X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/0cc5bead400aadfe9c5e4b3dfb9f70ee7e31e833..b06df3c2c7e58cf8790d8f92905b8d217db992c2:/ChangeLog diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a0e483ee..fea59045 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,1281 @@ +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Support parametric types. + + There are two issues to handle: first scanning nested angle + bracket pairs to support types such as std::pair< std::string, + std::list > >. + + Another issue is to address idiosyncracies of C++: do not glue two + closing angle brackets together (otherwise it's operator>>), and + avoid sticking blindly a TYPE to the opening <, as it can result + in '<:' which is a digraph for '['. + + * src/scan-gram.l (brace_level): Rename as... + (nesting): this. + (SC_TAG): New. + Implement support for complex tags. + (tag): Accept + , but not <. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_value, b4_symbol_value_template) + (b4_symbol_variant): Leave space around types as parameters. + * examples/variant.yy: Use nested template types and leading ::. + * src/parse-gram.y (TYPE, TYPE_TAG_ANY, TYPE_TAG_NONE, type.opt): + Rename as... + (TAG, TAG_ANY, TAG_NONE, tag.opt): these. + * tests/c++.at: Test parametric types. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Test token.prefix. + This is not sufficient, but we test at least that the make_SYMBOL + interface is not affected by token.prefix. A more general test + will be implemented when the support of token.prefix is generalized + to more skeletons. + + * tests/c++.at: One more variant test, using token.prefix. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Test the make_TOKEN interface. + * tests/c++.at (AT_CHECK_VARIANTS): Require and use locations. + Factor the common code in yylex. + Use it to test "%define lex_symbol". + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Formatting change. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Simplify code for variants bench marks. + * etc/bench.pl.in (&generate_grammar_list): Define and use + location_type. + Factor the common code in yylex. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Better error message. + * bootstrap (find_tool): Fix the error message. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Update variant.yy to newest interface. + * examples/variant.yy: Define lex_symbol. + Adjust. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Don't use locations in variant.yy. + * examples/variant.yy: Adjust to not using locations. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Comment changes. + * data/local.mk, etc/local.mk, examples/local.mk: Use Automake + comments for the license. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Remove tests/Makefile.am. + * tests/Makefile.am: Rename as... + * tests/local.mk: this. + * Makefile.am, configure.ac: Adjust. + * Makefile.am (DISTCLEANFILES): Define. + (maintainer-check, maintainer-xml-check, maintainer-push-check): + Remove, we no longer need to bounce to the real targets. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Comment changes. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + djgpp/local.mk. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Move djgpp related part to... + * djgpp/local.mk: this new file. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Remove doc/Makefile.am. + * doc/Makefile.am: Rename as... + * doc/local.mk: this. + Adjust paths + * Makefile.am, configure.ac: Adjust. + * Makefile.am (MOSTLYCLEANFILES): New. + * src/local.mk: Adjust. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Move sc_tight_scope into maint.mk. + It does not work, and I don't know how it was supposed to work: it + seems to be looking for sources in the build tree. I just moved + it at a better place, fixing it is still required. + + * src/local.mk (echo): Remove. + (sc_tight_scope): Move to... + * maint.mk: here. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Regen. + * src/parse-gram.h, src/parse-gram.h: Regen. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Remove src/Makefile.am. + * src/Makefile.am: Rename as... + * src/local.mk: this. + Prefix all the paths with src/. + (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Build object files in the sub dirs. + (AM_CPPFLAGS): Find find in builddir/src. + (YACC): Move the flags into... + (AM_YFLAGS): here. + * maint.mk (sc_tight_scope): Disable. + It used to bounce to the version in src/Makefile.am which is now + part of this very Makefile. + * Makefile.am, configure.ac: Adjust. + * src/scan-code-c.c, src/scan-code.l: We can no longer rely on + include "..." to find files "here": we are no longer in src/, so + qualify the includes with src/. + * doc/Makefile.am (PREPATH): No longer include the top_builddir + prefix. + (.x.1): Adjust to be able to create src/foo from the top level + Makefile, instead of going bounce to src/Makefile the creation of + foo. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Remove useless variable. + * doc/Makefile.am (srcsrcdir): Remove. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Remove data/Makefile.am. + * data/Makefile.am: Rename as... + * data/local.mk: this. + Adjust paths. + * Makefile.am, configure.ac: Adjust. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Remove etc/Makefile.am. + * etc/Makefile.am: Rename as... + * etc/local.mk: this. + Adjust. + * Makefile.am, configure.ac: Adjust. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Remove examples/local.mk. + examples/calc++/Makefile.am might be interesting to keep as is, since + it is an example in itself. + + * examples/Makefile.am: Rename as... + * examples/local.mk: this. + Adjust. + * Makefile.am, configure.ac: Adjust. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Remove build-aux/Makefile.am. + Recursive Makefiles are really way too slow, let's get rid of some of + them. + + * build-aux/Makefile.am: Rename as... + * build-aux/local.mk: this. + Adjust paths. + * Makefile.am, configure.ac: Adjust. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Provide convenience constructors for locations and positions. + * data/location.cc (position::position): Accept file, line and + column as arguments with default values. + Always qualify initial line and column literals as unsigned. + (location::location): Provide convenience constructors. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Instead of using make_symbol, generate make_FOO for each + token type. + Using template buys us nothing, and makes it uselessly complex to + construct a symbol. Besides, it could not be generalized to other + languages, while make_FOO would work in C/Java etc. + + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_): New. + (b4_symbol): Use it. + (b4_symbol_constructor_declaration_) + (b4_symbol_constructor_definition_): Instead of generating + specializations of an overloaded template function, just generate + several functions whose names are forged from the token names + without the token.prefix. + (b4_symbol_constructor_declarations): Generate them for all the + symbols, not just by class of symbol type, now that instead of + specializing a function template by the token, we generate a + function named after the token. + (b4_symbol_constructor_specialization_) + (b4_symbol_constructor_specializations): Remove. + * etc/bench.pl.in: Adjust to this new API. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + %define token.prefix. + Provide a means to add a prefix to the name of the tokens as + output in the generated files. Because of name clashes, it is + good to have such a prefix such as TOK_ that protects from names + such as EOF, FILE etc. But it clutters the grammar itself. + + * data/bison.m4 (token.prefix): Empty by default. + * data/c.m4 (b4_token_enum, b4_token_define): Use it. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol): Ditto. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Compute at M4 time some of the subtractions. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_substract): New. + (b4_rhs_data): Use it. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + symbol::token. + This allows the user to get the type of a token returned by yylex. + + * data/lalr1.cc (symbol::token): New. + (yytoknum_): Define when %define lex_symbol, independently of + %debug. + (yytoken_number_): Move into... + (symbol::token): here, since that's the only use. + The other one is YYPRINT which was not officially supported + by lalr1.cc, and anyway it did not work since YYPRINT uses this + array under a different name (yytoknum). + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + YYERRCODE. + * TODO (YYERRCODE): Mention the case of $undef. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + TODO: YYPRINT. + * TODO (YYPRINT): New. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Comment changes. + * data/lalr1.cc, data/yacc.c: Fix the description of the + yytranslate and yytoknum tables. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Define make_symbol in the header. + To reach good performances these functions should be inlined (yet + this is to measure precisely). To this end they must be available + to the caller. + + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_constructor_definition_): Qualify + location_type with the class name. + Since will now be output in the header, declare "inline". + No longer use b4_symbol_constructor_specializations, but + b4_symbol_constructor_definitions in the header. + Don't call it in the *.cc file. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Define yytranslate in the header for lex_symbol. + * data/lalr1.cc: Move the invocation of b4_yytranslate_definition + into the header file when using %define lex_symbol. + (yytranslate_): Declare inline. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Define the constructors of symbol_type in + b4_symbol_constructor_definitions. + The constructors are called by the make_symbol functions, which a + forthcoming patch will move elsewhere. Hence the interest of + putting them together. + + The stack_symbol_type does not need to be moved, it is used only + by the parser. + + * data/lalr1.cc: Move symbol_type and symbol_base_type + constructors into... + (b4_symbol_constructor_definitions): here. + Adjust. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Make it easier to move the definition of yytranslate_. + Forthcoming changes will make it possible to use yytranslate_ + from outside the parser implementation file. + + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_yytranslate_definition): New. + Use it. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Remove useless class specification. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_constructor_specialization_): No need + to refer to the class name to use a type defined by the class for + arguments of member functions. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Finer input type for yytranslate. + This patch is debatable: the tradition expects yylex to return an int + which happens to correspond to token_number (which is an enum). This + allows for instance to return characters (such as '*' etc.). But this + goes against the stronger typing I am trying to have with the new + lex interface which return a symbol_type. So in this case, feed + yytranslate_ with a token_type. + + * data/lalr1.cc (yytranslate_): When in %define lex-symbol, + expect a token_type. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Honor lex-params in %define lex_symbol mode. + * data/lalr1.cc: Use b4_lex_param. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Simplify names. + * src/output.c (symbol_definitions_output): Rename symbol + attributes type_name and has_type_name as type and has_type. + * data/lalr1.cc: Adjust uses. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Use b4_type_names for the union type. + The union used to compute the size of the variant used to iterate + over the type of all the symbols, with a lot of redundancy. Now + iterate over the lists of symbols having the same type-name. + + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_char_sizeof_): New. + (b4_char_sizeof): Use it. + Adjust to be called with a list of numbers instead of a single + number. + Adjust its caller for new-line issues. + +2008-11-13 Akim Demaille + + Define the "identifier" of a symbol. + Symbols may have several string representations, for instance if + they have an alias. What I call its "id" is a string that can be + used as an identifier. May not exist. + + Currently the symbols which have the "tag_is_id" flag set are + those that don't have an alias. Look harder for the id. + + * src/output.c (is_identifier): Move to... + * src/symtab.c (is_identifier): here. + * src/symtab.h, src/symtab.c (symbol_id_get): New. + * src/output.c (symbol_definitions_output): Use it to define "id" + and "has_id". + Remove the definition of "tag_is_id". + * data/lalr1.cc: Use the "id" and "has_id" whereever "tag" and + "tag_is_id" were used to produce code. + We still use "tag" for documentation. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Locations are no longer required by lalr1.cc. + * data/lalr1.cc (_b4_args, b4_args): New. + Adjust all uses of locations to make them optional. + * tests/c++.at (AT_CHECK_VARIANTS): No longer use the locations. + (AT_CHECK_NAMESPACE): Check the use of locations. + * tests/calc.at (_AT_DATA_CALC_Y): Adjust to be usable with or + without locations with lalr1.cc. + Test these cases. + * tests/output.at: Check lalr1.cc with and without location + support. + * tests/regression.at (_AT_DATA_EXPECT2_Y, _AT_DATA_DANCER_Y): + Don't use locations. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + AT_FULL_COMPILE. + * tests/local.at (AT_FULL_COMPILE): New. + * tests/actions.at, tests/calc.at, tests/regression.at: Use it. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Support parens in calc++. + * doc/bison.texinfo (Calc++ Scanner, Calc++ Parser): Support parens. + * examples/calc++/test (run): Check the expected output. + Adjust callers. + Check parens too. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Simplify lalr1.cc since %defines is mandatory. + * data/lalr1.cc: Remove useless calls to b4_defines_if. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + TODO: yyfmt. + * TODO (yysyntax_error): New item. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Prefer M4 to CPP. + * data/lalr1.cc: Use b4_error_verbose_if instead of #if + YYERROR_VERBOSE. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Support i18n of the parse error messages. + * TODO (lalr1.cc/I18n): Remove. + * data/lalr1.cc (yysyntax_error_): Support the translation of the + error messages, as done in yacc.c. + Stay within the yy* pseudo namespace. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + More TODO. + * TODO (single stack, yysyntax_error): New. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Make it possible to return a symbol_type from yylex. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_lex_symbol_if): New. + (parse): When lex_symbol is defined, expected yylex to return the + complete lookahead. + * etc/bench.pl.in (generate_grammar_list): Extend to support this + yylex interface. + (bench_variant_parser): Exercise it. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Remove useless bench case. + * etc/bench.pl.in (bench_variant_parser): VARIANT_DESTROY is + no longer used. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Improve display of directives. + * etc/bench.pl.in (parse_term): Don't add useless eol. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Use string_cast in the bench. + * etc/bench.pl.in (generate_grammar_list): Define and use + string_cast. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Replace yychar with a Boolean. + * data/lalr1.cc (parse::yychar): Replace by... + (parse::yyempty): this. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Factor the tables. + * TODO: New item. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Let yytranslate handle the eof case. + * data/lalr1.cc (yytranslate_): Handle the EOF case. + Adjust callers. + No longer expect yychar to be equal to yyeof_, rather, test the + lookahead's (translated) kind. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + yychar cannot be empty in yyerrlab. + * TODO (yychar == yyempty_): New. + * data/lalr1.cc: Remove the handling of this case. + This eases forthcoming changes related to yychar and yytranslate. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Bench: syntactic sugar for %define/#define. + * etc/bench.pl.in (parse_dirs): Support %d and #d with arguments. + (&bench_push_parser, bench_variant_parser): Use this feature. + (&eat): New. + Use it. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Less memory pressure on the "list" bench. + * etc/bench.pl.in (generate_grammar_list): Do not accumulate all + the values, to limit memory pressure. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Introduce make_symbol. + make_symbol provides a means to construct a full symbol (kind, + value, location) in a single shot. It is meant to be a Symbol + constructor, parameterized by the symbol kind so that overloading + would prevent incorrect kind/value pairs. Unfortunately + parameterized constructors do not work well in C++ (unless the + parameter also appears as an argument, which is not acceptable), + hence the use of a function instead of a constructor. + + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_constructor_declaration_) + (b4_symbol_constructor_declarations) + (b4_symbol_constructor_specialization_) + (b4_symbol_constructor_specializations) + (b4_symbol_constructor_definition_) + (b4_symbol_constructor_definitions): New. + Use them where appropriate to generate declaration, declaration of + the specializations, and implementations of the templated + overloaded function "make_symbol". + (variant::variant): Always define a default ctor. + Also provide a copy ctor. + (symbol_base_type, symbol_type): New ctor overloads for value-less + symbols. + (symbol_type): Now public, so that functions such as yylex can use + it. + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Inform m4 whether a tag is a valid id. + * src/output.c (is_identifier): New. + (symbol_definitions_output): Use it to define tag_is_id. + But maybe this should be done at m4 level? + +2008-11-11 Akim Demaille + + Test 214 was failing: it greps with a pattern containing [ ]* + which obviously meant to catch spaces and tabs, but contained only + spaces. Tabulations in sources are a nuisance, so to simplify the + matter, get rid of all the tabulations in the Java sources. The + other skeletons will be treated equally later. + + * data/java.m4, data/lalr1.java: Untabify. + * tests/java.at: Simplify AT_CHECK_JAVA_GREP invocations: + tabulations are no longer generated. + +2008-11-11 Paolo Bonzini + + * bootstrap.conf: Replace m4/warning.m4 with warnings module. + * configure.ac: Adjust usage. + * lib/Makefile.am: Replace $(WARNING_CFLAGS) with $(WARN_CFLAGS). + * src/Makefile.am: Replace $(WARNING_CFLAGS) with $(WARN_CFLAGS). + * tests/atlocal.in: Replace $(WARNING_*FLAGS) with $(WARN_*FLAGS). + +2008-11-10 Di-an Jan + + Workaround Java's ``code too large'' problem for parser tables + in most cases, by using one function per initialization. + * data/java.m4 (b4_typed_parser_table, b4_integral_parser_table): New. + * data/lalr1.java (yypact_, yydefact_, yypgoto_, yydefgoto_, + yytable_, yycheck_, yystos_, yytoken_number_, yyr1_, yyr2_, yyrhs_ + yyprhs_, yyrline_, yytranslate_table_): Use b4_integral_parser_table. + (yytname_): Use b4_typed_parser_table. + * doc/bison.texinfo (Java Bison Interface): Add note on Java's + ``code too large'' error. + +2008-11-10 Di-an Jan + + * NEWS: Document them. + + General Java skeleton improvements. + * configure.ac (gt_JAVACOMP): Request target of 1.4, which allows + using gcj < 4.3 in the testsuite, according to comments in + gnulib/m4/javacomp.m4. + * data/java.m4 (stype, parser_class_name, lex_throws, throws, + location_type, position_type): Remove extraneous brackets from + b4_percent_define_default. + (b4_lex_param, b4_parse_param): Remove extraneous brackets from + m4_define and m4_define_default. + * data/lalr1.java (b4_pre_prologue): Change to b4_user_post_prologue, + which marks the end of user code with appropriate syncline, like all + the other skeletons. + (b4_user_post_prologue): Add. Don't silently drop. + (yylex): Remove. + (parse): Inline yylex. + * doc/bison.texinfo (bisonVersion, bisonSkeleton): Document. + (%{...%}): Fix typo of %code imports. + * tests/java.at (AT_JAVA_COMPILE): Add "java" keyword. + + Support annotations on parser class with %define annotations. + * data/lalr1.java (annotations): Add to parser class modifier. + * doc/bison.texinfo (Java Parser Interface): Document + %define annotations. + (Java Declarations Summary): Document %define annotations. + * tests/java.at (Java parser class modifiers): Test annotations. + + Do not generate code for %error-verbose unless requested. + * data/lalr1.java (errorVerbose): Rename to yyErrorVerbose. + Make private. Make conditional on %error-verbose. + (getErrorVerbose, setErrorVerbose): New. + (yytnamerr_): Make conditional on %error-verbose. + (yysyntax_error): Make some code conditional on %error-verbose. + * doc/bison.texinfo (Java Bison Interface): Remove the parts + about %error-verbose having no effect. + (getErrorVerbose, setErrorVerbose): Document. + + Move constants for token names to Lexer interface. + * data/lalr1.java (Lexer): Move EOF, b4_token_enums(b4_tokens) here. + * data/java.m4 (b4_token_enum): Indent for move to Lexer interface. + (parse): Qualify EOF to Lexer.EOF. + * doc/bison.texinfo (Java Parser Interface): Move documentation of + EOF and token names to Java Lexer Interface. + * tests/java.at (_AT_DATA_JAVA_CALC_Y): Remove Calc qualifier. + + Make yyerror public. + * data/lalr1.java (Lexer.yyerror): Use longer parameter name. + (yyerror): Change to public. Add Javadoc comments. Use longer + parameter names. Make the body rather than the declarator + conditional on %locations. + * doc/bison.texinfo (yyerror): Document. Don't mark as protected. + + Allow user to add code to the constructor with %code init. + * data/java.m4 (b4_init_throws): New, for %define init_throws. + * data/lalr1.java (YYParser.YYParser): Add b4_init_throws. + Add %code init to the front of the constructor body. + * doc/bison.texinfo (YYParser.YYParser): Document %code init + and %define init_throws. + (Java Declarations Summary): Document %code init and + %define init_throws. + * tests/java.at (Java %parse-param and %lex-param): Adjust grep. + (Java constructor init and init_throws): Add tests. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Update TODO. + * TODO (-D): is implemented. + (associativity): Same precedence must have the same associativity. + For instance, how can a * b / c be parsed if * is %left and / is + %right? + (YYERRORCODE, YYFAIL, YYBACKUP): New. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Formatting changes. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + More information about the symbols. + * src/output.c (type_names_output): Document all the symbols, + including those that don't have a type-name. + (symbol_definitions_output): Define "is_token" and + "has_type_name". + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_type_action_): Skip symbols that have an empty + type-name, now that they are defined too in b4_type_names. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Regen. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Make parser::yytranslate static. + Small speedup (1%) on the list grammar. And makes yytranslate_ + available in non member functions. + + * data/lalr1.cc (yytranslate_): Does not need to be a instance + function. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Avoid trailing spaces. + * data/c.m4: b4_comment(TEXT): Don't indent empty lines. + * data/lalr1.cc: Don't indent before rule and symbol actions, as + they can be empty, and anyway this incorrectly indents the first + action. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Comment changes. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Use "enum" for integral constants. + This is just nicer to read, I observed no speedup. + + * data/lalr1.cc (yyeof_, yylast_, yynnts_, yyempty_, yyfinal_) + (yterror_, yyerrcode_, yyntokens_): Define as members of an enum. + (yyuser_token_number_max_, yyundef_token_): Move into... + (yytranslate_): here. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Shortcuts in bench directives. + * etc/bench.pl.in (parse_dirs): New. + Use it. + (bench_variant_parser, bench_fusion_parser): Use %s and %d. + Create the benches in "benches/". + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Formatting changes. + * data/lalr1.cc: here. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Adjust verbose message to using emacs. + * etc/bench.pl.in: Inform compilation-mode when we change the + directory. + (generate_grammar_list): Recognize %define "variant" in addition + to %define variant. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Classify symbols by type-name. + * src/uniqstr.h (UNIQSTR_CMP): New. + * src/output.c (symbol_type_name_cmp, symbols_by_type_name) + (type_names_output): New. + (muscles_output): Use it. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_action_): Remove. + (b4_symbol_case_, b4_type_action_): New. + Adjust uses of b4_symbol_action_ to use b4_type_action_. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Change the handling of the symbols in the skeletons. + Before we were using tables which lines were the symbols and which + columns were things like number, tag, type-name etc. It is was + difficult to extend: each time a column was added, all the numbers had + to be updated (you asked for colon $2, not for "tag"). Also, it was + hard to filter these tables when only a subset of the symbols (say the + tokens, or the nterms, or the tokens that have and external number + *and* a type-name) was of interest. + + Now instead of monolithic tables, we define one macro per cell. For + instance "b4_symbol(0, tag)" is a macro name which contents is + self-decriptive. The macro "b4_symbol" provides easier access to + these cells. + + * src/output.c (type_names_output): Remove. + (symbol_numbers_output, symbol_definitions_output): New. + (muscles_output): Call them. + (prepare_symbols): Define b4_symbols_number. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + --trace=muscles + * src/getargs.h, src/getargs.c (trace_muscle): New. + (trace_types, trace_args): Support it. + * src/output.c (output_skeleton): Use it. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + muscles_output. + * src/output.c (muscles_output): New, extracted from... + (output_skeleton): here. + Adjust. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Formatting changes. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Update the variant example. + * examples/variant.yy: Formatting changes. + One stage build. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Support constructor with an argument. + This improves the "list" bench by 2%. + + * data/lalr1.cc (variant::build): Add an overloaded version with + an argument. + * tests/c++.at (AT_CHECK_VARIANT): Check it. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Test variants. + * tests/c++.at (AT_CHECK_VARIANTS): New. + Use it with and without %define assert. + +2008-11-10 Akim Demaille + + Add %precedence support. + Unfortunately it is not possible to reuse the %prec directive. This + is because to please POSIX, we do not require to end the rules with a + semicolon. As a result, + + foo: bar %prec baz + + is ambiguous: either a rule which precedence is that of baz, or a rule, + and then a declaration of the precedence of the token baz. + + * doc/bison.texinfo: Document %precedence. + (Precedence Only): New. + * src/assoc.h, src/assoc.c (precedence_assoc): New. + * src/conflicts.c (resolve_sr_conflict): Support it. + * src/scan-gram.l, src/parse-gram.y (%precedence): New token. + Parse it. + * tests/calc.at: Use %precedence for NEG. + * tests/conflicts.at (%precedence does not suffice) + (%precedence suffices): New tests. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Make benches in a sub dirs. + * etc/bench.pl.in ($dir): New. + Use it. + Check the use of constructors with an argument. + (bench_variant_parser): Fix. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + fix eof condition + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Fix --help. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Require the generation of parse-gram.output. + * src/Makefile.am (YACC): Pass --report=all. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Formatting changes. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Update TODO. + * TODO: Remove obsolete items. + Update others. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Enhance bench.pl. + * etc/bench.pl.in (parse, parse_expr, parse_term, parse_fact) + (@token, $grammar, $bench): New. + (generate_grammar_variant): Rename as... + (generate_grammar_list): this. + (generate_grammar): Adjust. + (bench_grammar): Rename as... + (bench): this. + Use it in the various bench-marking routines. + (-b, -g): New options. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Use a static hierarchy for symbols in the C++ parser. + * data/lalr1.cc (symbol_base_type, symbol_type) + (stack_symbol_type): Make it a static hierarchy. + Adjust dependencies. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + bench.pl -d, --directive. + * etc/bench.pl.in (@directive): New. + (&bench_grammar): Use it. + (&bench_list_grammar): New, to provide access to the "variant" + grammar. + Use it. + (getopts): Support -d, --directive. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Use inline for small operations. + * data/lalr1.cc (symbol_base_type, symbol_type) + (stack_symbol_type): Declare constructor and other operations as + inline. + (yy_destroy_): Inline. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Introduce a hierarchy for symbols. + * data/lalr1.cc (symbol_base_type, symbol_type): New. + (data_type): Rename as... + (stack_symbol_type): this. + Derive from symbol_base_type. + (yy_symbol_value_print_): Merge into... + (yy_symbol_print_): this. + Rename as... + (yy_print_): this. + (yydestruct_): Rename as... + (yy_destroy_): this. + (b4_symbols_actions, YY_SYMBOL_PRINT): Adjust. + (parser::parse): yyla is now of symbol_type. + Use its type member instead of yytoken. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Rename data_type and stack_symbol_type. + * data/lalr1.cc (data_type): Rename as... + (stack_symbol_type): this. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Handle semantic value and location together. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_actions): Bounce $$ and @$ to + yydata.value and yydata.location. + (yy_symbol_value_print_, yy_symbol_print_, yydestruct_) + (YY_SYMBOL_PRINT): Now take semantic value and location as a + single arg. + Adjust all callers. + (yydestruct_): New overload for a stack symbol. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Push a complete symbol, not connected parts. + * data/lalr1.cc (yypush_): Take a data_type&, not disconnected + state, value and location. + Adjust callers. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Agregate yylval and yylloc. + * data/lalr1.cc (parser::yylval, parser::yylloc): Replace by... + (parser::yyla): this. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Rely on the state stack to display reduction traces. + To display rhs symbols before a reduction, we used information + about the rule reduced, which required the tables yyrhs and + yyprhs. Now use rely only on the state stack to get the same + information. + + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_rhs_data, b4_rhs_state): New. + Use them. + (parser::yyrhs_, parser::yyprhs_): Remove. + (parser::yy_reduce_print_): Use the state stack. + +2008-11-09 Akim Demaille + + Fuse yyval and yyloc into yylhs. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_lhs_value, b4_lhs_location): Adjust to using + yylhs. + (parse): Replace yyval and yyloc with yylhs.value and + yylhs.location. + After a user action, compute yylhs.state earlier. + (yyerrlab1): Do not play tricks with yylhs.location, rather, use a + fresh error_token. + +2008-11-09 Di-an Jan + + Remove unused variable. + * src/output.c (type_names_output): Remove unused variable sep. + +2008-11-09 Paolo Bonzini + + Change tests/output.at quoting. + * tests/output.at (AT_CHECK_OUTPUT): Use conventional m4 quoting when + expanding arguments. + +2008-11-07 Joel E. Denny + + Don't add a semicolon to actions for %skeleton or %language. + It breaks Java test cases as reported by Akim Demaille. + * src/scan-code.l: Implement. + +2008-11-07 Joel E. Denny + + Clean up %skeleton and %language priority implementation. + * src/getargs.c (skeleton_prio): Use default_prio rather than 2, and + remove static qualifier because others will soon need to see it. + (language_prio): Likewise. + (getargs): Use command_line_prio rather than 0. + * src/getargs.h (command_line_prio, grammar_prio, default_prio): New + enum fields. + (skeleton_prio): Extern it. + (language_prio): Extern it. + * src/parse-gram.y: Use grammar_prio rather than 1. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + Moving push traces into yypush_. + * data/lalr1.cc (yypush_): Now takes a optional trace message. + Adjust all uses. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + The single-stack C++ parser is now the standard one. + * data/lalr1.cc: Rename as... + * data/lalr1-split.cc: this. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc: Rename as... + * data/lalr1.cc: this. + * etc/bench.pl.in: Adjust. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + Avoid empty-if warnings. + Reported by Quentin Hocquet. + + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (YY_SYMBOL_PRINT, YY_REDUCE_PRINT) + (YY_STACK_PRINT): Provide some contents even when !YYDEBUG. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + Pass command line location to skeleton_arg and language_argmatch. + * src/getargs.h, src/getargs.c (skeleton_arg, language_argmatch): + The location argument is now mandatory. + Adjust all dependencies. + (getargs): Use command_line_location. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + -D, --define. + * src/getargs.c (usage): Document -D. + Fix help string for --locations. + (command_line_location): New. + (short_options, long_options, getargs): Support -D, --define. + (getargs): Move -d support at the right place. + * doc/bison.texinfo (Bison Options): Update. + * tests/input.at (%define, --define): New. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + Initialize the muscle table before parsing the command line. + * src/getargs.c (quotearg.h, muscle_tab.h): Include. + (getargs): Define file_name. + * src/main.c (main): Initialize muscle_tab before calling + getargs. + * src/muscle_tab.c (muscle_init): No longer define file_name, as + its value is not available yet. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + Locations without columns for command line arguments. + * src/location.c (location_print): Don't display negative columns. + * src/location.h: Document this. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + Fix --help. + * src/getargs.c (usage): Fix help string for -W. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + Handle more general types of option arguments. + * build-aux/cross-options.pl: The argument ends at the first + space, not the first non-symbol character. + Use @var for each word appearing the argument description. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + Destroy the variants that remain on the stack in case of error. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (yydestruct_): Invoke the variant's + destructor. + Display the value only if yymsg is nonnull. + (yyreduce): Invoke yydestruct_ when popping lhs symbols. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + Add "%define assert" to variants. + This is used to help the user catch cases where some value gets + ovewritten by a new one. This should not happen, as this will + probably leak. + + Unfortunately this uncovered a bug in the C++ parser itself: the + lookahead value was not destroyed between two calls to yylex. For + instance if the previous lookahead was a std::string, and then an int, + then the value of the std::string was correctly taken (i.e., the + lookahead was now an empty string), but std::string structure itself + was not reclaimed. + + This is now done in variant::build(other&) (which is used to take the + value of the lookahead): other is not only stolen from its value, it + is also destroyed. This incurs a new performance penalty of a few + percent, and union becomes faster again. + + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (variant::build(other&)): Destroy other. + (b4_variant_if): New. + (variant::built): New. + Use it whereever the status of the variant changes. + * etc/bench.pl.in: Check the penalty of %define assert. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + Use "%define variant" in bench.pl. + * etc/bench.pl.in: No longer use the pseudo directive %variants, + just use %define variants. + +2008-11-07 Akim Demaille + + Regen. + * src/parse-gram.h, src/parse-gram.c: Regen. + +2008-11-04 Joel E. Denny + + Fix user actions without a trailing semicolon. + Reported by Sergei Steshenko at + . + * THANKS (Sergei Steshenko): Add. + * src/scan-code.l (SC_RULE_ACTION): Fix it. + * tests/regression.at (Fix user actions without a trailing semicolon): + New test case. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Use b4_copyright_years. + * data/yacc.c (b4_copyright_years): New. + Fix its value according to the comments in the file. + Use it and undefine it. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Formatting changes. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc, src/parse-gram.y: here. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Formatting changes. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc: here. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Use strict on bench.pl. + * etc/bench.pl.in (&run, &generate_grammar): New. + Rename the grammar generating functions for consistency. + Change the interface so that the list of benches to run is passed + as (optionless) arguments. + (&compile): Use &run. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Remove spurious initial empty lines. + * data/glr.c, data/glr.cc, data/lalr1.cc, data/lalr1.java, + * data/yacc.c: End the @output lines with an @. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Improve the display of sizes. + * etc/bench.p.in: Higher precision. + Sort by decreasing size. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Don't memcpy C++ structures. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (b4_symbol_variant): Adjust additional + arguments. + (variant::build): New overload for + copy-construction-that-destroys. + (variant::swap): New. + (parser::yypush_): Use it in variant mode. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Better defaults for bench.pl. + * etc/bench.pl.in ($verbose, $cflags, $iterations): Change the + default values. + Adjust &verbose uses. + (-q, --quiet): New. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Make variant.yy more complex. + std::list cannot be copied via memcpy, they are more demanding than + std::string. Use one std::list to strengthen the test. + + * examples/variant.yy: Use lalr1-fusion.cc, not lalr1.cc. + Adjust. + Create a list of strings, instead of a single large string. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + bench.pl --bench. + * etc/bench.pl.in (--bench, $bench): New. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Sort methods. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (destroy): Use as() in its definition. + Define it after as(). + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Useless parens. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (b4_rhs_location): Remove useless parens. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Issue missing synclines after user actions. + * data/c.m4 (b4_case): Issue synclines on the output file. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Remove trailing empty line. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc: Don't add an empty line after the user's + epilogue. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Fix output of copyright years. + * data/bison.m4 (b4_copyright): Fix the indentation of the + copyright year paragraph. + Use b4_copyright_years when no years are given. + * data/lalr1.cc, data/lalr1-fusion.cc, data/location.cc + (b4_copyright_years): New. + Use it. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Avoid the spurious initial empty line. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc, data/location.cc: Put a trailing "@" at + the end of @output request to suppress the empty line that + results. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Remove parser::rhs_number_type. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (rhs_number_type): No longer define it. + (yyrhs_): Use b4_table_define. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Fix iteration type. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc: Use an int to iterate up to an int. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Factor the declaration of the integer tables. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (b4_table_define): New. + Use it. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Fix indentation of tables in lalr1.cc + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc: Fix the indentation. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Destroy the lhs symbols after reduction. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (parse): After the user action, when in + variant mode, destroy the lhs symbols. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Simplify yysyntax_error_ use. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (yysyntax_error_): Always pass it the token + type, but make it unnamed in the declaration when it is not used. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Let yy::variant::build return an lvalue. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (variant::build): Return a reference to the + object. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Define yy::variant only when needed. + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc (yy::variant): Define only if variants are + used. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Bench the three-stack lalr1.cc. + * etc/bench.pl.in: Bench the three-stack lalr1.cc vs. the + one-stack one. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Fail on parse error in calc++. + * doc/bison.texinfo (calc++.cc): Propagate failures to the exit + status. + * examples/calc++/test ($me, $number, $exit, run): New. + Use them to propagate errors to the exit status. + +2008-11-03 Akim Demaille + + Don't specify the skeleton twice in the example. + * examples/calc++/Makefile.am: Don't pass -S to Bison, the grammar + file does what is needed. + 2008-11-03 Akim Demaille bench: Improve output. @@ -75,27 +1353,31 @@ 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). - + + 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. + + * 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) @@ -109,7 +1391,7 @@ 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 @@ -138,15 +1420,16 @@ 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. - + 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. @@ -166,7 +1449,7 @@ 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.