X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/5c31c3c2c8e9a7c7c664ad4a80f04ab636b3f75b..b85810aec0e5172c813b1cdd511bfce8a0cd4b4f:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 048c7aec..61081a44 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,77 @@ Bison News ---------- +Changes in version 1.49a: + +* Items overflow + Bison no longer dumps core when there are too many items, it just + dies. + +* Token end-of-file + The token end of file may be specified by the user, in which case, + the user symbol is used in the reports, the graphs, and the verbose + error messages instead of `$', which remains being the defaults. + For instance + %token YYEOF 0 + or + %token YYEOF 0 "end of file" + +Changes in version 1.30: + +* `--defines' and `--graph' have now an optionnal argument which is the + output file name. `-d' and `-g' do not change, they do not take any + argument. + +* `%source_extension' and `%header_extension' are removed, failed + experiment. + +* Portability fixes. + +Changes in version 1.29, 2001-09-07: + +* The output file does not define const, as this caused problems when used + with common autoconfiguration schemes. If you still use ancient compilers + that lack const, compile with the equivalent of the C compiler option + `-Dconst='. autoconf's AC_C_CONST macro provides one way to do this. + +* Added `-g' and `--graph'. + +* The Bison manual is now distributed under the terms of the GNU FDL. + +* The input and the output files has automatically a similar extension. + +* Russian translation added. + +* NLS support updated; should hopefully be less troublesome. + +* Added the old Bison reference card. + +* Added `--locations' and `%locations'. + +* Added `-S' and `--skeleton'. + +* `%raw', `-r', `--raw' is disabled. + +* Special characters are escaped when output. This solves the problems + of the #line lines with path names including backslashes. + +* New directives. + `%yacc', `%fixed_output_files', `%defines', `%no_parser', `%verbose', + `%debug', `%source_extension' and `%header_extension'. + +* @$ + Automatic location tracking. + +Changes in version 1.28, 1999-07-06: + +* Should compile better now with K&R compilers. + +* Added NLS. + +* Fixed a problem with escaping the double quote character. + +* There is now a FAQ. + Changes in version 1.27: * The make rule which prevented bison.simple from being created on @@ -23,11 +94,11 @@ Changes in version 1.26: * Generated parsers should now work even on operating systems which do not provide alloca(). -Changes in version 1.25: +Changes in version 1.25, 1995-10-16: * Errors in the input grammar are not fatal; Bison keeps reading the grammar file, and reports all the errors found in it. - + * Tokens can now be specified as multiple-character strings: for example, you could use "<=" for a token which looks like <=, instead of chosing a name like LESSEQ. @@ -64,3 +135,7 @@ Changes in version 1.22: Changes in version 1.20: Output file does not redefine const for C++. + +Local Variables: +mode: outline +End: