X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/87f1149ae2b62d1ff644b765a490015f24e15ea6..06c3084fb5a566e802ba35a9cc54be51db7fe6f1:/ChangeLog diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a628e5f0..5eb84a02 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,638 @@ +2009-02-03 Joel E. Denny + + Add reminder about uploading public key to keys.gnupg.net. + * HACKING (Release Procedure): Here. + +2009-01-28 Akim Demaille + + * NEWS: Update information about 2.4.1 and 2.4.2. + +2008-11-04 Akim Demaille + + Reformat NEWS. + * NEWS: Use more outline-mode markup. + Suggested by Jim Meyering. + +2009-01-08 Akim Demaille + + Fix grep portability issues. + Grep on Solaris does not support -q. + Reported by Summum Bonum. + + * NEWS: Add a stub for 2.4.2. + * THANKS: Add Summum Bonum. + * tests/atlocal.in (EGREP): New. + (CC, CXX, XSLTPROC): Make it possible to override them via + envvars. + * tests/java.at: Use $EGREP instead of egrep. + Use AT_CHECK's ignore instead of grep's -q. + +2008-12-11 Akim Demaille + + Pass the token type to yysyntax_error. + * data/yacc.c (yysyntax_error): Take the transated token instead + of the raw number. + Adjust callers. + * TODO: Update. + +2008-12-11 Akim Demaille + + Formatting changes. + * data/glr.c: Formatting changes. + +2008-12-11 Akim Demaille + + Propagate i18n changes into glr.c. + * TODO: Update. + * data/glr.c (yyreportSyntaxError): Use "switch" instead of + building the error message format dynamically. + * data/lalr1.java: Formatting changes. + +2008-12-11 Akim Demaille + + Use testsuite -C. + * tests/local.mk: Replace "cd && testsuite" by "testsuite -C". + Solves problems when top_srcdir is an absolute path. + Suggested by Eric Blake. + * configure.ac: Require Autoconf 2.62. + +2008-12-11 Akim Demaille + + Simplify the i18n of the error messages. + * data/lalr1.cc: Comment changes. + * data/yacc.c (yysyntax_error): Rewrite, using a switch as in + lalr1.cc instead of building dynamically the format string. + +2008-12-08 Akim Demaille + + Fix portability issue in the test suite. + * tests/local.at (AT_MATCHES_CHECK): New. + Based on Perl instead of Sed. Sed has too many portability + pitfalls, not ever Sed is GNU Sed. + * tests/actions.at (Fix user actions without a trailing semicolon): + Use it. + +2008-12-08 Akim Demaille + + Update data/README. + * data/README: Document glr.cc, lalr1.java, m4sugar and xslt. + +2008-12-08 Akim Demaille + + Install autoconf as a submodule to get m4sugar. + * .gitmodules: Add submodules/autoconf. + * data/m4sugar/foreach.m4, data/m4sugar/m4sugar.m4: Now links into + submodules/autoconf. + +2008-12-08 Akim Demaille + + Test token.prefix in all the skeletons. + * data/java.m4 (b4_token_enum): Use the token.prefix. + * tests/local.at (AT_BISON_OPTION_PUSHDEFS): Define AT_TOKEN_PREFIX. + * tests/calc.at (_AT_DATA_CALC_Y): Use it. + Add checks for yacc.c, glr.c, lalr1.cc and glr.cc. + * tests/java.at: Comment changes. + (AT_CHECK_JAVA_MINIMAL): Define the END token. + (Java parser class and package names): Add token.prefix check. + +2008-12-08 Akim Demaille + + Fix regeneration of atconfig. + * tests/local.mk (tests/atconfig): The rule was incorrect, but + remove it: now that there is no tests/Makefile.am, the top-level + Makefile properly updates atconfig when needed. + +2008-12-07 Di-an Jan + + Implement the FIXME that ends an user action with a semicolon + if it seems necessary. + * src/scan-code.l (flex rules section): Flag cpp directive from + any `#' to the first unescaped end-of-line. Semicolon is not + needed after `;', `{', '}', or cpp directives and is needed after + any other token (whitespaces and comments have no effect). + * tests/actions.at (Fix user actions without a trailing semicolon): + New test. + * tests/input.at (AT_CHECK_UNUSED_VALUES): Add semicolons to + to make user actions complete statements. + Adjust column numbers in error messages. + * tests/regression.at (Fix user actions without a trailing semicolon): + Remove. Covered by new test. + +2008-12-07 Akim Demaille + + Update gnulib. + * gnulib: Update from master. + +2008-12-05 Eric Blake + + Avoid compiler warning. + * src/output.c (muscle_insert_item_number_table): Delete unused + function. + +2008-12-02 Eric Blake + + Build testsuite with newer autoconf. + * tests/output.at (m4_expand): Don't override in newer autoconf, + where the underlying implementation changed. + * tests/cxx-type.at (_AT_RESOLVED_GLR_OUTPUT) + (_AT_RESOLVED_GLR_OUTPUT_WITH_LOC, _AT_AMBIG_GLR_OUTPUT) + (_AT_AMBIG_GLR_OUTPUT_WITH_LOC, _AT_GLR_STDERR) + (_AT_VERBOSE_GLR_STDERR): Expand to double-quoted strings, + since some of them contain unbalanced ')'. + +2008-12-01 Akim Demaille + + Use b4_symbol for printers and destructors everywhere. + * data/bison.m4 (b4_symbol_action_location): New. + * data/c.m4 (b4_symbol_actions): Remove. + Adjust all callers to use by b4_symbol_foreach and the corresponding + b4_symbol_printer/destructor macro. + * data/glr.cc: Adjust. + * data/lalr1.java: Adjust the %destructor sanity check. + * src/output.c (symbol_code_props_output): Remove, we no longer + need the b4_symbol_printers/destructors tables. + +2008-12-01 Akim Demaille + + Use b4_symbol_case_. + * data/lalr1.cc, data/bison.m4 (b4_symbol_action): Use + b4_symbol_case_. + +2008-12-01 Akim Demaille + + Move b4_symbol based macro to bison.m4. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_, b4_symbol, b4_symbol_if) + (b4_symbol_action, b4_symbol_destructor, b4_symbol_printer) + (b4_symbol_case_, b4_symbol_foreach, b4_type_action_) + (b4_type_foreach): Move to... + * data/bison.m4: Here. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_action): Specialize for C++: use + b4_symbol_value_template instead of b4_symbol_value. + +2008-12-01 Akim Demaille + + b4_symbol/type_foreach. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_foreach, b4_type_foreach): New. + Use them. + +2008-12-01 Akim Demaille + + Use the symbol properties to output the printer/destructor for lalr1.cc. + Instead of defining complex list of tuples to define various + properties of the symbols, we now prefer to define symbols as + "structs" in m4: using the symbol key (its number), and the + property name, b4_symbol gives it value. Use this to handle + destructors and printers. + + * src/output.c (CODE_PROP): New. + (prepare_symbol_definitions): Use it to define the printer and + destructor related attributes of the symbols. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_actions): Rename as... + (b4_symbol_action): this. + Use b4_symbol instead of 6 arguments. + (b4_symbol_printer, b4_symbol_destructor): New. + Use them instead of b4_symbol_actions. + +2008-12-01 Akim Demaille + + Avoid capturing variables too easily. + * src/muscle_tab.h (MUSCLE_INSERT_BOOL, MUSCLE_OBSTACK_SGROW): Use + v__ and p__ instead of v and p. + +2008-12-01 Akim Demaille + + Remove spurious empty line before syncline. + * data/bison.m4 (b4_syncline): Don't output an empty line before + the output. + +2008-11-26 Akim Demaille + + Convert lib/Makefile.am into lib/local.mk. + The real problem is rather gnulib.mk, which itself is extracted + from a Makefile.am that gnulib expects to the "recursive". The + tool prefix-gnulib-mk converts such a gnulib.mk to be + non-recursive. Also, some AC_SUBST variables need to be adjusted. + + * etc/prefix-gnulib-mk: New. + * bootstrap (slurp): Use it to convert further gnulib.mk. + No longer try to avoid re-creation of lib/gnulib.mk as the changes + are deeper. + * lib/Makefile.am: Rename as... + * lib/local.mk: this. + Adjust to be prefixed. + * Makefile.am, configure.ac: Adjust. + * src/local.mk (AM_CPPFLAGS): Extend it, don't define it. + +2008-11-26 Akim Demaille + + s/_FLAGS/FLAGS/. + * tests/local.mk (TESTSUITE_FLAGS, AUTOTEST_FLAGS): Rename as... + (TESTSUITEFLAGS, AUTOTESTFLAGS): these to compy with the GCS. + Reported by Eric Blake. + +2008-11-26 Akim Demaille + + Use b4_parser_tables_define in glr.cc. + * data/glr.c: Use b4_parser_tables_define instead of defining the + (deterministic integral) tables by hand. + +2008-11-26 Akim Demaille + + Use b4_parser_tables_define in Java. + * data/java.m4 (b4_typed_parser_table): Rename as... + (b4_typed_parser_table_define): this, for consistency. + Accept a comment as $4. + Move $2 into yy*_. + (b4_integral_parser_table): Rename as... + (b4_integral_parser_table_define): this. + * data/lalr1.java: Adjust all uses. + Use b4_parser_tables_define instead of generation by hand. + +2008-11-26 Akim Demaille + + Prepare the convergence bw C style and Java table generation. + * data/bison.m4 (b4_tables_map, b4_tables_declare) + (b4_tables_define): Rename as... + (b4_integral_parser_tables_map, b4_parser_tables_declare) + (b4_parser_tables_define): these. + * data/c.m4 (b4_table_define): Rename as... + (b4_integral_parser_table_define): this. + * data/lalr1.cc: Adjust. + (b4_table_define, b4_table_declare): Rename as... + (b4_integral_parser_table_define) + (b4_integral_parser_table_declare): these. + (yyrline_): Move the comment where it is actually used. + * data/yacc.c: Adjust. + (yyrline): Use b4_integral_parser_table_define. + +2008-11-26 Akim Demaille + + Regen. + * src/parse-gram.h, src/parse-gram.c: Regen. + +2008-11-26 Akim Demaille + + Factor the generation of the (integral) tables bw yacc.c and lalr1.cc. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_tables_map): Move to... + * data/bison.m4: here. + Update the comment for yytable during the flight. + (b4_tables_declare, b4_tables_define): New. + * data/lalr1.cc: Use them. + * data/c.m4 (b4_table_define): New. + * data/yacc.c: Use b4_tables_define instead of output the tables + by hand. + * tests/regression.at (Web2c Actions): Adjust the expected output, + the order of the tables changed. + +2008-11-26 Akim Demaille + + Get rid of (yy)rhs and (yy)prhs. + These tables are no longer needed in the parsers, and they don't seem to + be useful. They are not documented either. + + * src/output.c (prepare_rules): Get rid of rhs and prhs. + Adjust the computation of (yy)r2. + +2008-11-26 Akim Demaille + + Rule length is unsigned. + * src/gram.h, src/gram.c (rule_rhs_length): Return a size_t. + +2008-11-26 Akim Demaille + + Get rid of lalr1-split.cc. + It was no longer maintainer. + + * data/lalr1-split.cc: Remove. + * etc/bench.pl.in (bench_fusion_parser): Remove. + Adjust. + +2008-11-26 Akim Demaille + + Use yy* consistently. + * data/glr.c: Now that yyrhs no longer exists as a global + variable, rename local "rhs" variables into "yyrhs" for + consistency. + +2008-11-25 Akim Demaille + + Get rid of yyrhs and yyprhs in glr.c. + * data/glr.c (yyrhs, yyprhs): Remove. + Instead, use the state stack and yystos. + +2008-11-25 Akim Demaille + + Flag glr tests. + * tests/local.at (_AT_BISON_OPTION_PUSHDEFS): If glr, declare it + as an Autotest keyword. + +2008-11-25 Akim Demaille + + Prefer TESTSUITE_FLAGS. + TESTSUITEFLAGS is barely readable. + + * tests/local.mk (TESTSUITE_FLAGS): Default to $(TESTSUITEFLAGS) + for backward compatibility. + Use the former instead of the latter. + +2008-11-25 Akim Demaille + + Get rid of yyrhs and yyprhs in larl1.java. + * data/lalr1.java (yyrhs_, yyprhs_): Remove. + (yy_reduce_print): Rather, use yystos_ and the state stack. + +2008-11-25 Akim Demaille + + Formatting changes. + +2008-11-25 Akim Demaille + + Get rid of yyrhs and yyprhs in yacc.c. + They were used to get the symbol types, given a rule number, when + displaying the top of the stack before a reduction. But the + symbol type is available from the state stack. This has two be + benefits: two tables less in the parser (making it smaller), and a + more consistent use of the three stacks which will help to fuse + them. + + * data/yacc.c (yyprhs, yyrhs): Remove. + (YY_REDUCE_PRINT): Pass yyssp to yy_reduce_print. + (yy_reduce_print): Take yyssp as argument. + Use it, together with yystos, to get the symbol type. + * tests/regression.at (Web2c Report): Remove these tables from the + expected output. + +2008-11-25 Akim Demaille + + b4_tables_map. + The point is to factor the generation of the tables across skeletons. + This is language dependant. + + * data/c.m4 (b4_comment_): New. + Should be usable to define how to generate tables independently of + the language. + (b4_c_comment): New. + (b4_comment): Bounce to b4_c_comment. + Now support $2 = [PREFIX] for indentation. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_table_declare): Don't output a comment if + there is no comment. + Indent it properly when there is one. + Output the ending semicolon. + (b4_table_define): Space changes. + Output the ending semicolon. + (b4_tables_map): New. + Use it twice instead of declaring and defining the (integral) + tables by hand. + +2008-11-25 Akim Demaille + + b4_table_declare. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_table_declare): New. + Use it to declare the tables defined with b4_table_define. + (b4_table_define): Declare a third arg to match b4_table_declare + signature. + Move all the comments around invocations of b4_table_define into + the invocations itselves. + Move things around to have the order for declarations and + definitions. + +2008-11-25 Akim Demaille + + Formatting changes. + * data/lalr1.java: here. + +2008-11-25 Akim Demaille + + b4_args is more general than only C++. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_args, _b4_args): Move to... + * data/bison.m4: here. + +2008-11-21 Di-an Jan + + Implement no-XXX arguments for --warnings, --report, --trace. + * src/getargs.c (flags_argmatch): Handles no-XXX. + Fix typo in doxygen comment. + +2008-11-21 Akim Demaille + + Display the changes in cross-options.texi. + * build-aux/cross-options.pl ($sep): New, to separate items. + * doc/local.mk ($(CROSS_OPTIONS_TEXI)): Use diff to display the + changes. + +2008-11-20 Di-an Jan + + Improves options in the manual. + * doc/bison.texinfo (-g, -x): Add space before argument. + (Option Cross Key): Implement FIXME: listing directives also. + * build-aux/cross-options.pl: Read from rather than <>. + (Short Option): Special case -d. Put arguments inside @option. + (Bison Directive): Add column, automatically extracted from + src/scan-gram.l (actual name passed as the first argument) + with special case for %define. + * doc/local.mk (doc/cross-options.texi): Pass src/scan-gram.l + to build-aux/cross-options.pl. + * src/getargs.c (usage): Document limitations of cross-options.pl. + * src/scan-gram.l: Likewise. + +2008-11-18 Joel E. Denny + + Fix unexpanded macros in GLR defines file. + Reported by Csaba Raduly at + . + * THANKS (Csaba Raduly): Add. + * data/glr.c: Fix overquoting on b4_prefix for yylval and yylloc. + * tests/calc.at (_AT_DATA_CALC_Y): If %defines is specified, generate + lexer in a separate module that includes the defines file. + (AT_CHECK_CALC): From AT_FULL_COMPILE, request compilation of lexer + source. + * tests/local.at (_AT_BISON_OPTION_PUSHDEFS): Push AT_DEFINES_IF. + Adjust AT_LOC and AT_VAL to use AT_NAME_PREFIX. + (AT_BISON_OPTION_POPDEFS): Pop AT_DEFINES_IF. + (AT_DATA_SOURCE_PROLOGUE): New. + (AT_DATA_GRAMMAR_PROLOGUE): Use AT_DATA_SOURCE_PROLOGUE. + (AT_DATA_SOURCE): New. + (AT_FULL_COMPILE): Extend to support an additional source file. + +2008-11-18 Akim Demaille + + More TODO. + * TODO: More short term issues. + +2008-11-18 Akim Demaille + + Regen. + * src/parse-gram.h, src/parse-gram.c: Regen. + +2008-11-18 Akim Demaille + + Use b4_subtract where possible. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_subtract): Move to... + * data/bison.m4: here. + * data/glr.c (b4_rhs_data): Use it. + * data/yacc.c (b4_rhs_value, b4_rhs_location): Use it. + +2008-11-18 Akim Demaille + + Remove incorrect mode specification. + * data/glr.cc: Don't pretend it's C code. + +2008-11-17 Joel E. Denny + + Simplify last patch slightly. + * src/getargs.c (getargs): Here. + +2008-11-17 Joel E. Denny + + Fix last warning from --enable-gcc-warnings. + * src/getargs.c (getargs): Don't assign const address to non-const + pointer. + +2008-11-17 Joel E. Denny + + Don't let maintainer-*-check targets force a version update. + * cfg.mk (_is-dist-target): Implement. maintainer-check* was already + handled. + +2008-11-17 Di-an Jan + + * doc/bison.texinfo: Synchronize ``Detail Node Listing''. + Align menus. Adjust word wrapping. Use node names for menu names. + (Examples): Don't abbreviate node names. + (LocalWords): Remove abbreviations. + (Copying): Make description a sentence. + (Java Action Features): Remove period to match the rest of menu. + +2008-11-17 Di-an Jan + + Handles several --enable-gcc-warnings. + * src/getargs.c (command_line_location): Set parameters to void. + * src/output.c (symbol_type_name_cmp): Make static. + (symbols_by_type_name): Set parameters to void. + (symbol_definitions_output): Remove unused parameter. Rename as... + (prepare_symbol_definitions): this. + (muscles_output): Move symbol_definitions_output to... + (output): here as prepare_symbol_definitions. + * tests/c++.at (AT_CHECK_VARIANTS): Remove unused parameters of main. + (AT_CHECK_NAMESPACE): Make unused parameter lloc unnamed. + +2008-11-17 Di-an Jan + + * tests/c++.at (AT_CHECK_VARIANTS): Fixes tests 198-202. + Use AT_DATA_GRAMMAR instead of AT_DATA for compiled tests. + +2008-11-16 Akim Demaille + + Add missing $(EXEEXT). + * doc/local.mk ($(CROSS_OPTIONS_TEXI)): The target is + "src/bison$(EXEEXT)". + Reported by Di-an Jan. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + * TODO: Update. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Formatting changes. + * tests/input.at: here. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Remove duplicate header inclusion. + * src/LR0.c: here. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + * src/parse-gram.h, src/parse-gram.c: Regen. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Support parametric types. + + There are two issues to handle: first scanning nested angle + bracket pairs to support types such as std::pair< std::string, + std::list > >. + + Another issue is to address idiosyncracies of C++: do not glue two + closing angle brackets together (otherwise it's operator>>), and + avoid sticking blindly a TYPE to the opening <, as it can result + in '<:' which is a digraph for '['. + + * src/scan-gram.l (brace_level): Rename as... + (nesting): this. + (SC_TAG): New. + Implement support for complex tags. + (tag): Accept + , but not <. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_value, b4_symbol_value_template) + (b4_symbol_variant): Leave space around types as parameters. + * examples/variant.yy: Use nested template types and leading ::. + * src/parse-gram.y (TYPE, TYPE_TAG_ANY, TYPE_TAG_NONE, type.opt): + Rename as... + (TAG, TAG_ANY, TAG_NONE, tag.opt): these. + * tests/c++.at: Test parametric types. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Test token.prefix. + This is not sufficient, but we test at least that the make_SYMBOL + interface is not affected by token.prefix. A more general test + will be implemented when the support of token.prefix is generalized + to more skeletons. + + * tests/c++.at: One more variant test, using token.prefix. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Test the make_TOKEN interface. + * tests/c++.at (AT_CHECK_VARIANTS): Require and use locations. + Factor the common code in yylex. + Use it to test "%define lex_symbol". + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Formatting change. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Simplify code for variants bench marks. + * etc/bench.pl.in (&generate_grammar_list): Define and use + location_type. + Factor the common code in yylex. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Better error message. + * bootstrap (find_tool): Fix the error message. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Update variant.yy to newest interface. + * examples/variant.yy: Define lex_symbol. + Adjust. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Don't use locations in variant.yy. + * examples/variant.yy: Adjust to not using locations. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Comment changes. + * data/local.mk, etc/local.mk, examples/local.mk: Use Automake + comments for the license. + +2008-11-15 Akim Demaille + + Remove tests/Makefile.am. + * tests/Makefile.am: Rename as... + * tests/local.mk: this. + * Makefile.am, configure.ac: Adjust. + * Makefile.am (DISTCLEANFILES): Define. + (maintainer-check, maintainer-xml-check, maintainer-push-check): + Remove, we no longer need to bounce to the real targets. + 2008-11-15 Akim Demaille Comment changes. @@ -21,10 +656,10 @@ 2008-11-15 Akim Demaille Move sc_tight_scope into maint.mk. - It does not work, and I don't know how it was supposed to work: it seems - to be looking for sources in the build tree. I just moved it at a better - place, fixing it is still required. - + It does not work, and I don't know how it was supposed to work: it + seems to be looking for sources in the build tree. I just moved + it at a better place, fixing it is still required. + * src/local.mk (echo): Remove. (sc_tight_scope): Move to... * maint.mk: here. @@ -110,7 +745,8 @@ 2008-11-15 Akim Demaille - Instead of using make_symbol, generate make_FOO for each token type. + Instead of using make_symbol, generate make_FOO for each + token type. Using template buys us nothing, and makes it uselessly complex to construct a symbol. Besides, it could not be generalized to other languages, while make_FOO would work in C/Java etc. @@ -133,10 +769,10 @@ 2008-11-13 Akim Demaille %define token.prefix. - Provide a means to add a prefix to the name of the tokens as output in the - generated files. Because of name clashes, it is good to have such a - prefix such as TOK_ that protects from names such as EOF, FILE etc. - But it clutters the grammar itself. + Provide a means to add a prefix to the name of the tokens as + output in the generated files. Because of name clashes, it is + good to have such a prefix such as TOK_ that protects from names + such as EOF, FILE etc. But it clutters the grammar itself. * data/bison.m4 (token.prefix): Empty by default. * data/c.m4 (b4_token_enum, b4_token_define): Use it. @@ -145,14 +781,13 @@ 2008-11-13 Akim Demaille Compute at M4 time some of the subtractions. - * data/lalr1.cc (b4_substract): New. + * data/lalr1.cc (b4_subtract): New. (b4_rhs_data): Use it. 2008-11-13 Akim Demaille symbol::token. - This is allows the user to get the type of a token return by - yylex. + This allows the user to get the type of a token returned by yylex. * data/lalr1.cc (symbol::token): New. (yytoknum_): Define when %define lex_symbol, independently of @@ -182,8 +817,9 @@ 2008-11-13 Akim Demaille Define make_symbol in the header. - To reach good performances these functions should be inlined (yet this is - to measure precisely). To this end they must be available to the caller. + To reach good performances these functions should be inlined (yet + this is to measure precisely). To this end they must be available + to the caller. * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_constructor_definition_): Qualify location_type with the class name. @@ -201,13 +837,14 @@ 2008-11-13 Akim Demaille - Define the constructors of symbol_type in b4_symbol_constructor_definitions. + Define the constructors of symbol_type in + b4_symbol_constructor_definitions. The constructors are called by the make_symbol functions, which a - forthcoming patch will move elsewhere. Hence the interest of putting them - together. + forthcoming patch will move elsewhere. Hence the interest of + putting them together. - The stack_symbol_type does not need to be moved, it is used only by the - parser. + The stack_symbol_type does not need to be moved, it is used only + by the parser. * data/lalr1.cc: Move symbol_type and symbol_base_type constructors into... @@ -258,9 +895,9 @@ 2008-11-13 Akim Demaille Use b4_type_names for the union type. - The union used to compute the size of the variant used to iterate over the - type of all the symbols, with a lot of redundancy. Now iterate over the - lists of symbols having the same type-name. + The union used to compute the size of the variant used to iterate + over the type of all the symbols, with a lot of redundancy. Now + iterate over the lists of symbols having the same type-name. * data/lalr1.cc (b4_char_sizeof_): New. (b4_char_sizeof): Use it. @@ -271,12 +908,12 @@ 2008-11-13 Akim Demaille Define the "identifier" of a symbol. - Symbols may have several string representations, for instance if they - have an alias. What I call its "id" is a string that can be used as - an identifier. May not exist. + Symbols may have several string representations, for instance if + they have an alias. What I call its "id" is a string that can be + used as an identifier. May not exist. - Currently the symbols which have the "tag_is_id" flag set are those that - don't have an alias. Look harder for the id. + Currently the symbols which have the "tag_is_id" flag set are + those that don't have an alias. Look harder for the id. * src/output.c (is_identifier): Move to... * src/symtab.c (is_identifier): here. @@ -416,13 +1053,13 @@ 2008-11-11 Akim Demaille Introduce make_symbol. - make_symbol provides a means to construct a full symbol (kind, value, - location) in a single shot. It is meant to be a Symbol constructor, - parameterized by the symbol kind so that overloading would prevent - incorrect kind/value pairs. Unfortunately parameterized constructors do - not work well in C++ (unless the parameter also appears as an argument, - which is not acceptable), hence the use of a function instead of a - constructor. + make_symbol provides a means to construct a full symbol (kind, + value, location) in a single shot. It is meant to be a Symbol + constructor, parameterized by the symbol kind so that overloading + would prevent incorrect kind/value pairs. Unfortunately + parameterized constructors do not work well in C++ (unless the + parameter also appears as an argument, which is not acceptable), + hence the use of a function instead of a constructor. * data/lalr1.cc (b4_symbol_constructor_declaration_) (b4_symbol_constructor_declarations) @@ -575,8 +1212,8 @@ 2008-11-10 Akim Demaille Make parser::yytranslate static. - Small speedup (1%) on the list grammar. And makes yytranslate_ available - in non member functions. + Small speedup (1%) on the list grammar. And makes yytranslate_ + available in non member functions. * data/lalr1.cc (yytranslate_): Does not need to be a instance function. @@ -836,9 +1473,10 @@ 2008-11-09 Akim Demaille Rely on the state stack to display reduction traces. - To display rhs symbols before a reduction, we used information about the rule - reduced, which required the tables yyrhs and yyprhs. Now use rely only on the - state stack to get the same information. + To display rhs symbols before a reduction, we used information + about the rule reduced, which required the tables yyrhs and + yyprhs. Now use rely only on the state stack to get the same + information. * data/lalr1.cc (b4_rhs_data, b4_rhs_state): New. Use them. @@ -1263,18 +1901,22 @@ 2008-11-03 Akim Demaille Fuse the three stacks into a single one. - In order to make it easy to perform benchmarks to ensure that there are no - performance loss, lalr1.cc is forked into lalr1-fusion.cc. Eventually, - lalr1-fusion.cc will replace lalr1.cc. - Meanwhile, to make sure that lalr1-fusion.cc is correctly exercized by the - test suite, the user must install a symbolic link from lalr1.cc to it. + In order to make it easy to perform benchmarks to ensure that + there are no performance loss, lalr1.cc is forked into + lalr1-fusion.cc. Eventually, lalr1-fusion.cc will replace + lalr1.cc. + + Meanwhile, to make sure that lalr1-fusion.cc is correctly + exercized by the test suite, the user must install a symbolic link + from lalr1.cc to it. - Instead of having three stacks (state, value, location), use a stack - of triples. This considerably simplifies the code (and it will be - easier not to require locations as currently does the C++ parser), - and also gives a 10% speedup according to etc/bench (probably mainly since - memory allocation is done once instead of three times). + Instead of having three stacks (state, value, location), use a + stack of triples. This considerably simplifies the code (and it + will be easier not to require locations as currently does the C++ + parser), and also gives a 10% speedup according to + etc/bench (probably mainly since memory allocation is done once + instead of three times). Another motivation is to make it easier to destruct properly semantic values: now that they are bound to their state (hence @@ -1282,8 +1924,8 @@ These changes should probably benefit the C parser too. - * data/lalr1.cc: Copy as... * data/lalr1-fusion.cc: this new - file. + * data/lalr1.cc: Copy as... + * data/lalr1-fusion.cc: this new file. (b4_rhs_value, b4_rhs_location): New definitions overriding those from c++.m4. (state_stack_type, semantic_stack_type, location_stack_type) @@ -1326,14 +1968,15 @@ 2008-11-03 Akim Demaille Use variants to support objects as semantic values. - This patch was inspired by work by Michiel De Wilde. But he used Boost - variants which (i) requires Boost on the user side, (ii) is slow, and - (iii) has useless overhead (the parser knows the type of the semantic value - there is no reason to duplicate this information as Boost.Variants do). + This patch was inspired by work by Michiel De Wilde. But he used + Boost variants which (i) requires Boost on the user side, (ii) is + slow, and (iii) has useless overhead (the parser knows the type of + the semantic value there is no reason to duplicate this + information as Boost.Variants do). - This implementation reserves a buffer large enough to store the largest - objects. yy::variant implements this buffer. It was implemented with - Quentin Hocquet. + This implementation reserves a buffer large enough to store the + largest objects. yy::variant implements this buffer. It was + implemented with Quentin Hocquet. * src/output.c (type_names_output): New. (output_skeleton): Invoke it. @@ -1560,9 +2203,9 @@ 2008-08-29 Akim Demaille Clarify UPDATED use. - * doc/bison.texinfo: It refers to the last edition of this file, + * doc/bison.texinfo: It refers to the last edition of this file, not to the release date of Bison. - Reported by Joel E. Denny. + Reported by Joel E. Denny. 2008-08-29 Akim Demaille @@ -1582,15 +2225,15 @@ 2008-08-27 Akim Demaille Check yyerrok in calc.at. - * tests/calc.at (calc.y): Use yyerrok on "( error )". - (AT_CHECK_CALC): Add a check that ensures that yyerrok works as - expected. + * tests/calc.at (calc.y): Use yyerrok on "( error )". + (AT_CHECK_CALC): Add a check that ensures that yyerrok works as + expected. 2008-08-27 Akim Demaille Support yyerrok in lalr1.cc. YYBACKUP is still to import back into lalr1.cc. - * data/lalr1.cc (yyerrork, yyclearin, YYRECOVERING): Define. + * data/lalr1.cc (yyerrork, yyclearin, YYRECOVERING): Define. 2008-08-26 Joel E. Denny