X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/321d3e35d52c3a118e4fd574ec63e667c330a40e..96029914a688997caef26edb87aa4c2131299fed:/NEWS?ds=inline diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2d4143ad..46d614cf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,6 +2,85 @@ GNU Bison NEWS * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] +** Changes in the format of error messages + + This used to be the format of many error reports: + + foo.y:5.10-24: result type clash on merge function 'merge': != + foo.y:4.13-27: previous declaration + + It is now: + + foo.y:5.10-25: result type clash on merge function 'merge': != + foo.y:4.13-27: previous declaration + +** Exception safety (lalr1.cc) + + The parse function now catches exceptions, uses the %destructors to + release memory (the lookahead symbol and the symbols pushed on the stack) + before re-throwing the exception. + + This feature is somewhat experimental. User feedback would be + appreciated. + +** New %define variable: api.location.type (glr.cc, lalr1.cc, lalr1.java) + + The %define variable api.location.type defines the name of the type to use + for locations. When defined, Bison no longer generates the position.hh + and location.hh files, nor does the parser will include them: the user is + then responsible to define her type. + + This can be used in programs with several parsers to factor their location + and position files: let one of them generate them, and the others just use + them. + + This feature was actually introduced, but not documented, in Bison 2.5, + under the name "location_type" (which is maintained for backward + compatibility). + + For consistency, lalr1.java's %define variables location_type and + position_type are deprecated in favor of api.location.type and + api.position.type. + +** Graph improvements in DOT and XSLT + + The graphical presentation of the states is more readable: their shape is + now rectangular, the state number is clearly displayed, and the items are + numbered and left-justified. + + The reductions are now explicitly represented as transitions to other + diamond shaped nodes. + + These changes are present in both --graph output and xml2dot.xsl XSLT + processing, with minor (documented) differences. + + Two nodes were added to the documentation: Xml and Graphviz. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.5 (2012-11-07) [stable] + + We consider compiler warnings about Bison generated parsers to be bugs. + Rather than working around them in your own project, please consider + reporting them to us. + +** Bug fixes + + Warnings about uninitialized yylval and/or yylloc for push parsers with a + pure interface have been fixed for GCC 4.0 up to 4.8, and Clang 2.9 to + 3.2. + + Other issues in the test suite have been addressed. + + Nul characters are correctly displayed in error messages. + + When possible, yylloc is correctly initialized before calling yylex. It + is no longer necessary to initialize it in the %initial-action. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.4 (2012-10-23) [stable] + + Bison 2.6.3's --version was incorrect. This release fixes this issue. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.3 (2012-10-22) [stable] + ** Bug fixes Bugs and portability issues in the test suite have been fixed. @@ -16,18 +95,6 @@ GNU Bison NEWS All the generated headers are self-contained. -** Changes in the format of error messages - - This used to be the format of many error reports: - - foo.y:5.10-24: result type clash on merge function 'merge': != - foo.y:4.13-27: previous declaration - - It is now: - - foo.y:5.10-25: result type clash on merge function 'merge': != - foo.y:4.13-27: previous declaration - ** Header guards (yacc.c, glr.c, glr.cc) In order to avoid collisions, the header guards are now @@ -39,16 +106,7 @@ GNU Bison NEWS will use YY_CALC_LIB_PARSE_H_INCLUDED as guard. -** Exception safety (lalr1.cc) - - The parse function now catches exceptions, uses the %destructors to - release memory (the lookahead symbol and the symbols pushed on the stack) - before rethrowing the exception. - - This feature is somewhat experimental. User feedback would be - appreciated. - -** Fix compiler warnings in the generated parser (yacc.c) +** Fix compiler warnings in the generated parser (yacc.c, glr.c) The compilation of pure parsers (%define api.pure) can trigger GCC warnings such as: @@ -61,6 +119,10 @@ GNU Bison NEWS This is now fixed; pragmas to avoid these warnings are no longer needed. + Warnings from clang ("equality comparison with extraneous parentheses" and + "function declared 'noreturn' should not return") have also been + addressed. + * Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.2 (2012-08-03) [stable] ** Bug fixes @@ -1918,7 +1980,8 @@ along with this program. If not, see . 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