values): Explicitly mention stype. + Document that generic types cannot be used. + (Java Location Values): Use @deftypeivar. Document constructors. + Correct return value for toString. + (Java Parser Interface): List undocumented constants/fields. + Move documentation of fields added by %parse-param closer to list + of members. Document that token names are added as fields. + Document constructors accurately. Remove error method. + (Java Scanner Interface): Move note on %pure-parser to Java Bison + Interface. Describe %code lexer and yylex accutately. + Remove documentation that does not match the code. + (Java Action Features): New. + (Java Differences): Add reference. Add item on semantic values. + Add note about @{ ... @}. Clarify %% epilogue placement. + (Java Declarations Summary): New. + + Fix Java skeleton. + * data/java.m4 (b4_prefix): Correct quoting for m4_define_default. + (b4_remove_comma): Quote test argument. + (b4_identification): Remove "bison" field. + * tests/java.at (Java parser class and package names): New test. + (Java %parse-param and %lex-param): New test. + (Java stype, position_class and location_class): New test. + +2008-10-31 Di-an Jan + + * data/lalr1.jave: Update copyright years. + (YYParser): Correct name of "generated from" file in Javadoc: + use b4_file_name instead of @ofile@. + (Location constructor): Correct Javadoc parameter name. + (yylloc): Add missing opening m4 quote after b4_location_if. + This removes a stray [ in the Javadoc of Lexer.getStartPos. + (Lexer.yyerror): Fix incorrect m4 and Javadoc. + (YYParser constructor): Correct Javadoc parameter name. + +2008-10-30 Joel E. Denny + + Always put auxiliary code files in the same dir as other output files. + * src/files.c (compute_file_name_parts): When the user specifies + --output but not --file-prefix, extract the directory prefix from the + file prefix not from the grammar file name. This affects the location + of files like location.hh generated by the C++ skeleton. The includes + in the other output files require this fix. + * tests/output.at (AT_CHECK_OUTPUT): Automatically create directories + for expected output files. + (Output files): Add a test for the above. + +2008-10-29 Joel E. Denny + + * gnulib: Update submodule to HEAD. + +2008-10-28 Joel E. Denny + + Update copyright year. + * src/files.c: Here. + +2008-10-28 Di-an Jan (tiny change) + + Don't overwrite the input file. + * src/files.c (output_file_name_check): Fatal error if using input file + for output. + * tests/output.at: (AT_CHECK_CONFLICTING_OUTPUT): Add return status + argument. + (Conflicting output files): Add test. + +2008-10-28 Akim Demaille + + Space changes. + * data/lalr1.cc: Formatting changes. + +2008-10-28 Akim Demaille + + Don't define debugging functions when !YYDEBUG. + * data/lalr1.cc (debug_stream, set_debug_stream) + (debug_level_type, debug_level, set_debug_level): Don't + declare them when YYDEBUG is not defined. + The implementation are already YYDEBUG-aware. + 2008-10-28 Akim Demaille Prefer "continue" for empty loop bodies.