X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/b5c212b61a73e905c94c7a488fa7676021a1dad6..91a2b9b1b268e404801b8ea6f04c4da1025ebae0:/ChangeLog diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a8834a1b..a3691fba 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,371 @@ +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 + + Style changes and factoring. + * src/named-ref.h: Add comments. + * src/parse-gram.y: Readability and style changes. + * src/reader.c: Factoring: assign_named_ref function. + * src/scan-code.l: Factoring and style changes. Rename + parse_named_ref to parse_ref. Use "c-ctype.h" from gnulib. + Use "unsigned" type for variant index. Improve readablity. + * src/scan-gram.l: Change error messages and add comments. + * src/symlist.h: symbol_list_null: New function decl. + * src/symlist.c: symbol_list_null: Implement here. + * tests/named-refs.at: Adjust for new error messages. + +2009-06-29 Eric Blake + + scan-code: avoid compiler warnings + * src/scan-code.l (parse_named_ref): Use correct specifiers. + +2009-06-29 Akim Demaille + + build: avoid concurrent extraction of calc++. + * examples/calc++/Makefile.am (calc.stamp): New. + Depend on it to create the sources of calc++ so that concurrent + builds don't launch several "extexi" in parallel. + Not only this is inefficient, this also builds incorrect sources + with several extractions mixed together. + +2009-06-29 Akim Demaille + + parse.error: fix. + * data/bison.m4: Move code related to specific variables after the + definition of the variable-maintaining macros so that we don't + "invoke" b4_percent_define_check_values before it is defined. + +2009-06-29 Akim Demaille + + variables: parse.error + + Implement, document, and test the replacement of %error-verbose + by %define parse.error "verbose". + * data/bison.m4 (b4_error_verbose_if): Reimplement to track the + values of the parse.error variable. + Make "simple" its default value. + Check the valid values. + * src/parse-gram.y: Use %define parse.error. + (PERCENT_ERROR_VERBOSE): New token. + Support it. + * src/scan-gram.l: Support %error-verbose. + + * doc/bison.texinfo (Decl Summary): Replace the documentation of + %define error-verbose by that of %define parse.error. + * NEWS: Document it. + + * tests/actions.at, tests/calc.at: Use parse.error instead of + %error-verbose. + +2009-06-27 Alex Rozenman + + Implement support for named symbol references. + * src/parse-gram.y: Add new syntax (named_ref.opt). + * src/reader.c: Store named refs in symbol lists. + * src/reader.h: New argument for symbol_append and + action_append functions. + * src/scan-code.h: Add new field (named_ref) into + code_props data structure. Keeps named ref of midrule + actions. + * src/scan-code.l: Support for named refs in semantic + action code. New function 'parse_named_ref'. + * src/scan-gram.l: Support bracketed id. + * src/symlist.c: Store named refs in symbol lists. + * src/symlist.h: New field in symbol list: named_ref. + * src/named-ref.h: New file, a struct for named_ref. + * src/named-ref.cp: New file, named_ref_new function. + * src/local.mk: Add two new files. + * tests/testsuite.at: Include new test group: + * tests/named-refs.at: this new file. + 2009-06-25 Akim Demaille hash: check insertion for memory exhaustion.