X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/5c31c3c2c8e9a7c7c664ad4a80f04ab636b3f75b..f6ec6d13dcd3833254202659ada3541c9dab88a1:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 048c7aec..af7d37d4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,61 @@ Bison News ---------- +Changes in version 1.29d: + +* `--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. + +* The test suite is more portable. + +* Better portability. + +Changes in version 1.29: + +* 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'. + +Changes in version 1.28: + +* 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 @@ -27,7 +82,7 @@ Changes in version 1.25: * 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.