X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/8e0a5e9e735620ef5196a155eed1f8cf4d3aab5f..408476bca98e78ea0c398f36ef58f4466edb277a:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 41eb292c..3526e7b4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -3,6 +3,31 @@ Bison News Changes in version 2.3a+ (????-??-??): +* The quotes around NAME that used to be required in the following directive + are now deprecated: + + %define NAME "VALUE" + +* The directive `%pure-parser' is now deprecated in favor of: + + %define api.pure + + which has the same effect except that Bison is more careful to warn about + unreasonable usage in the latter case. + +* Push Parsing + + Bison can now generate an LALR(1) parser in C with a push interface. That + is, instead of invoking `yyparse', which pulls tokens from `yylex', you can + push one token at a time to the parser using `yypush_parse', which will + return to the caller after processing each token. By default, the push + interface is disabled. Either of the following directives will enable it: + + %define api.push_pull "push" // Just push; does not require yylex. + %define api.push_pull "both" // Push and pull; requires yylex. + + See the new section `A Push Parser' in the Bison manual for details. + * The -g and --graph options now output graphs in Graphviz DOT format, not VCG format. @@ -16,26 +41,68 @@ Changes in version 2.3a+ (????-??-??): %defines "parser.h" -* The `=' that used to be required in the following declarations is now +* When reporting useless rules, useless nonterminals, and unused terminals, + Bison now employs the terms "useless in grammar" instead of "useless", + "useless in parser" instead of "never reduced", and "unused in grammar" + instead of "unused". + +* Unreachable State Removal + + Previously, Bison sometimes generated parser tables containing unreachable + states. A state can become unreachable during conflict resolution if Bison + disables a shift action leading to it from a predecessor state. Bison now: + + 1. Removes unreachable states. + + 2. Does not report any conflicts that appeared in unreachable states. + WARNING: As a result, you may need to update %expect and %expect-rr + directives in existing grammar files. + + 3. For any rule used only in such states, Bison now reports the rule as + "useless in parser due to conflicts". + + This feature can be disabled with the following directive: + + %define lr.keep_unreachable_states + + See the %define entry in the `Bison Declaration Summary' in the Bison manual + for further discussion. + +* Lookahead Set Correction in the `.output' Report + + When instructed to generate a `.output' file including lookahead sets + (using `--report=lookahead', for example), Bison now prints each reduction's + lookahead set only next to the associated state's one item that (1) is + associated with the same rule as the reduction and (2) has its dot at the end + of its RHS. Previously, Bison also erroneously printed the lookahead set + next to all of the state's other items associated with the same rule. This + bug affected only the `.output' file and not the generated parser source + code. + +* --report-file=FILE is a new flag to override the default `.output' file name. + +* The `=' that used to be required in the following directives is now deprecated: %file-prefix "parser" %name-prefix "c_" %output "parser.c" -* Bison 2.3a provided a new set of directives as a more flexible alternative to +* An Alternative to `%{...%}' -- `%code QUALIFIER {CODE}' + + Bison 2.3a provided a new set of directives as a more flexible alternative to the traditional Yacc prologue blocks. Those have now been consolidated into a single %code directive with an optional qualifier field, which identifies the purpose of the code and thus the location(s) where Bison should generate it: - 1. `%code {CODE}' replaces `%after-header {CODE}' - 2. `%code "requires" {CODE}' replaces `%start-header {CODE}' - 3. `%code "provides" {CODE}' replaces `%end-header {CODE}' - 4. `%code "top" {CODE}' replaces `%before-header {CODE}' + 1. `%code {CODE}' replaces `%after-header {CODE}' + 2. `%code requires {CODE}' replaces `%start-header {CODE}' + 3. `%code provides {CODE}' replaces `%end-header {CODE}' + 4. `%code top {CODE}' replaces `%before-header {CODE}' - See the %code entries in `Appendix A Bison Symbols' in the Bison manual for a - summary of the new functionality. See the new section `Prologue + See the %code entries in section `Bison Declaration Summary' in the Bison + manual for a summary of the new functionality. See the new section `Prologue Alternatives' for a detailed discussion including the advantages of %code over the traditional Yacc prologues. @@ -62,7 +129,9 @@ Changes in version 2.3a+ (????-??-??): To enable these warnings, specify the flag `--warnings=midrule-values' or `-W', which is a synonym for `--warnings=all'. -* Bison now recognizes two separate kinds of default %destructor's and +* Default %destructor or %printer with `<*>' or `<>' + + Bison now recognizes two separate kinds of default %destructor's and %printer's: 1. Place `<*>' in a %destructor/%printer symbol list to define a default @@ -909,21 +978,19 @@ End: ----- Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, -2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 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