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@@ -240,28 +240,70 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
   It used to be an error only if used in non GLR mode, _and_ if there are
   reduce/reduce conflicts.
 
-* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+* Noteworthy changes in release 2.7 (2012-12-12) [stable]
+
+** Bug fixes
+
+  Warnings about uninitialized yylloc in yyparse have been fixed.
 
-** Changes in the format of error messages
+  Restored C90 compliance (yet no report was ever made).
+
+** Diagnostics are improved
+
+*** 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': <t3> != <t2>
-    foo.y:4.13-27: previous declaration
+    input.y:2.7-12: %type redeclaration for exp
+    input.y:1.7-12: previous declaration
 
   It is now:
 
-    foo.y:5.10-25: result type clash on merge function 'merge': <t3> != <t2>
-    foo.y:4.13-27:     previous declaration
+    input.y:2.7-12: error: %type redeclaration for exp
+    input.y:1.7-12:     previous declaration
 
-** Exception safety (lalr1.cc)
+*** New format for error reports: carets
 
-  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.
+  Caret errors have been added to Bison:
 
-  This feature is somewhat experimental.  User feedback would be
-  appreciated.
+    input.y:2.7-12: error: %type redeclaration for exp
+     %type <sval> exp
+           ^^^^^^
+    input.y:1.7-12:     previous declaration
+     %type <ival> 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 behaviour for now is still not to display these unless
+  explictly 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)
 
@@ -282,7 +324,16 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
   position_type are deprecated in favor of api.location.type and
   api.position.type.
 
-** Graphviz improvements
+** 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.
+
+** 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
@@ -291,6 +342,24 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
   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.
@@ -676,6 +745,7 @@ 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):
 
@@ -1192,6 +1262,7 @@ 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
 
@@ -1205,6 +1276,7 @@ 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: