X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/7bd1665a866352f3c1ef800e907e5357f72ff94a..f063317430d1743bb6f212a6f10535e119b10781:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d5beea0f..dcaa386d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,25 @@ Bison News ---------- -Changes in version 2.3b+ (????-??-??): +Changes in version ?.? (????-??-??): * +Changes in version 2.4 (2008-11-02): + +* %language is an experimental feature. + + We first introduced this feature in test release 2.3b as a cleaner + alternative to %skeleton. Since then, we have discussed the possibility of + modifying its effect on Bison's output file names. Thus, in this release, + we consider %language to be an experimental feature that will likely evolve + in future releases. + +* Forward compatibility with GNU M4 has been improved. + +* Several bugs in the C++ skeleton and the experimental Java skeleton have been + fixed. + Changes in version 2.3b (2008-05-27): * The quotes around NAME that used to be required in the following directive @@ -53,9 +68,9 @@ Changes in version 2.3b (2008-05-27): * %language This new directive specifies the programming language of the generated - parser, which can be C (the default), C++, or Java. This directive affects - the skeleton used and the names of the generated files if the grammar file's - name ends in ".y". + parser, which can be C (the default), C++, or Java. Besides the skeleton + that Bison uses, the directive affects the names of the generated files if + the grammar file's name ends in ".y". * XML Automaton Report