X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/60aa04a236004d3d03f00aeaf07b643a52ef0760..edb2e90531197dfd3250bd3ca2e5993376002182:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c17939a3..29cfe727 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,13 +2,187 @@ GNU Bison NEWS * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] -** Warnings -*** Warning categories are now displayed in warnings +* Noteworthy changes in release 3.0.1 (2013-11-12) [stable] - For instance: +** Bug fixes + +*** Errors in caret diagnostics + + On some platforms, some errors could result in endless diagnostics. + +*** Fixes of the -Werror option + + Options such as "-Werror -Wno-error=foo" were still turning "foo" + diagnostics into errors instead of warnings. This is fixed. + + Actually, for consistency with GCC, "-Wno-error=foo -Werror" now also + leaves "foo" diagnostics as warnings. Similarly, with "-Werror=foo + -Wno-error", "foo" diagnostics are now errors. + +*** GLR Predicates + + As demonstrated in the documentation, one can now leave spaces between + "%?" and its "{". + +*** Installation + + The yacc.1 man page is no longer installed if --disable-yacc was + specified. + +*** Fixes in the test suite + + Bugs and portability issues. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 3.0 (2013-07-25) [stable] + +** WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities! + + Like other GNU packages, Bison will start using some of the C99 features + for its own code, especially the definition of variables after statements. + The generated C parsers still aim at C90. + +** Backward incompatible changes + +*** Obsolete features + + Support for YYFAIL is removed (deprecated in Bison 2.4.2): use YYERROR. + + Support for yystype and yyltype is removed (deprecated in Bison 1.875): + use YYSTYPE and YYLTYPE. + + Support for YYLEX_PARAM and YYPARSE_PARAM is removed (deprecated in Bison + 1.875): use %lex-param, %parse-param, or %param. + + Missing semicolons at the end of actions are no longer added (as announced + in the release 2.5). + +*** Use of YACC='bison -y' + + TL;DR: With Autoconf <= 2.69, pass -Wno-yacc to (AM_)YFLAGS if you use + Bison extensions. + + Traditional Yacc generates 'y.tab.c' whatever the name of the input file. + Therefore Makefiles written for Yacc expect 'y.tab.c' (and possibly + 'y.tab.h' and 'y.outout') to be generated from 'foo.y'. + + To this end, for ages, AC_PROG_YACC, Autoconf's macro to look for an + implementation of Yacc, was using Bison as 'bison -y'. While it does + ensure compatible output file names, it also enables warnings for + incompatibilities with POSIX Yacc. In other words, 'bison -y' triggers + warnings for Bison extensions. + + Autoconf 2.70+ fixes this incompatibility by using YACC='bison -o y.tab.c' + (which also generates 'y.tab.h' and 'y.output' when needed). + Alternatively, disable Yacc warnings by passing '-Wno-yacc' to your Yacc + flags (YFLAGS, or AM_YFLAGS with Automake). + +** Bug fixes + +*** The epilogue is no longer affected by internal #defines (glr.c) + + The glr.c skeleton uses defines such as #define yylval (yystackp->yyval) in + generated code. These weren't properly undefined before the inclusion of + the user epilogue, so functions such as the following were butchered by the + preprocessor expansion: + + int yylex (YYSTYPE *yylval); + + This is fixed: yylval, yynerrs, yychar, and yylloc are now valid + identifiers for user-provided variables. + +*** stdio.h is no longer needed when locations are enabled (yacc.c) + + Changes in Bison 2.7 introduced a dependency on FILE and fprintf when + locations are enabled. This is fixed. - foo.y:4.6: warning: type clash on default action: != [-Wother] +*** Warnings about useless %pure-parser/%define api.pure are restored + +** Diagnostics reported by Bison + + Most of these features were contributed by Théophile Ranquet and Victor + Santet. + +*** Carets + + Version 2.7 introduced caret errors, for a prettier output. These are now + activated by default. The old format can still be used by invoking Bison + with -fno-caret (or -fnone). + + Some error messages that reproduced excerpts of the grammar are now using + the caret information only. For instance on: + + %% + exp: 'a' | 'a'; + + Bison 2.7 reports: + + in.y: warning: 1 reduce/reduce conflict [-Wconflicts-rr] + in.y:2.12-14: warning: rule useless in parser due to conflicts: exp: 'a' [-Wother] + + Now bison reports: + + in.y: warning: 1 reduce/reduce conflict [-Wconflicts-rr] + in.y:2.12-14: warning: rule useless in parser due to conflicts [-Wother] + exp: 'a' | 'a'; + ^^^ + + and "bison -fno-caret" reports: + + in.y: warning: 1 reduce/reduce conflict [-Wconflicts-rr] + in.y:2.12-14: warning: rule useless in parser due to conflicts [-Wother] + +*** Enhancements of the -Werror option + + The -Werror=CATEGORY option is now recognized, and will treat specified + warnings as errors. The warnings need not have been explicitly activated + using the -W option, this is similar to what GCC 4.7 does. + + For example, given the following command line, Bison will treat both + warnings related to POSIX Yacc incompatibilities and S/R conflicts as + errors (and only those): + + $ bison -Werror=yacc,error=conflicts-sr input.y + + If no categories are specified, -Werror will make all active warnings into + errors. For example, the following line does the same the previous example: + + $ bison -Werror -Wnone -Wyacc -Wconflicts-sr input.y + + (By default -Wconflicts-sr,conflicts-rr,deprecated,other is enabled.) + + Note that the categories in this -Werror option may not be prefixed with + "no-". However, -Wno-error[=CATEGORY] is valid. + + Note that -y enables -Werror=yacc. Therefore it is now possible to require + Yacc-like behavior (e.g., always generate y.tab.c), but to report + incompatibilities as warnings: "-y -Wno-error=yacc". + +*** The display of warnings is now richer + + The option that controls a given warning is now displayed: + + foo.y:4.6: warning: type clash on default action: != [-Wother] + + In the case of warnings treated as errors, the prefix is changed from + "warning: " to "error: ", and the suffix is displayed, in a manner similar + to GCC, as [-Werror=CATEGORY]. + + For instance, where the previous version of Bison would report (and exit + with failure): + + bison: warnings being treated as errors + input.y:1.1: warning: stray ',' treated as white space + + it now reports: + + input.y:1.1: error: stray ',' treated as white space [-Werror=other] + +*** Deprecated constructs + + The new 'deprecated' warning category flags obsolete constructs whose + support will be discontinued. It is enabled by default. These warnings + used to be reported as 'other' warnings. *** Useless semantic types @@ -27,18 +201,17 @@ GNU Bison NEWS 3.28-34: warning: type is used, but is not associated to any symbol 4.28-34: warning: type is used, but is not associated to any symbol -*** Undeclared symbols +*** Undefined but unused symbols - Bison used to raise an error for %printer and %destructor directives for - undefined symbols. + Bison used to raise an error for undefined symbols that are not used in + the grammar. This is now only a warning. %printer {} symbol1 %destructor {} symbol2 + %type symbol3 %% exp: "a"; - This is now only a warning. - *** Useless destructors or printers Bison now warns about useless destructors or printers. In the following @@ -53,6 +226,57 @@ GNU Bison NEWS %printer {} token1 %destructor {} token2 +*** Conflicts + + The warnings and error messages about shift/reduce and reduce/reduce + conflicts have been normalized. For instance on the following foo.y file: + + %glr-parser + %% + exp: exp '+' exp | '0' | '0'; + + compare the previous version of bison: + + $ bison foo.y + foo.y: conflicts: 1 shift/reduce, 2 reduce/reduce + $ bison -Werror foo.y + bison: warnings being treated as errors + foo.y: conflicts: 1 shift/reduce, 2 reduce/reduce + + with the new behavior: + + $ bison foo.y + foo.y: warning: 1 shift/reduce conflict [-Wconflicts-sr] + foo.y: warning: 2 reduce/reduce conflicts [-Wconflicts-rr] + $ bison -Werror foo.y + foo.y: error: 1 shift/reduce conflict [-Werror=conflicts-sr] + foo.y: error: 2 reduce/reduce conflicts [-Werror=conflicts-rr] + + When %expect or %expect-rr is used, such as with bar.y: + + %expect 0 + %glr-parser + %% + exp: exp '+' exp | '0' | '0'; + + Former behavior: + + $ bison bar.y + bar.y: conflicts: 1 shift/reduce, 2 reduce/reduce + bar.y: expected 0 shift/reduce conflicts + bar.y: expected 0 reduce/reduce conflicts + + New one: + + $ bison bar.y + bar.y: error: shift/reduce conflicts: 1 found, 0 expected + bar.y: error: reduce/reduce conflicts: 2 found, 0 expected + +** Incompatibilities with POSIX Yacc + + The 'yacc' category is no longer part of '-Wall', enable it explicitly + with '-Wyacc'. + ** Additional yylex/yyparse arguments The new directive %param declares additional arguments to both yylex and @@ -68,29 +292,31 @@ GNU Bison NEWS %param {arg1_type *arg1} {arg2_type *arg2} -** Java skeleton improvements +** Types of values for %define variables - The constants for token names were moved to the Lexer interface. - Also, it is possible to add code to the parser's constructors using - "%code init" and "%define init_throws". + Bison used to make no difference between '%define foo bar' and '%define + foo "bar"'. The former is now called a 'keyword value', and the latter a + 'string value'. A third kind was added: 'code values', such as '%define + foo {bar}'. -** C++ skeleton improvements + Keyword variables are used for fixed value sets, e.g., - The C++ parser features a syntax_error exception, which can be - thrown from the scanner or from user rules to raise syntax errors. - This facilitates reporting errors caught in sub-functions (e.g., - rejecting too large integral literals from a conversion function - used by the scanner, or rejecting invalid combinations from a - factory invoked by the user actions). + %define lr.type lalr + + Code variables are used for value in the target language, e.g., + + %define api.value.type {struct semantic_type} -** Variable api.tokens.prefix + String variables are used remaining cases, e.g. file names. - The variable api.tokens.prefix changes the way tokens are identified in +** Variable api.token.prefix + + The variable api.token.prefix changes the way tokens are identified in the generated files. This is especially useful to avoid collisions with identifiers in the target language. For instance %token FILE for ERROR - %define api.tokens.prefix "TOK_" + %define api.token.prefix {TOK_} %% start: FILE for ERROR; @@ -99,35 +325,574 @@ GNU Bison NEWS use these prefixed token names, although the grammar itself still uses the short names (as in the sample rule given above). -** Variable api.namespace +** Variable api.value.type - The "namespace" variable is renamed "api.namespace". Backward - compatibility is ensured, but upgrading is recommended. + This new %define variable supersedes the #define macro YYSTYPE. The use + of YYSTYPE is discouraged. In particular, #defining YYSTYPE *and* either + using %union or %defining api.value.type results in undefined behavior. + + Either define api.value.type, or use "%union": + + %union + { + int ival; + char *sval; + } + %token INT "integer" + %token STRING "string" + %printer { fprintf (yyo, "%d", $$); } + %destructor { free ($$); } + + /* In yylex(). */ + yylval.ival = 42; return INT; + yylval.sval = "42"; return STRING; + + The %define variable api.value.type supports both keyword and code values. + + The keyword value 'union' means that the user provides genuine types, not + union member names such as "ival" and "sval" above (WARNING: will fail if + -y/--yacc/%yacc is enabled). + + %define api.value.type union + %token INT "integer" + %token STRING "string" + %printer { fprintf (yyo, "%d", $$); } + %destructor { free ($$); } + + /* In yylex(). */ + yylval.INT = 42; return INT; + yylval.STRING = "42"; return STRING; + + The keyword value variant is somewhat equivalent, but for C++ special + provision is made to allow classes to be used (more about this below). + + %define api.value.type variant + %token INT "integer" + %token STRING "string" + + Code values (in braces) denote user defined types. This is where YYSTYPE + used to be used. + + %code requires + { + struct my_value + { + enum + { + is_int, is_string + } kind; + union + { + int ival; + char *sval; + } u; + }; + } + %define api.value.type {struct my_value} + %token INT "integer" + %token STRING "string" + %printer { fprintf (yyo, "%d", $$); } + %destructor { free ($$); } + + /* In yylex(). */ + yylval.u.ival = 42; return INT; + yylval.u.sval = "42"; return STRING; ** Variable parse.error - The variable error controls the verbosity of error messages. The - use of the %error-verbose directive is deprecated in favor of - %define parse.error "verbose". + This variable controls the verbosity of error messages. The use of the + %error-verbose directive is deprecated in favor of "%define parse.error + verbose". + +** Renamed %define variables + + The following variables have been renamed for consistency. Backward + compatibility is ensured, but upgrading is recommended. + + lr.default-reductions -> lr.default-reduction + lr.keep-unreachable-states -> lr.keep-unreachable-state + namespace -> api.namespace + stype -> api.value.type ** Semantic predicates - The new, experimental, semantic-predicate feature allows actions of - the form %?{ BOOLEAN-EXPRESSION }, which cause syntax errors (as for + Contributed by Paul Hilfinger. + + The new, experimental, semantic-predicate feature allows actions of the + form "%?{ BOOLEAN-EXPRESSION }", which cause syntax errors (as for YYERROR) if the expression evaluates to 0, and are evaluated immediately - in GLR parsers, rather than being deferred. The result is that they - allow the programmer to prune possible parses based on the values of - run-time expressions. + in GLR parsers, rather than being deferred. The result is that they allow + the programmer to prune possible parses based on the values of run-time + expressions. -* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] +** The directive %expect-rr is now an error in non GLR mode + + It used to be an error only if used in non GLR mode, _and_ if there are + reduce/reduce conflicts. + +** Tokens are numbered in their order of appearance + + Contributed by Valentin Tolmer. + + With '%token A B', A had a number less than the one of B. However, + precedence declarations used to generate a reversed order. This is now + fixed, and introducing tokens with any of %token, %left, %right, + %precedence, or %nonassoc yields the same result. + + When mixing declarations of tokens with a litteral character (e.g., 'a') + or with an identifier (e.g., B) in a precedence declaration, Bison + numbered the litteral characters first. For example + + %right A B 'c' 'd' + + would lead to the tokens declared in this order: 'c' 'd' A B. Again, the + input order is now preserved. + + These changes were made so that one can remove useless precedence and + associativity declarations (i.e., map %nonassoc, %left or %right to + %precedence, or to %token) and get exactly the same output. + +** Useless precedence and associativity + + Contributed by Valentin Tolmer. + + When developing and maintaining a grammar, useless associativity and + precedence directives are common. They can be a nuisance: new ambiguities + arising are sometimes masked because their conflicts are resolved due to + the extra precedence or associativity information. Furthermore, it can + hinder the comprehension of a new grammar: one will wonder about the role + of a precedence, where in fact it is useless. The following changes aim + at detecting and reporting these extra directives. + +*** Precedence warning category + + A new category of warning, -Wprecedence, was introduced. It flags the + useless precedence and associativity directives. + +*** Useless associativity + + Bison now warns about symbols with a declared associativity that is never + used to resolve conflicts. In that case, using %precedence is sufficient; + the parsing tables will remain unchanged. Solving these warnings may raise + useless precedence warnings, as the symbols no longer have associativity. + For example: + + %left '+' + %left '*' + %% + exp: + "number" + | exp '+' "number" + | exp '*' exp + ; + + will produce a + + warning: useless associativity for '+', use %precedence [-Wprecedence] + %left '+' + ^^^ + +*** Useless precedence + + Bison now warns about symbols with a declared precedence and no declared + associativity (i.e., declared with %precedence), and whose precedence is + never used. In that case, the symbol can be safely declared with %token + instead, without modifying the parsing tables. For example: + + %precedence '=' + %% + exp: "var" '=' "number"; + + will produce a + + warning: useless precedence for '=' [-Wprecedence] + %precedence '=' + ^^^ + +*** Useless precedence and associativity + + In case of both useless precedence and associativity, the issue is flagged + as follows: + + %nonassoc '=' + %% + exp: "var" '=' "number"; + + The warning is: + + warning: useless precedence and associativity for '=' [-Wprecedence] + %nonassoc '=' + ^^^ + +** Empty rules + + With help from Joel E. Denny and Gabriel Rassoul. + + Empty rules (i.e., with an empty right-hand side) can now be explicitly + marked by the new %empty directive. Using %empty on a non-empty rule is + an error. The new -Wempty-rule warning reports empty rules without + %empty. On the following grammar: + + %% + s: a b c; + a: ; + b: %empty; + c: 'a' %empty; + + bison reports: + + 3.4-5: warning: empty rule without %empty [-Wempty-rule] + a: {} + ^^ + 5.8-13: error: %empty on non-empty rule + c: 'a' %empty {}; + ^^^^^^ + +** Java skeleton improvements + + The constants for token names were moved to the Lexer interface. Also, it + is possible to add code to the parser's constructors using "%code init" + and "%define init_throws". + Contributed by Paolo Bonzini. + + The Java skeleton now supports push parsing. + Contributed by Dennis Heimbigner. + +** C++ skeletons improvements + +*** The parser header is no longer mandatory (lalr1.cc, glr.cc) + + Using %defines is now optional. Without it, the needed support classes + are defined in the generated parser, instead of additional files (such as + location.hh, position.hh and stack.hh). + +*** Locations are no longer mandatory (lalr1.cc, glr.cc) + + Both lalr1.cc and glr.cc no longer require %location. + +*** syntax_error exception (lalr1.cc) + + The C++ parser features a syntax_error exception, which can be + thrown from the scanner or from user rules to raise syntax errors. + This facilitates reporting errors caught in sub-functions (e.g., + rejecting too large integral literals from a conversion function + used by the scanner, or rejecting invalid combinations from a + factory invoked by the user actions). + +*** %define api.value.type variant + + This is based on a submission from Michiel De Wilde. With help + from Théophile Ranquet. + + In this mode, complex C++ objects can be used as semantic values. For + instance: + + %token <::std::string> TEXT; + %token NUMBER; + %token SEMICOLON ";" + %type <::std::string> item; + %type <::std::list> list; + %% + result: + list { std::cout << $1 << std::endl; } + ; + + list: + %empty { /* Generates an empty string list. */ } + | list item ";" { std::swap ($$, $1); $$.push_back ($2); } + ; + + item: + TEXT { std::swap ($$, $1); } + | NUMBER { $$ = string_cast ($1); } + ; + +*** %define api.token.constructor + + When variants are enabled, Bison can generate functions to build the + tokens. This guarantees that the token type (e.g., NUMBER) is consistent + with the semantic value (e.g., int): + + parser::symbol_type yylex () + { + parser::location_type loc = ...; + ... + return parser::make_TEXT ("Hello, world!", loc); + ... + return parser::make_NUMBER (42, loc); + ... + return parser::make_SEMICOLON (loc); + ... + } + +*** C++ locations + + There are operator- and operator-= for 'location'. Negative line/column + increments can no longer underflow the resulting value. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 2.7.1 (2013-04-15) [stable] + +** Bug fixes + +*** Fix compiler attribute portability (yacc.c) + + With locations enabled, __attribute__ was used unprotected. + +*** Fix some compiler warnings (lalr1.cc) + +* Noteworthy changes in release 2.7 (2012-12-12) [stable] + +** Bug fixes + + Warnings about uninitialized yylloc in yyparse have been fixed. + + Restored C90 compliance (yet no report was ever made). + +** Diagnostics are improved + + Contributed by Théophile Ranquet. + +*** Changes in the format of error messages + + This used to be the format of many error reports: + + input.y:2.7-12: %type redeclaration for exp + input.y:1.7-12: previous declaration + + It is now: + + input.y:2.7-12: error: %type redeclaration for exp + input.y:1.7-12: previous declaration + +*** New format for error reports: carets + + Caret errors have been added to Bison: + + input.y:2.7-12: error: %type redeclaration for exp + %type exp + ^^^^^^ + input.y:1.7-12: previous declaration + %type exp + ^^^^^^ + + or + + input.y:3.20-23: error: ambiguous reference: '$exp' + exp: exp '+' exp { $exp = $1 + $3; }; + ^^^^ + input.y:3.1-3: refers to: $exp at $$ + exp: exp '+' exp { $exp = $1 + $3; }; + ^^^ + input.y:3.6-8: refers to: $exp at $1 + exp: exp '+' exp { $exp = $1 + $3; }; + ^^^ + input.y:3.14-16: refers to: $exp at $3 + exp: exp '+' exp { $exp = $1 + $3; }; + ^^^ + + The default behavior for now is still not to display these unless + explicitly asked with -fcaret (or -fall). However, in a later release, it + will be made the default behavior (but may still be deactivated with + -fno-caret). + +** New value for %define variable: api.pure full + + The %define variable api.pure requests a pure (reentrant) parser. However, + for historical reasons, using it in a location-tracking Yacc parser + resulted in a yyerror function that did not take a location as a + parameter. With this new value, the user may request a better pure parser, + where yyerror does take a location as a parameter (in location-tracking + parsers). + + The use of "%define api.pure true" is deprecated in favor of this new + "%define api.pure full". + +** 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. + +** 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. -* Noteworthy changes in release 2.5.90 (2012-07-05) [beta] + This feature is somewhat experimental. User feedback would be + appreciated. + +** Graph improvements in DOT and XSLT + + Contributed by Théophile Ranquet. + + 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. + +** %language is no longer an experimental feature. + + The introduction of this feature, in 2.4, was four years ago. The + --language option and the %language directive are no longer experimental. + +** Documentation + + The sections about shift/reduce and reduce/reduce conflicts resolution + have been fixed and extended. + + Although introduced more than four years ago, XML and Graphviz reports + were not properly documented. + + The translation of mid-rule actions is now described. + +* 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. + + Null 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. + + Some errors in translations have been addressed, and --help now directs + users to the appropriate place to report them. + + Stray Info files shipped by accident are removed. + + Incorrect definitions of YY_, issued by yacc.c when no parser header is + generated, are removed. + + All the generated headers are self-contained. + +** Header guards (yacc.c, glr.c, glr.cc) + + In order to avoid collisions, the header guards are now + YY___INCLUDED, instead of merely _. + For instance the header generated from + + %define api.prefix "calc" + %defines "lib/parse.h" + + will use YY_CALC_LIB_PARSE_H_INCLUDED as guard. + +** 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: + + input.c: In function 'yyparse': + input.c:1503:12: warning: 'yylval' may be used uninitialized in this + function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] + *++yyvsp = yylval; + ^ + + 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 + + Buffer overruns, complaints from Flex, and portability issues in the test + suite have been fixed. + +** Spaces in %lex- and %parse-param (lalr1.cc, glr.cc) + + Trailing end-of-lines in %parse-param or %lex-param would result in + invalid C++. This is fixed. + +** Spurious spaces and end-of-lines + + The generated files no longer end (nor start) with empty lines. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.1 (2012-07-30) [stable] + + Bison no longer executes user-specified M4 code when processing a grammar. + +** Future Changes + + In addition to the removal of the features announced in Bison 2.6, the + next major release will remove the "Temporary hack for adding a semicolon + to the user action", as announced in the release 2.5. Instead of: + + exp: exp "+" exp { $$ = $1 + $3 }; + + write: + + exp: exp "+" exp { $$ = $1 + $3; }; + +** Bug fixes + +*** Type names are now properly escaped. + +*** glr.cc: set_debug_level and debug_level work as expected. + +*** Stray @ or $ in actions + + While Bison used to warn about stray $ or @ in action rules, it did not + for other actions such as printers, destructors, or initial actions. It + now does. + +** Type names in actions + + For consistency with rule actions, it is now possible to qualify $$ by a + type-name in destructors, printers, and initial actions. For instance: + + %printer { fprintf (yyo, "(%d, %f)", $$, $$); } <*> <>; + + will display two values for each typed and untyped symbol (provided + that YYSTYPE has both "ival" and "fval" fields). + +* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6 (2012-07-19) [stable] + +** Future changes The next major release of Bison will drop support for the following deprecated features. Please report disagreements to bug-bison@gnu.org. -*** K&C parsers +*** K&R C parsers Support for generating parsers in K&R C will be removed. Parsers generated for C support ISO C90, and are tested with ISO C99 and ISO C11 @@ -384,6 +1149,7 @@ GNU Bison NEWS These features are experimental in this version. More user feedback will help to stabilize them. + Contributed by Alex Rozenman. ** IELR(1) and canonical LR(1): @@ -414,7 +1180,9 @@ GNU Bison NEWS These features are experimental. More user feedback will help to stabilize them. -** LAC (Lookahead Correction) for syntax error handling: +** LAC (Lookahead Correction) for syntax error handling + + Contributed by Joel E. Denny. Canonical LR, IELR, and LALR can suffer from a couple of problems upon encountering a syntax error. First, the parser might perform @@ -900,6 +1668,7 @@ GNU Bison NEWS The current Java interface is experimental and may evolve. More user feedback will help to stabilize it. + Contributed by Paolo Bonzini. ** %language @@ -913,6 +1682,7 @@ GNU Bison NEWS Bison can now generate an XML report of the LALR(1) automaton using the new "--xml" option. The current XML schema is experimental and may evolve. More user feedback will help to stabilize it. + Contributed by Wojciech Polak. ** The grammar file may now specify the name of the parser header file using %defines. For example: @@ -1889,7 +2659,7 @@ Output file does not redefine const for C++. ----- -Copyright (C) 1995-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of Bison, the GNU Parser Generator. @@ -1924,7 +2694,12 @@ along with this program. If not, see . 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