X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/cbaea0106d2c70e45ddb5fa6d662d31c9bb3d4f8..ccda5c9eacfd97f0064c8d6102d3c5f06cb541c1:/NEWS?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 772a2d51..46d614cf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,9 +2,88 @@ GNU Bison NEWS * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] +** 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': != + foo.y:4.13-27: previous declaration + + It is now: + + foo.y:5.10-25: result type clash on merge function 'merge': != + foo.y:4.13-27: previous declaration + +** 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. + +** New %define variable: api.location.type (glr.cc, lalr1.cc, lalr1.java) + + The %define variable api.location.type defines the name of the type to use + for locations. When defined, Bison no longer generates the position.hh + and location.hh files, nor does the parser will include them: the user is + then responsible to define her type. + + This can be used in programs with several parsers to factor their location + and position files: let one of them generate them, and the others just use + them. + + This feature was actually introduced, but not documented, in Bison 2.5, + under the name "location_type" (which is maintained for backward + compatibility). + + For consistency, lalr1.java's %define variables location_type and + position_type are deprecated in favor of api.location.type and + api.position.type. + +** 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 + numbered and left-justified. + + 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. + + Two nodes were added to the documentation: Xml and Graphviz. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.5 (2012-11-07) [stable] + + We consider compiler warnings about Bison generated parsers to be bugs. + Rather than working around them in your own project, please consider + reporting them to us. + +** Bug fixes + + Warnings about uninitialized yylval and/or yylloc for push parsers with a + pure interface have been fixed for GCC 4.0 up to 4.8, and Clang 2.9 to + 3.2. + + Other issues in the test suite have been addressed. + + Nul characters are correctly displayed in error messages. + + When possible, yylloc is correctly initialized before calling yylex. It + is no longer necessary to initialize it in the %initial-action. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.4 (2012-10-23) [stable] + + Bison 2.6.3's --version was incorrect. This release fixes this issue. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.3 (2012-10-22) [stable] + ** Bug fixes - Bugs in the test suite have been fixed. + Bugs and portability issues in the test suite have been fixed. Some errors in translations have been addressed, and --help now directs users to the appropriate place to report them. @@ -14,17 +93,35 @@ GNU Bison NEWS Incorrect definitions of YY_, issued by yacc.c when no parser header is generated, are removed. -** Changes in the format of errors and exceptions output + All the generated headers are self-contained. - This used to be the format of many error reports: +** Header guards (yacc.c, glr.c, glr.cc) - foo.y:5.10-24: result type clash on merge function 'merge': != - foo.y:4.13-27: previous declaration + In order to avoid collisions, the header guards are now + YY___INCLUDED, instead of merely _. + For instance the header generated from - It is now: + %define api.prefix "calc" + %defines "lib/parse.h" - foo.y:5.10-25: result type clash on merge function 'merge': != - foo.y:4.13-27: previous declaration + will use YY_CALC_LIB_PARSE_H_INCLUDED as guard. + +** Fix compiler warnings in the generated parser (yacc.c, glr.c) + + The compilation of pure parsers (%define api.pure) can trigger GCC + warnings such as: + + input.c: In function 'yyparse': + input.c:1503:12: warning: 'yylval' may be used uninitialized in this + function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized] + *++yyvsp = yylval; + ^ + + This is now fixed; pragmas to avoid these warnings are no longer needed. + + Warnings from clang ("equality comparison with extraneous parentheses" and + "function declared 'noreturn' should not return") have also been + addressed. * Noteworthy changes in release 2.6.2 (2012-08-03) [stable] @@ -1883,7 +1980,8 @@ along with this program. If not, see . LocalWords: namespaces strerror const autoconfiguration Dconst Autoconf's FDL LocalWords: Automake TMPDIR LESSEQ ylwrap endif yydebug YYTOKEN YYLSP ival hh LocalWords: extern YYTOKENTYPE TOKENTYPE yytokentype tokentype STYPE lval pdf - LocalWords: lang yyoutput dvi html ps POSIX lvalp llocp + LocalWords: lang yyoutput dvi html ps POSIX lvalp llocp calc yyo fval Wmaybe + LocalWords: yyvsp pragmas noreturn java's Local Variables: mode: outline