X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/629e4def0cb850ad38acfd66194ed591e3d3d489..5297ebb3bcdf4f957bdab9c5535c2c9c47f7dc07:/ChangeLog?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 5a7c2ac5..b1425e31 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,9 +1,934 @@ -2009-07-04 Alex Rozenman +2009-10-16 Joel E. Denny + + cleanup. + * src/Sbitset.c (Sbitset__new_on_obstack): Use Sbitset instead + of char*. + (Sbitset__isEmpty): Use Sbitset instead of char*. + * src/Sbitset.h (Sbitset): Make it a pointer to unsigned char + instead of char. This helps to avoid casting errors. + (Sbitset__or): Use Sbitset instead of char*. + +2009-10-16 Joel E. Denny + + portability: don't assume 8-bit bytes. + That is, use CHAR_BIT and UCHAR_MAX instead of 8 and 0xff. + * src/Sbitset.h (Sbitset__nbytes): Here. + (Sbitset__byteAddress): Here. + (Sbitset__bit_mask): Here. + (Sbitset__last_byte_mask): Here. + (Sbitset__ones): Here. + (SBITSET__FOR_EACH): Here. + +2009-10-11 Joel E. Denny + + portability: use va_start and va_end in the same function. + * src/complain.c (error_message): Move va_end from here... + (ERROR_MESSAGE): ... to here. + +2009-10-08 Joel E. Denny + + * data/bison.m4: Update comments for rename to muscle-tab.h. + +2009-10-07 Joel E. Denny + + Minor code cleanup. + * src/muscle-tab.c (MUSCLE_USER_NAME_CONVERT): Remove macro and + replace all uses with UNIQSTR_CONCAT. + * src/uniqstr.c (uniqstr_vsprintf): New function. + * src/uniqstr.h (uniqstr_vsprintf): Add prototype. + (UNIQSTR_CONCAT, UNIQSTR_GEN_FORMAT, UNIQSTR_GEN_FORMAT_): New + macros. + +2009-10-06 Joel E. Denny + + * TODO (Complaint submessage indentation): New. + +2009-10-04 Joel E. Denny + + Minor code cleanup. + * src/parse-gram.y: Clean up sorting of declarations. + Use types to simplify %printer declarations where possible. + Provide %printer for BRACKETED_ID and symbol.prec. + * src/symtab.c: Whitespace change. + +2009-10-04 Joel E. Denny + + tests: skip tests of file names that platform does not support. + Reported by Michael Raskin at + . + * THANKS (Michael Raskin): Add. + * tests/output.at (AT_CHECK_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME): Fix. Cygwin used + to fail at least for file names containing ":" or "\". + +2009-09-23 Joel E. Denny + + yysyntax_error: avoid duplicate lookahead collection. + Except when memory reallocation is required, this change + eliminates the need to invoke yysyntax_error twice and thus to + repeat the collection of lookaheads. It also prepares for + future extensions that will make those repetitions more + expensive and that will require additional memory management in + yysyntax_error. Finally, it fixes an obscure bug already + exercised in the test suite. + * data/yacc.c (yysyntax_error): Add arguments for message + buffer variables stored in the parser. Instead of size, return + status similar to yyparse status but indicating success of + message creation. Other than the actual reallocation of the + message buffer, import and clean up memory management code + from... + (yyparse, yypush_parse): ... here. + * tests/regression.at (parse.error=verbose overflow): No longer + an expected failure. + +2009-09-23 Joel E. Denny + + yysyntax_error: test memory management more. + * tests/atlocal.in (NO_WERROR_CFLAGS): New cpp macro. + * tests/regression.at (parse.error=verbose and + YYSTACK_USE_ALLOCA): New test group. + (parse.error=verbose overflow): New test group that reveals an + obscure bug. Expected fail for now. + +2009-10-04 Joel E. Denny + + benchmarks: use %debug consistently among grammars. + * etc/bench.pl.in (generate_grammar_triangular): Do not activate + %debug by default. It can affect the timings even if yydebug=0. + (generate_grammar_calc): For consistency with other grammars, + use YYDEBUG environment variable to set yydebug. + +2009-10-03 Joel E. Denny + + Remove dead code. + * src/symtab.c (symbol_pack): Here because every symbol's number + is always defined by this time. + +2009-10-03 Alex Rozenman + + Add additional space after periods in NEWS. + * NEWS (2.5): here. + +2009-09-29 Joel E. Denny + + Use the correct conversion specifier for size_t. + Reported by Jim Meyering. + * src/Sbitset.h (SBITSET__INDEX__CONVERSION_SPEC): New, "zu" + because Sbitset__Index is size_t. + * src/Sbitset.c (Sbitset__fprint): Use it instead of %d. + +2009-09-27 Joel E. Denny + + tests: don't abuse AT_BISON_CHECK. + * tests/regression.at (parse-gram.y: LALR = IELR): Move + additional shell commands outside of AT_BISON_CHECK. + +2009-09-26 Joel E. Denny + + tests: check that parse-gram.y's IELR and LALR are identical. + * tests/atlocal.in (abs_top_srcdir): New shell variable. + * tests/regression.at (parse-gram.y: LALR = IELR): New test + group. + +2009-09-19 Alex Rozenman + + Keep sub-messages aligned. Fix strings for translation. + * src/location.h (location_print): Add return value. + * src/location.c (location_print): Return number of printed + characters. + * src/complain.h (complain_at_indent, warn_at_indent): Prototype + new functions. + * src/complain.cpp (indent_ptr): New static variable. + (error_message, complain_at_indent, warn_at_indent): Implement + the alignment mechanism. + * src/scan-code.l (parse_ref, show_sub_messages): Fix strings + for translations. Use new alignment mechanism. + * tests/named-ref.at: Adjust test-cases. + * NEWS (2.5): Add an announcement about named references. + +2009-09-17 Akim Demaille + + doc: fixes. + * doc/bison.texinfo: here. + Reported by Alex Rozenman. + +2009-09-16 Akim Demaille + + doc: lalr1.cc and variants. + * doc/bison.texinfo (Decl Summary): Document the "lex_symbol" and + "variant" %define variables. + (C++ Semantic Values): Split into... + (C++ Unions, C++ Variants): these. + The latter is new. + (C++ Parser Interface): Fix type names. + Document parser::syntax_error. + Document the fact that locations are not mandatory. + (C++ Scanner Interface): Split into... + (Split Symbols, Complete Symbols): these. + The later is new. + (Calc++ Parsing Driver): Use variants. + Add more comments. + Adjust style. + (Calc++ Parser): Declare all the tokens, no + longer accept raw characters. + Remove %union. + Adjust types and printers. + Remove destructors. + (Calc++ Scanner): Use make_ functions. + Use strerror in error message. + +2009-09-16 Akim Demaille + + doc: spell checking. + * doc/bison.texinfo: here. + +2009-09-16 Akim Demaille + + doc: comment changes. + * doc/bison.texinfo: Comment changes. + +2009-09-16 Akim Demaille + + lalr1.cc: factor the yytranslate_ invocation in make_SYMBOLS. + * data/c++.m4, data/lalr1.cc (parser::symbol_type): Change the + constructor to take a token_type instead of the (internal) symbol + number. + Call yytranslate_. + * data/variant.hh (b4_symbol_constructor_define_): Therefore, + don't call yytranslate_ here. + +2009-09-16 Akim Demaille + + TODO: statistics. + * TODO (Figures): New. + +2009-09-13 Joel E. Denny + + tests: clean up push.at test group titles. + * tests/push.at: Remove "Push Parsing: " from test group titles + because these are already under the banner "Push Parsing Tests". + +2009-09-12 Alex Rozenman + + Provide an additional sub-message for clarity. + Add "symbol not found in production" error message when + an "invalid reference" is detected in named references + resolution. + * src/scan-code.l: Update "invalid reference" case. + * tests/named-ref.at: Adjust test-cases. + +2009-09-10 Joel E. Denny + + Clean up yacc.c a little. + * data/yacc.c: Clean up M4 for readability, and make output + whitespace more consistent. For the main parse function + comment, instead of saying "yyparse or yypush_parse", say either + "yyparse" or "yypush_parse" depending on which it actually is. + +2009-09-10 Joel E. Denny + + Fix --enable-gcc-warnings. + * src/parse-gram.y (%printer ): Handle param_none. + +2009-09-09 Akim Demaille + + lalr1.cc: syntax_error as exceptions. + It is common to use sort of factories in the user actions. These + factories may check some "syntactic" constraints that are not + enforced by the grammar itself. This is possible using YYERROR + within the action itself. Provide the user with a means to throw + a syntax_error exception. + + * data/c++.m4 (b4_public_types_declare, b4_public_types_define): + Declare and define yy::parser::syntax_error. + * data/lalr1.cc: Include stdexcept. + (yy::parser::parse): Wrap the user action within a try/catch. + * data/glr.cc: Include stdexcept. + +2009-09-09 Akim Demaille + + lalr1.cc: add missing "inline". + * data/c++.m4 (b4_public_types_define): Add missing inline to + implementations provided in headers. + +2009-09-09 Akim Demaille + + %param: documentation. + * NEWS (2.6): Document %param, %lex-param, and %parse-param + changes. + * doc/bison.texinfo: Document that %lex-param and %parse-param + are n-ary. + Changes some examples to demonstrate it. + (Calc++ Parser): Use %param. + +2009-09-09 Akim Demaille + + Regen. + +2009-09-09 Akim Demaille + + style changes. + * src/parse-gram.y (add_param): Scope changes. + +2009-09-09 Akim Demaille + + %parse: support several arguments. + * src/parse-gram.y (current_param): New. + (param_type): Add param_none. + (params): New nonterminal. + Use it. + +2009-09-09 Akim Demaille + + Regen. + +2009-09-09 Akim Demaille + + %param. + Provide a means to factor lex-param and parse-param common + declarations. + + * src/parse-gram.y (param_type): New. + Define a %printer for it. + (add_param): Use it. + (%parse-param, %lex-param): Merge into... + (%parse): this new token. + Adjust the grammar to use it. + * src/scan-gram.l (RETURN_VALUE): New. + (RETURN_PERCENT_FLAG): Use it. + (RETURN_PERCENT_PARAM): New. + Use it to support %parse-param, %lex-param and %param. + +2009-09-03 Joel E. Denny + + Use aver not assert. + * src/output.c: Don't include assert.h. + (output_skeleton): Use aver not assert. + * src/system.h (aver): In documentation of why, add links to + Paul Eggert's explanations in the mailing lists. + +2009-09-05 Alex Rozenman + + Use "Unresolved reference" error message when no symbols were found + in a symbolic reference resolution. Remove .expr and -expr from + the shown reference when the reference is unresolved. + * src/scan-code.l: Change the error message, adjust location columns, + rename variable "exact_mode" to "explicit_bracketing". + * tests/named-ref.at: Adjust existing tests and add a new one. + +2009-09-04 Akim Demaille + + Adjust synclines in src/parse-gram.[ch]. + * tests/bison.in: Do some magic (including working around issues + with ylwrap) when this wrapper is used to compile + src/parse-gram.y. + +2009-09-03 Joel E. Denny + + Complain about unused %define variables and %code qualifiers. + * NEWS (2.5): Document. + * data/bison.m4 (b4_check_user_names): Complain instead of warn. + * doc/bison.texinfo (Decl Summary): Document complaint, and + improve %define documentation a little otherwise. + * tests/input.at (Reject unused %code qualifiers): Update. + (%define errors): Update. + (%define, --define, --force-define): Update. + (%define backward compatibility): Update. + (Unused %define api.pure): Update. + * tests/push.at (Push Parsing: Unsupported Skeletons): Update. + +2009-09-03 Joel E. Denny + + Don't suppress warnings about unused parse.error. + * data/bison.m4 (b4_error_verbose_flag): Don't examine value of + %define variable parse.error unless b4_error_verbose_flag is + actually expanded in a skeleton. + +2009-09-03 Akim Demaille + + * NEWS (2.4.2): Add "Internationalization" item. + +2009-09-03 Akim Demaille + + bootstrap: fix/improve find_tool. + * bootstrap (find_tool): Improve error messages. + Fix typo about find_tool_names. + +2009-08-29 Joel E. Denny + + Fix gcc 3.4.4 shadowing warning reported by Eric Blake. + See + . + * src/scan-code.h (code_props_rule_action_init): Rename + named_ref arg to name so it doesn't shadow named_ref type. This + makes it consistent with the function definition in scan-code.l + anyway. + +2009-08-28 Joel E. Denny + + %define: accept unquoted values. + * NEWS (2.5): Group all %define changes together, and document + this one. Remove quotes in IELR and canonical LR entry. + * doc/bison.texinfo: Remove quotes in most examples throughout. + (Decl Summary): Update %define documentation. + (Table of Symbols): Likewise. + * src/ielr.c (LrType): Update documentation. + * src/parse-gram.y (content.opt): Add production for ID. + * tests/actions.at: Remove quotes in most tests. + * tests/calc.at: Likewise. + * tests/existing.at: Likewise. + * tests/input.at: Likewise. + * tests/local.at: Likewise. + * tests/push.at: Likewise. + * tests/reduce.at: Likewise. + * tests/torture.at: Likewise. + +2009-08-28 Joel E. Denny + + %define lr.type: make values lowercase IDs. + That is, "LALR" => "lalr", "IELR" => "ielr", and + "canonical LR" => "canonical-lr". + * NEWS (2.5): Update documentation. + * doc/bison.texinfo (Decl Summary): Likewise. + * src/ielr.c (ielr): Use new values. + * src/ielr.h (ielr): Update documentation. + * src/reader.c (prepare_percent_define_front_end_variables): Use + and validate new values. + * tests/existing.at (AT_TEST_EXISTING_GRAMMAR): Update test + grammars. + * tests/reduce.at (AT_TEST_LR_TYPE): Likewise. + +2009-08-27 Eric Blake + + scan-gram: avoid portability trap with ctype usage. + * src/scan-gram.l (): + Avoid compiler warning. + +2009-08-27 Joel E. Denny + + tests: use perl for printing special sequences to files. + And skip tests if perl is not available. This is better than + playing tricks with shell portability. Suggested by Akim + Demaille. + * tests/input.at (Bad character literals): Use it here for + omitting final newlines. + (Bad escapes in literals): Use it here for special characters. + +2009-08-26 Joel E. Denny + + tests: show a use of %define lr.default-reductions "consistent" + * tests/conflicts.at (%nonassoc and eof): Extend to test that it + prevents the omission of expected tokens for %error-verbose. + +2009-08-26 Akim Demaille + + tests: portability fix. + * tests/input.at (Bad escapes in literals): Don't expect "echo + '\0'" to output \ then 0. + +2009-08-26 Joel E. Denny + + Actually handle the yytable zero value correctly this time. + * data/bison.m4 (b4_integral_parser_tables_map): Don't mention + zero values in the YYTABLE comments. + * data/glr.c (yytable_value_is_error): Don't check for zero + value. + * data/lalr1.cc (yy_table_value_is_error_): Likewise. + * data/yacc.c (yytable_value_is_error): Likewise. + * data/lalr1.java (yy_table_value_is_error_): Likewise. + (yysyntax_error): Fix typo in code: use yytable_ not yycheck_. + * src/tables.h: In header comments, explain why it's useless to + check for a zero value in yytable. + +2009-08-25 Joel E. Denny + + More fixes related to last two patches. + * data/bison.m4 (b4_integral_parser_tables_map): Fix YYTABLE + comments: zero indicates syntax error not default action. + * data/c.m4 (b4_table_value_equals): Comment that YYID must be + defined. + * data/glr.c (yyis_pact_ninf): Rename to... + (yypact_value_is_default): ... this. + (yyisDefaultedState): Update for rename. + (yyis_table_ninf): Rename to... + (yytable_value_is_error): ... this, and check for value zero + besides just YYTABLE_NINF. + (yygetLRActions): Check for default value from yypact. It + appears that this check is always performed before this function + is invoked, and so adding the check here is probably redundant. + However, the code may evolve after this subtlety is forgotten. + Also, update for rename to yytable_value_is_error. Because that + macro now checks for zero, a different but equivalent branch of + the if-then-else here is evaluated. + (yyreportSyntaxError): Update for rename to + yytable_value_is_error. The zero condition was mishandled + before. + (yyrecoverSyntaxError): Update for renames. No behavioral + changes. + * data/lalr1.cc, data/lalr1.java (yy_pact_value_is_default_): + New function. + (yy_table_value_is_error_): New function. + (parse): Use new functions where possible. No behavioral + changes. + (yysyntax_error_, yysyntax_error): Use yy_table_value_is_error_. + The zero condition was mishandled before. + * data/yacc.c (yyis_pact_ninf): Rename to... + (yypact_value_is_default): ... this. + (yyis_table_ninf): Rename to... + (yytable_value_is_error): ... this, and check for value zero + besides just YYTABLE_NINF. + (yysyntax_error): Update for rename to yytable_value_is_error. + The zero condition was mishandled before. + (yyparse): Update for renames. No behavioral changes. + * src/tables.h: Improve comments about yypact, yytable, etc. + more. Most importantly, say yytable value of zero means syntax + error not default action. + +2009-08-25 Joel E. Denny + + Fix %error-verbose for conflicts resolved by %nonassoc. + * NEWS (2.5): Document. + * data/glr.c (yyreportSyntaxError): Fix this by checking + yyis_table_ninf. + * data/yacc.c (yysyntax_error): Likewise. + * data/lalr1.cc (yysyntax_error_): Fix this by checking + yytable_ninf_. + * data/lalr1.java (yysyntax_error): Likewise. + * tests/conflicts.at (%nonassoc and eof): Update expected output + and remove FIXME. + +2009-08-25 Joel E. Denny + + Some code and documentation improvements. + * data/c.m4 (b4_table_value_equals): New macro to capture + some repeated code. + * data/glr.c (yyis_pact_ninf): Use it here. + (yyis_table_ninf): Likewise. + (yyreportSyntaxError): Improve internal comments. + * data/yacc.c (yyis_pact_ninf): New macro copied from glr.c. + Use it everywhere possible. + (yyis_table_ninf): Likewise. + (yysyntax_error): Improve internal comments. + * data/lalr1.cc (yysyntax_error_): Likewise. + * data/lalr1.java (yysyntax_error): Likewise. + * src/tables.h: Improve comments about yypact, yytable, etc. + +2009-08-21 Joel E. Denny + + Use locale when quoting. + * src/scan-gram.l (SC_ESCAPED_STRING, SC_ESCAPED_CHARACTER): Use + quote rather than implementing quoting here. + +2009-08-20 Eric Blake + + Make previous patch more robust. + * src/output.c (ARRAY_CARDINALITY): New macro, copied from + argmatch.h. + (output_skeleton): Use it. + Suggested by Akim Demaille. + + Import latest m4/m4.m4. + * submodules/autoconf: Update to autoconf 2.64. + * configure.ac (M4_GNU_OPTION): New define. + * src/output.c (output_skeleton): Use it to resolve FIXME. + * NEWS: Mention this. + +2009-08-19 Joel E. Denny + + Fix complaints about escape sequences. + Discussed starting at + . + * src/scan-gram.l (SC_ESCAPED_STRING, SC_ESCAPED_CHARACTER): + For a \0 and similar escape sequences meaning the null + character, report an invalid escape sequence instead of an + invalid null character because the latter does not actually + appear in the user's input. + In all escape sequence complaints, don't escape the initial + backslash, and don't quote when the sequence appears at the end + of the complaint line unless there's whitespace that quotearg + won't escape. + Consistently say "invalid" not "unrecognized". + Consistently prefer "empty character literal" over "extra + characters in character literal" warning for invalid escape + sequences; that is, consistently discard those sequences. + * tests/input.at (Bad escapes in literals): New. + +2009-08-19 Akim Demaille + + doc: fixes. + * doc/bison.texinfo: Fix minor Texinfo errors. + +2009-08-19 Akim Demaille + + tests: distcc compliance. + * tests/synclines.at (AT_SYNCLINES_COMPILE): Discard distcc's + error messages from the output. + +2009-08-19 Akim Demaille + + variables: simplify the upgrade of namespace into api.namespace. + + This patch simplifies "variables: rename namespace as + api.namespace", commit 67501061076ba46355cfd9f9361c7eed861b389c. + Suggested by Joel E. Denny in + http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bison-patches/2009-07/msg00006.html + + * src/muscle-tab.c (muscle_percent_variable_update): New. + (muscle_percent_define_insert): Use it in replacement of the + previous tr invocation. + Remove variable_tr, no longer needed. + * data/bison.m4 (b4_percent_define_copy_, b4_percent_define_copy): + Remove. + * data/c++.m4: No longer handle namespace -> api.namespace. + * tests/input.at (%define backward compatibility): Check that + namespace is treated as api.namespace. + +2009-08-19 Akim Demaille + + doc: %initial-action to initialize yylloc. + Reported by Bill Allombert. + * doc/bison.texinfo: Set fill-column to 76. + (Location Type): Document the use of %initial-action to initialize + yylloc. + +2009-08-19 Akim Demaille + + lalr1.cc: use state_type. + * data/lalr1.cc (yysyntax_error_): Use state_type. + Move argument names into yy*. + +2009-08-19 Akim Demaille + + lalr1.cc: get rid of yyparse's yystate. + yystate and yystack_[0].state are equal, keep only the latter. + The former was also used as a temporary variable to compute the + post-reduction state. Move this computation into an auxiliary + function. + + * data/glr.c (yyLRgotoState): Fuse variable definition and first + assignment. + * data/lalr1.cc (yy_lr_goto_state_): New. + (yyparse): Use it. + Replace remaining uses of yystate by yystate_[0].state. + Remove the former. + +2009-08-19 Akim Demaille + + lalr1.cc: destroy $$ when YYERROR is called. + * data/lalr1.cc (yyreduce): Compute the resulting state before + running the user action so that yylhs is a valid symbol. + (yyerrorlab): Since yylhs is complete (it knows its type), we can + simply call yy_destroy_ to destroy $$ on YYERROR invocations. + * tests/c++.at (AT_CHECK_VARIANTS): Test YYERROR with variants. + +2009-08-18 Joel E. Denny + + maint: update for gnulib's recent update-copyright changes + * gnulib: Update. + * .x-update-copyright (COPYING): Add as it's no longer implied + when .x-update-copyright is present. + * cfg.mk (update-copyright-local): Remove, now ignored. + (update-copyright): Declare update-b4-copyright as a dependency. + +2009-08-17 Akim Demaille + + build: require gettext 0.17. + + Suggested by Bruno Haible. + http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2009-08/msg00009.html + * configure.ac: require gettext 0.17 to ensure compatibility with + gnulib. + +2009-08-17 Akim Demaille + + build: lower gettext requirements. + + Bison was uselessly requiring the formatstring macros from + gettext, which resulted in mo files not being installed on systems + that perfectly supported Bison mo files. Lower the requirement. + http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2009-08/msg00006.html + + * configure.ac: Require need-ngettext instead of + need-formatstring-macros. + Reported by Martin Jabocs. + Suggested by Bruno Haible. + * INSTALL: Restructure. + (Internationalization): New. + +2009-08-14 Joel E. Denny + + maint: fix use of copyright year intervals. + * gnulib: Update. + * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Update getopt to getopt-gnu + as now recommended in gnulib/NEWS. + * build-aux/update-b4-copyright: Fix. + * cfg.mk (update-copyright-env): Configure update-copyright. + +2009-08-13 Joel E. Denny + + Make it easier to write deterministic tests. + Continues Akim's work from his 2009-06-10 commits. + * src/reader.c (check_and_convert_grammar): Don't add any + symbols after the first symbols_do invocation. + * src/symtab.c (symbols_sorted): New static global. + (user_token_number_redeclaration): Update comments. + (symbol_from_uniqstr): If a new symbol is being created, assert + that symbols_sorted hasn't been allocated yet. + (symbols_free): Free symbols_sorted. + (symbols_cmp, symbols_cmp_qsort): New functions. + (symbols_do): Sort symbol_table into symbols_sorted on first + invocation. + * tests/input.at (Numbered tokens): Recombine tests now that the + output should be deterministic across multiple numbers. + +2009-08-12 Akim Demaille + + tests: GCC 4.5 compliance. + * tests/synclines.at (AT_SYNCLINES_COMPILE): Adjust to GCC 4.5's + messages about #error. + +2009-08-12 Akim Demaille + + build: fix the generation of the documentation. + Some of our targets use "bison --help", but they can't depend on + "bison" itself (to avoid additional requirements on the user), so + they used to call "make src/bison" in the commands. Then + concurrent builds may fail: one make might be aiming one of its + jobs at compiling src/bison, and another job at generating the man + page. If the latter is faster than the former, then we have two + makes that concurrently try to compile src/bison. + + This might also be a more convincing explanation for the failure + described in the patch "build: fix paths". + + * Makefile.am (SUFFIXES): Initialize. + * build-aux/move-if-change: New, symlink to gnulib's. + * build-aux/local.mk: Ship it. + * doc/common.x: Remove, merged into... + * doc/bison.x: here. + * doc/local.mk (doc/bison.help): New. + ($(CROSS_OPTIONS_TEXI)): Depend on it. + Use src/bison. + (.x.1): Replace with... + (doc/bison.1): this explicit, simpler, target. + (common_dep): Remove, inlined where appropriate. + (SUFFIXES, PREPATH): Remove, unused. + +2009-08-12 Akim Demaille + + gnulib: improve prefixing. + * configure.ac (gl_PREFIXED_LIBOBJS): Don't rename it, rather, + change the value of... + (gl_LIBOBJS): this. + Adjust more variables. + * etc/prefix-gnulib-mk (prefix_assignment): Don't rename + gl_LIBOBJS. + (prefix): Also transform rules whose targets have slashes. + Use $prefix liberally. + Map @MKDIR_P@ to $(MKDIR_P). + Prefix directories that are mkdir'd. + +2009-08-12 Akim Demaille + + build: fix paths. + When using $(top_builddir) inconsistently, Make (including GNU + Make) is sometimes confused. As a result it may want to build + lib/libbison.la and $(top_builddir)/lib/libbison.la (the same + file, different names) concurrently, which, amusingly enough, + might end with: + + ranlib lib/libbison.a + ranlib lib/libbison.a + make[2]: *** [lib/libbison.a] Segmentation fault + + on OS X. + + * doc/local.mk, src/local.mk: Do not use $(top_builddir) when not + needed. + +2009-08-12 Akim Demaille + + distcheck: fix. + + * examples/calc++/Makefile.am: (EXTRA_DIST): Ship calc.stamp. + +2009-08-10 Joel E. Denny + + * tests/local.mk (TESTSUITE_AT): Add named-refs.at. + +2009-08-10 Joel E. Denny + + Miscellaneous code readability improvements. + + * src/reader.c (reader): Move %define front-end variable + defaults and checking into... + (prepare_percent_define_front_end_variables): ... this new + function. + + * src/scan-gram.l (INITIAL): For consistency with string + literals, don't store open quote on character literal. It's + discarded before returning anyway. + (SC_ESCAPED_CHARACTER): Similarly, don't store close quote. + Make length test more readable, and make the character stored + for an empty literal more obvious while consistent with the + previous behavior. + + * src/symtab.c, src/symtab.h: Rename USER_NUMBER_ALIAS to + USER_NUMBER_HAS_STRING_ALIAS throughout. + * src/symtab.c (symbol_make_alias): Remove comment from symtab.c + that is repeated in symtab.h. Improve argument names to make it + clear which side of the symbol-string alias pair is which. + (symbol_check_alias_consistency): Improve local variable names + for the same purpose. + * src/symtab.h (struct symbol): Make comments about aliases + clearer. + (symbol_make_alias): Improve comments and argument name. + * src/output.c (token_definitions_output): Update for rename to + USER_NUMBER_HAS_STRING_ALIAS and improve comments about aliases. + +2009-08-08 Alex Rozenman + + Convert "misleading reference" messages to warnings. + * src/scan-code.l: New function 'show_sub_messages', more + factoring. + * tests/named-ref.at: Adjust tests. + +2009-08-06 Joel E. Denny + + maint: run "make update-copyright" + +2009-08-06 Joel E. Denny + + maint: make update-b4-copyright easier to use + * build-aux/update-b4-copyright: In warnings, report line + numbers rather than character positions. + * cfg.mk (update-copyright-local): Set to update-b4-copyright so + that update-copyright runs it. + * gnulib: Update. + +2009-08-05 Joel E. Denny + + maint: clean up update-b4-copyright code + * build-aux/update-b4-copyright: Do not accept 2-digit + UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, which was not handled correctly. + Don't accept a `[' in a b4_copyright argument. + Format code more consistently. + Don't assume b4*copyright never occurs. + +2009-08-04 Joel E. Denny + + maint: automate b4_copyright updates. + * Makefile.am (update-b4-copyright): New target rule. + * build-aux/local.mk (EXTRA_DIST): Add update-b4-copyright. + * build-aux/update-b4-copyright: New. + * data/yacc.c: Remove stray characters around b4_copyright + invocations. + +2009-08-04 Joel E. Denny + + maint: automate annual package-wide copyright-year update. + * .x-update-copyright: New. + * Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Remove maint.mk. + * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add maintainer-makefile and + update-copyright. Remove gnumakefile, which is implied by + maintainer-makefile. + * cfg.mk (bootstrap-tools): Copy from old maint.mk. + * gnulib: Update. + * maint.mk: Remove, now copied from gnulib. + * examples/extexi: Add missing "(C)" in copyright statement so + update-copyright can recognize it. + * src/LR0.h: Likewise. + * src/print.h: Likewise. + * src/print_graph.h: Likewise. + * src/gram.c: Add missing comma in copyright statement. + * src/gram.h: Likewise. + +2009-08-04 Joel E. Denny + + Fix "make distcheck". + * examples/calc++/Makefile.am: Say $(srcdir)/calc.stamp instead + of just calc.stamp. + +2009-08-01 Joel E. Denny + + Pacify "gcc -Wunused" for the input function from Flex. + Reported by Alex Rozenman. This warning shows up with gcc-4.3.0 + and later. + * src/scan-code.l: Add "%option noinput", which I cannot find in + the Flex manual, but which Flex has supported since at least as + far back as 2.5.4. However, if any of our developers still use + Flex 2.5.4, they'll need to stop configuring with + --enable-gcc-warnings because "%option noinput" didn't work + correctly until Flex 2.5.6. + * src/scan-gram.l: Likewise. + * src/scan-skel.l: Likewise. + +2009-07-31 Alex Rozenman + + Fix --enable-gcc-warnings problems. + * src/reader.c: Adjust variable names. + * src/scan-code.l: Fix prototypes and adjust names. + * src/named-ref.c: Remove redundant "if". + +2009-07-29 Joel E. Denny + + Fix a --enable-gcc-warnings problem. + * src/scan-gram.l (SC_ESCAPED_CHARACTER): Actually use length + variable. + +2009-07-24 Joel E. Denny + + Warn about character literals not of length one. + * NEWS (2.5): Document. + * src/scan-gram.l (INITIAL): Remove comment that we don't check + the length. + (SC_ESCAPED_CHARACTER): Warn if length is wrong. + * tests/input.at (Bad character literals): New test group. + +2009-07-24 Alex Rozenman + + Fix some memory leaks. + * src/named-ref.c: Add a pointer check (named_ref_free). + * src/scan-code.l: New function (variant_table_free). Called in + code_scanner_free. + * src/symlist.c: Call to named_ref_free (symbol_list_free). + +2009-07-24 Joel E. Denny + + * src/lalr.c (state_lookahead_tokens_count): Correct comment. + +2009-07-22 Joel E. Denny + + Some M4 cleanup in the testsuite. + Suggested by Eric Blake at + . + * tests/existing.at (_AT_TEST_EXISTING_GRAMMAR): Do not + complicate the code by distinguishing between a missing value + and an empty string value for an optional argument. This fix is + allowed by the similar fix in AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE below. + * tests/local.at (_AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE): Merge into... + (AT_TEST_TABLES_AND_PARSE): ... this now that the special + arguments are not needed because of the following changes. + Fix stale comments. + Bison developers should use GNU M4 and should not use + POSIXLY_CORRECT when building the test suite, so do not + complicate the code by avoiding $10 and above. + Do not quote an empty string value for an optional argument, and + do not distinguish between a missing value and an empty string + value. + +2009-07-15 Joel E. Denny + + Revert unnecessary column realignment in --help output. + Reported by Akim Demaille at + . + * src/getargs.c (usage): Here. + +2009-07-04 Alex Rozenman Alphabetical order in src/local.mk. * src/local.mk: Adjust. -2009-07-04 Alex Rozenman +2009-07-04 Alex Rozenman Style changes and factoring. * src/named-ref.h: Add comments. @@ -154,13 +1079,13 @@ 2009-06-10 Akim Demaille gnulib: update. - * gnulib: Update to latest. - * lib/.cvsignore, lib/.gitignore, m4/.cvsignore, - * m4/.gitignore: Regen. - * src/symtab.c (symbol_from_uniqstr, semantic_type_from_uniqstr): - Call xalloc_die on hash_insert failures. - Requested by the new __warn_unused_result__ attribute of - hash_insert. + * gnulib: Update to latest. + * lib/.cvsignore, lib/.gitignore, m4/.cvsignore, + * m4/.gitignore: Regen. + * src/symtab.c (symbol_from_uniqstr, semantic_type_from_uniqstr): + Call xalloc_die on hash_insert failures. + Requested by the new __warn_unused_result__ attribute of + hash_insert. 2009-06-10 Akim Demaille