X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/f67ad422a4c9c2823b38dc7731e7897b17d2fed8..eda429346ae70445be1cffbe729c63fca7848ad6:/doc/bison.texinfo diff --git a/doc/bison.texinfo b/doc/bison.texinfo index 8d57aab7..8f35ac60 100644 --- a/doc/bison.texinfo +++ b/doc/bison.texinfo @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ @c @clear shorttitlepage-enabled @c @set shorttitlepage-enabled +@c Set following if you want to document %default-prec and %no-default-prec. +@c This feature is experimental and may change in future Bison versions. +@c @set defaultprec + @c ISPELL CHECK: done, 14 Jan 1993 --bob @c Check COPYRIGHT dates. should be updated in the titlepage, ifinfo @@ -40,7 +44,7 @@ This manual is for @acronym{GNU} Bison (version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}), the @acronym{GNU} parser generator. Copyright @copyright{} 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, -1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @quotation Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document @@ -237,7 +241,7 @@ The Lexical Analyzer Function @code{yylex} * Calling Convention:: How @code{yyparse} calls @code{yylex}. * Token Values:: How @code{yylex} must return the semantic value of the token it has read. -* Token Positions:: How @code{yylex} must return the text position +* Token Locations:: How @code{yylex} must return the text location (line number, etc.) of the token, if the actions want that. * Pure Calling:: How the calling convention differs @@ -284,6 +288,10 @@ Invoking Bison Frequently Asked Questions * Parser Stack Overflow:: Breaking the Stack Limits +* How Can I Reset the Parser:: @code{yyparse} Keeps some State +* Strings are Destroyed:: @code{yylval} Loses Track of Strings +* C++ Parsers:: Compiling Parsers with C++ Compilers +* Implementing Loops:: Control Flow in the Calculator Copying This Manual @@ -348,7 +356,7 @@ encourage people to make other software free. So we decided to make the practical conditions for using Bison match the practical conditions for using the other @acronym{GNU} tools. -This exception applies only when Bison is generating C code for a +This exception applies only when Bison is generating C code for an @acronym{LALR}(1) parser; otherwise, the @acronym{GPL} terms operate as usual. You can tell whether the exception applies to your @samp{.c} output file by @@ -855,12 +863,12 @@ will suffice. Otherwise, we suggest @node Locations Overview @section Locations @cindex location -@cindex textual position -@cindex position, textual +@cindex textual location +@cindex location, textual Many applications, like interpreters or compilers, have to produce verbose and useful error messages. To achieve this, one must be able to keep track of -the @dfn{textual position}, or @dfn{location}, of each syntactic construct. +the @dfn{textual location}, or @dfn{location}, of each syntactic construct. Bison provides a mechanism for handling these locations. Each token has a semantic value. In a similar fashion, each token has an @@ -1411,7 +1419,7 @@ here is the definition we will use: void yyerror (char const *s) @{ - printf ("%s\n", s); + fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", s); @} @end group @end example @@ -2473,7 +2481,8 @@ does not enforce this convention, but if you depart from it, people who read your program will be confused. All the escape sequences used in string literals in C can be used in -Bison as well. However, unlike Standard C, trigraphs have no special +Bison as well, except that you must not use a null character within a +string literal. Also, unlike Standard C, trigraphs have no special meaning in Bison string literals, nor is backslash-newline allowed. A literal string token must contain two or more characters; for a token containing just one character, use a character token (see above). @@ -2793,9 +2802,10 @@ Actions, ,Actions in Mid-Rule}). The C code in an action can refer to the semantic values of the components matched by the rule with the construct @code{$@var{n}}, which stands for the value of the @var{n}th component. The semantic value for the grouping -being constructed is @code{$$}. (Bison translates both of these constructs -into array element references when it copies the actions into the parser -file.) +being constructed is @code{$$}. Bison translates both of these +constructs into expressions of the appropriate type when it copies the +actions into the parser file. @code{$$} is translated to a modifiable +lvalue, so it can be assigned to. Here is a typical example: @@ -3071,15 +3081,13 @@ actually does to implement mid-rule actions. @node Locations @section Tracking Locations @cindex location -@cindex textual position -@cindex position, textual +@cindex textual location +@cindex location, textual Though grammar rules and semantic actions are enough to write a fully functional parser, it can be useful to process some additional information, especially symbol locations. -@c (terminal or not) ? - The way locations are handled is defined by providing a data type, and actions to take when rules are matched. @@ -3102,13 +3110,13 @@ When @code{YYLTYPE} is not defined, Bison uses a default structure type with four members: @example -struct +typedef struct YYLTYPE @{ int first_line; int first_column; int last_line; int last_column; -@} +@} YYLTYPE; @end example @node Actions and Locations @@ -3144,9 +3152,10 @@ exp: @dots{} else @{ $$ = 1; - printf("Division by zero, l%d,c%d-l%d,c%d", - @@3.first_line, @@3.first_column, - @@3.last_line, @@3.last_column); + fprintf (stderr, + "Division by zero, l%d,c%d-l%d,c%d", + @@3.first_line, @@3.first_column, + @@3.last_line, @@3.last_column); @} @} @end group @@ -3170,9 +3179,10 @@ exp: @dots{} else @{ $$ = 1; - printf("Division by zero, l%d,c%d-l%d,c%d", - @@3.first_line, @@3.first_column, - @@3.last_line, @@3.last_column); + fprintf (stderr, + "Division by zero, l%d,c%d-l%d,c%d", + @@3.first_line, @@3.first_column, + @@3.last_line, @@3.last_column); @} @} @end group @@ -3186,25 +3196,31 @@ Actually, actions are not the best place to compute locations. Since locations are much more general than semantic values, there is room in the output parser to redefine the default action to take for each rule. The @code{YYLLOC_DEFAULT} macro is invoked each time a rule is -matched, before the associated action is run. +matched, before the associated action is run. It is also invoked +while processing a syntax error, to compute the error's location. Most of the time, this macro is general enough to suppress location dedicated code from semantic actions. The @code{YYLLOC_DEFAULT} macro takes three parameters. The first one is -the location of the grouping (the result of the computation). The second one -is an array holding locations of all right hand side elements of the rule -being matched. The last one is the size of the right hand side rule. +the location of the grouping (the result of the computation). When a +rule is matched, the second parameter is an array holding locations of +all right hand side elements of the rule being matched, and the third +parameter is the size of the rule's right hand side. When processing +a syntax error, the second parameter is an array holding locations of +the symbols that were discarded during error processing, and the third +parameter is the number of discarded symbols. -By default, it is defined this way for simple @acronym{LALR}(1) parsers: +By default, @code{YYLLOC_DEFAULT} is defined this way for simple +@acronym{LALR}(1) parsers: @example @group -#define YYLLOC_DEFAULT(Current, Rhs, N) \ - Current.first_line = Rhs[1].first_line; \ - Current.first_column = Rhs[1].first_column; \ - Current.last_line = Rhs[N].last_line; \ - Current.last_column = Rhs[N].last_column; +# define YYLLOC_DEFAULT(Current, Rhs, N) \ + ((Current).first_line = (Rhs)[1].first_line, \ + (Current).first_column = (Rhs)[1].first_column, \ + (Current).last_line = (Rhs)[N].last_line, \ + (Current).last_column = (Rhs)[N].last_column) @end group @end example @@ -3213,11 +3229,11 @@ and like this for @acronym{GLR} parsers: @example @group -#define YYLLOC_DEFAULT(Current, Rhs, N) \ - Current.first_line = YYRHSLOC(Rhs,1).first_line; \ - Current.first_column = YYRHSLOC(Rhs,1).first_column; \ - Current.last_line = YYRHSLOC(Rhs,N).last_line; \ - Current.last_column = YYRHSLOC(Rhs,N).last_column; +# define YYLLOC_DEFAULT(yyCurrent, yyRhs, YYN) \ + ((yyCurrent).first_line = YYRHSLOC(yyRhs, 1).first_line, \ + (yyCurrent).first_column = YYRHSLOC(yyRhs, 1).first_column, \ + (yyCurrent).last_line = YYRHSLOC(yyRhs, YYN).last_line, \ + (yyCurrent).last_column = YYRHSLOC(yyRhs, YYN).last_column) @end group @end example @@ -3231,6 +3247,12 @@ result) should be modified by @code{YYLLOC_DEFAULT}. @item For consistency with semantic actions, valid indexes for the location array range from 1 to @var{n}. + +@item +Your macro should parenthesize its arguments, if need be, since the +actual arguments may not be surrounded by parentheses. Also, your +macro should expand to something that can be used as a single +statement when it is followed by a semicolon. @end itemize @node Declarations @@ -3417,7 +3439,23 @@ This says that the two alternative types are @code{double} and @code{symrec in the @code{%token} and @code{%type} declarations to pick one of the types for a terminal or nonterminal symbol (@pxref{Type Decl, ,Nonterminal Symbols}). -Note that, unlike making a @code{union} declaration in C, you do not write +As an extension to @acronym{POSIX}, a tag is allowed after the +@code{union}. For example: + +@example +@group +%union value @{ + double val; + symrec *tptr; +@} +@end group +@end example + +specifies the union tag @code{value}, so the corresponding C type is +@code{union value}. If you do not specify a tag, it defaults to +@code{YYSTYPE}. + +Note that, unlike making a @code{union} declaration in C, you need not write a semicolon after the closing brace. @node Type Decl @@ -3471,11 +3509,11 @@ is called when a symbol is thrown away. Declare that the @var{code} must be invoked for each of the @var{symbols} that will be discarded by the parser. The @var{code} should use @code{$$} to designate the semantic value associated to the -@var{symbols}. The additional parser parameters are also avaible +@var{symbols}. The additional parser parameters are also available (@pxref{Parser Function, , The Parser Function @code{yyparse}}). @strong{Warning:} as of Bison 1.875, this feature is still considered as -experimental, as there was not enough users feedback. In particular, +experimental, as there was not enough user feedback. In particular, the syntax might still change. @end deffn @@ -3536,7 +3574,7 @@ The declaration looks like this: Here @var{n} is a decimal integer. The declaration says there should be no warning if there are @var{n} shift/reduce conflicts and no -reduce/reduce conflicts. An error, instead of the usual warning, is +reduce/reduce conflicts. The usual warning is given if there are either more or fewer conflicts, or if there are any reduce/reduce conflicts. @@ -3558,9 +3596,9 @@ Add an @code{%expect} declaration, copying the number @var{n} from the number which Bison printed. @end itemize -Now Bison will stop annoying you about the conflicts you have checked, but -it will warn you again if changes in the grammar result in additional -conflicts. +Now Bison will stop annoying you if you do not change the number of +conflicts, but it will warn you again if changes in the grammar result +in more or fewer conflicts. @node Start Decl @subsection The Start-Symbol @@ -3647,9 +3685,16 @@ Declare a terminal symbol (token type name) that is left-associative @deffn {Directive} %nonassoc Declare a terminal symbol (token type name) that is nonassociative -(using it in a way that would be associative is a syntax error) -@end deffn (@pxref{Precedence Decl, ,Operator Precedence}). +Using it in a way that would be associative is a syntax error. +@end deffn + +@ifset defaultprec +@deffn {Directive} %default-prec +Assign a precedence to rules lacking an explicit @code{%prec} modifier +(@pxref{Contextual Precedence, ,Context-Dependent Precedence}). +@end deffn +@end ifset @deffn {Directive} %type Declare the type of semantic values for a nonterminal symbol @@ -3721,6 +3766,14 @@ and so on. @xref{Multiple Parsers, ,Multiple Parsers in the Same Program}. @end deffn +@ifset defaultprec +@deffn {Directive} %no-default-prec +Do not assign a precedence to rules lacking an explicit @code{%prec} +modifier (@pxref{Contextual Precedence, ,Context-Dependent +Precedence}). +@end deffn +@end ifset + @deffn {Directive} %no-parser Do not include any C code in the parser file; generate tables only. The parser file contains just @code{#define} directives and static variable @@ -3880,12 +3933,6 @@ Return immediately with value 0 (to report success). Return immediately with value 1 (to report failure). @end defmac -@c For now, do not document %lex-param and %parse-param, since it's -@c not clear that the current behavior is stable enough. For example, -@c we may need to add %error-param. -@clear documentparam - -@ifset documentparam If you use a reentrant parser, you can optionally pass additional parameter information to it in a reentrant way. To do so, use the declaration @code{%parse-param}: @@ -3924,7 +3971,6 @@ In the grammar actions, use expressions like this to refer to the data: @example exp: @dots{} @{ @dots{}; *randomness += 1; @dots{} @} @end example -@end ifset @node Lexical @@ -3949,7 +3995,7 @@ that need it. @xref{Invocation, ,Invoking Bison}. * Calling Convention:: How @code{yyparse} calls @code{yylex}. * Token Values:: How @code{yylex} must return the semantic value of the token it has read. -* Token Positions:: How @code{yylex} must return the text position +* Token Locations:: How @code{yylex} must return the text location (line number, etc.) of the token, if the actions want that. * Pure Calling:: How the calling convention differs @@ -4082,8 +4128,8 @@ then the code in @code{yylex} might look like this: @end group @end example -@node Token Positions -@subsection Textual Positions of Tokens +@node Token Locations +@subsection Textual Locations of Tokens @vindex yylloc If you are using the @samp{@@@var{n}}-feature (@pxref{Locations, , @@ -4126,12 +4172,11 @@ yylex (YYSTYPE *lvalp, YYLTYPE *llocp) @end example If the grammar file does not use the @samp{@@} constructs to refer to -textual positions, then the type @code{YYLTYPE} will not be defined. In +textual locations, then the type @code{YYLTYPE} will not be defined. In this case, omit the second argument; @code{yylex} will be called with only one argument. -@ifset documentparam If you wish to pass the additional parameter data to @code{yylex}, use @code{%lex-param} just like @code{%parse-param} (@pxref{Parser Function}). @@ -4172,7 +4217,6 @@ and finally, if both @code{%pure-parser} and @code{%locations} are used: int yylex (YYSTYPE *lvalp, YYLTYPE *llocp, int *nastiness); int yyparse (int *nastiness, int *randomness); @end example -@end ifset @node Error Reporting @section The Error Reporting Function @code{yyerror} @@ -4237,7 +4281,6 @@ void yyerror (char const *msg); /* Yacc parsers. */ void yyerror (YYLTYPE *locp, char const *msg); /* GLR parsers. */ @end example -@ifset documentparam If @samp{%parse-param @{int *nastiness@}} is used, then: @example @@ -4271,7 +4314,6 @@ void yyerror (YYLTYPE *locp, int *nastiness, int *randomness, char const *msg); @end example -@end ifset @noindent The prototypes are only indications of how the code produced by Bison @@ -4388,7 +4430,7 @@ errors. This is useful primarily in error rules. @deffn {Value} @@$ @findex @@$ -Acts like a structure variable containing information on the textual position +Acts like a structure variable containing information on the textual location of the grouping made by the current rule. @xref{Locations, , Tracking Locations}. @@ -4414,7 +4456,7 @@ Tracking Locations}. @deffn {Value} @@@var{n} @findex @@@var{n} -Acts like a structure variable containing information on the textual position +Acts like a structure variable containing information on the textual location of the @var{n}th component of the current rule. @xref{Locations, , Tracking Locations}. @end deffn @@ -4830,6 +4872,28 @@ exp: @dots{} @end group @end example +@ifset defaultprec +If you forget to append @code{%prec UMINUS} to the rule for unary +minus, Bison silently assumes that minus has its usual precedence. +This kind of problem can be tricky to debug, since one typically +discovers the mistake only by testing the code. + +The @code{%no-default-prec;} declaration makes it easier to discover +this kind of problem systematically. It causes rules that lack a +@code{%prec} modifier to have no precedence, even if the last terminal +symbol mentioned in their components has a declared precedence. + +If @code{%no-default-prec;} is in effect, you must specify @code{%prec} +for all rules that participate in precedence conflict resolution. +Then you will see any shift/reduce conflict until you tell Bison how +to resolve it, either by changing your grammar or by adding an +explicit precedence. This will probably add declarations to the +grammar, but it helps to protect against incorrect rule precedences. + +The effect of @code{%no-default-prec;} can be reversed by giving +@code{%default-prec;}, which is the default. +@end ifset + @node Parser States @section Parser States @cindex finite-state machine @@ -5160,6 +5224,13 @@ structure should generally be adequate. On @acronym{LALR}(1) portions of a grammar, in particular, it is only slightly slower than with the default Bison parser. +For a more detailed exposition of GLR parsers, please see: Elizabeth +Scott, Adrian Johnstone and Shamsa Sadaf Hussain, Tomita-Style +Generalised @acronym{LR} Parsers, Royal Holloway, University of +London, Department of Computer Science, TR-00-12, +@uref{http://www.cs.rhul.ac.uk/research/languages/publications/tomita_style_1.ps}, +(2000-12-24). + @node Stack Overflow @section Stack Overflow, and How to Avoid It @cindex stack overflow @@ -5587,8 +5658,8 @@ useless: STR; @example calc.y: warning: 1 useless nonterminal and 1 useless rule calc.y:11.1-7: warning: useless nonterminal: useless -calc.y:11.8-12: warning: useless rule: useless: STR -calc.y contains 7 shift/reduce conflicts. +calc.y:11.10-12: warning: useless rule: useless: STR +calc.y: conflicts: 7 shift/reduce @end example When given @option{--report=state}, in addition to @file{calc.tab.c}, it @@ -5610,10 +5681,10 @@ Conflict in state 8 between rule 2 and token '*' resolved as shift. The next section lists states that still have conflicts. @example -State 8 contains 1 shift/reduce conflict. -State 9 contains 1 shift/reduce conflict. -State 10 contains 1 shift/reduce conflict. -State 11 contains 4 shift/reduce conflicts. +State 8 conflicts: 1 shift/reduce +State 9 conflicts: 1 shift/reduce +State 10 conflicts: 1 shift/reduce +State 11 conflicts: 4 shift/reduce @end example @noindent @@ -5825,8 +5896,8 @@ state 7 exp go to state 11 @end example -As was announced in beginning of the report, @samp{State 8 contains 1 -shift/reduce conflict}: +As was announced in beginning of the report, @samp{State 8 conflicts: +1 shift/reduce}: @example state 8 @@ -6334,6 +6405,10 @@ are addressed. @menu * Parser Stack Overflow:: Breaking the Stack Limits +* How Can I Reset the Parser:: @code{yyparse} Keeps some State +* Strings are Destroyed:: @code{yylval} Loses Track of Strings +* C++ Parsers:: Compiling Parsers with C++ Compilers +* Implementing Loops:: Control Flow in the Calculator @end menu @node Parser Stack Overflow @@ -6347,6 +6422,204 @@ message. What can I do? This question is already addressed elsewhere, @xref{Recursion, ,Recursive Rules}. +@node How Can I Reset the Parser +@section How Can I Reset the Parser + +The following phenomenon has several symptoms, resulting in the +following typical questions: + +@display +I invoke @code{yyparse} several times, and on correct input it works +properly; but when a parse error is found, all the other calls fail +too. How can I reset the error flag of @code{yyparse}? +@end display + +@noindent +or + +@display +My parser includes support for an @samp{#include}-like feature, in +which case I run @code{yyparse} from @code{yyparse}. This fails +although I did specify I needed a @code{%pure-parser}. +@end display + +These problems typically come not from Bison itself, but from +Lex-generated scanners. Because these scanners use large buffers for +speed, they might not notice a change of input file. As a +demonstration, consider the following source file, +@file{first-line.l}: + +@verbatim +%{ +#include +#include +%} +%% +.*\n ECHO; return 1; +%% +int +yyparse (char const *file) +{ + yyin = fopen (file, "r"); + if (!yyin) + exit (2); + /* One token only. */ + yylex (); + if (fclose (yyin) != 0) + exit (3); + return 0; +} + +int +main (void) +{ + yyparse ("input"); + yyparse ("input"); + return 0; +} +@end verbatim + +@noindent +If the file @file{input} contains + +@verbatim +input:1: Hello, +input:2: World! +@end verbatim + +@noindent +then instead of getting the first line twice, you get: + +@example +$ @kbd{flex -ofirst-line.c first-line.l} +$ @kbd{gcc -ofirst-line first-line.c -ll} +$ @kbd{./first-line} +input:1: Hello, +input:2: World! +@end example + +Therefore, whenever you change @code{yyin}, you must tell the +Lex-generated scanner to discard its current buffer and switch to the +new one. This depends upon your implementation of Lex; see its +documentation for more. For Flex, it suffices to call +@samp{YY_FLUSH_BUFFER} after each change to @code{yyin}. If your +Flex-generated scanner needs to read from several input streams to +handle features like include files, you might consider using Flex +functions like @samp{yy_switch_to_buffer} that manipulate multiple +input buffers. + +@node Strings are Destroyed +@section Strings are Destroyed + +@display +My parser seems to destroy old strings, or maybe it loses track of +them. Instead of reporting @samp{"foo", "bar"}, it reports +@samp{"bar", "bar"}, or even @samp{"foo\nbar", "bar"}. +@end display + +This error is probably the single most frequent ``bug report'' sent to +Bison lists, but is only concerned with a misunderstanding of the role +of scanner. Consider the following Lex code: + +@verbatim +%{ +#include +char *yylval = NULL; +%} +%% +.* yylval = yytext; return 1; +\n /* IGNORE */ +%% +int +main () +{ + /* Similar to using $1, $2 in a Bison action. */ + char *fst = (yylex (), yylval); + char *snd = (yylex (), yylval); + printf ("\"%s\", \"%s\"\n", fst, snd); + return 0; +} +@end verbatim + +If you compile and run this code, you get: + +@example +$ @kbd{flex -osplit-lines.c split-lines.l} +$ @kbd{gcc -osplit-lines split-lines.c -ll} +$ @kbd{printf 'one\ntwo\n' | ./split-lines} +"one +two", "two" +@end example + +@noindent +this is because @code{yytext} is a buffer provided for @emph{reading} +in the action, but if you want to keep it, you have to duplicate it +(e.g., using @code{strdup}). Note that the output may depend on how +your implementation of Lex handles @code{yytext}. For instance, when +given the Lex compatibility option @option{-l} (which triggers the +option @samp{%array}) Flex generates a different behavior: + +@example +$ @kbd{flex -l -osplit-lines.c split-lines.l} +$ @kbd{gcc -osplit-lines split-lines.c -ll} +$ @kbd{printf 'one\ntwo\n' | ./split-lines} +"two", "two" +@end example + + +@node C++ Parsers +@section C++ Parsers + +@display +How can I generate parsers in C++? +@end display + +We are working on a C++ output for Bison, but unfortunately, for lack +of time, the skeleton is not finished. It is functional, but in +numerous respects, it will require additional work which @emph{might} +break backward compatibility. Since the skeleton for C++ is not +documented, we do not consider ourselves bound to this interface, +nevertheless, as much as possible we will try to keep compatibility. + +Another possibility is to use the regular C parsers, and to compile +them with a C++ compiler. This works properly, provided that you bear +some simple C++ rules in mind, such as not including ``real classes'' +(i.e., structure with constructors) in unions. Therefore, in the +@code{%union}, use pointers to classes, or better yet, a single +pointer type to the root of your lexical/syntactic hierarchy. + + +@node Implementing Loops +@section Implementing Loops + +@display +My simple calculator supports variables, assignments, and functions, +but how can I implement loops? +@end display + +Although very pedagogical, the examples included in the document blur +the distinction to make between the parser---whose job is to recover +the structure of a text and to transmit it to subsequent modules of +the program---and the processing (such as the execution) of this +structure. This works well with so called straight line programs, +i.e., precisely those that have a straightforward execution model: +execute simple instructions one after the others. + +@cindex abstract syntax tree +@cindex @acronym{AST} +If you want a richer model, you will probably need to use the parser +to construct a tree that does represent the structure it has +recovered; this tree is usually called the @dfn{abstract syntax tree}, +or @dfn{@acronym{AST}} for short. Then, walking through this tree, +traversing it in various ways, will enable treatments such as its +execution or its translation, which will result in an interpreter or a +compiler. + +This topic is way beyond the scope of this manual, and the reader is +invited to consult the dedicated literature. + + + @c ================================================= Table of Symbols @node Table of Symbols @@ -6452,15 +6725,11 @@ macro is deprecated, and is supported only for Yacc like parsers. @xref{Pure Calling,, Calling Conventions for Pure Parsers}. @end deffn -@deffn {Macro} YYLTYPE -Macro for the data type of @code{yylloc}; a structure with four +@deffn {Type} YYLTYPE +Data type of @code{yylloc}; by default, a structure with four members. @xref{Location Type, , Data Types of Locations}. @end deffn -@deffn {Type} yyltype -Default value for YYLTYPE. -@end deffn - @deffn {Macro} YYMAXDEPTH Macro for specifying the maximum size of the parser stack. @xref{Stack Overflow}. @@ -6485,8 +6754,8 @@ grow its internal stacks. Do @emph{not} define @code{YYSTACK_USE_ALLOCA} to anything else. @end deffn -@deffn {Macro} YYSTYPE -Macro for the data type of semantic values; @code{int} by default. +@deffn {Type} YYSTYPE +Data type of semantic values; @code{int} by default. @xref{Value Type, ,Data Types of Semantic Values}. @end deffn @@ -6537,8 +6806,8 @@ External variable in which @code{yylex} should place the line and column numbers associated with a token. (In a pure parser, it is a local variable within @code{yyparse}, and its address is passed to @code{yylex}.) You can ignore this variable if you don't use the -@samp{@@} feature in the grammar actions. @xref{Token Positions, -,Textual Positions of Tokens}. +@samp{@@} feature in the grammar actions. @xref{Token Locations, +,Textual Locations of Tokens}. @end deffn @deffn {Variable} yynerrs @@ -6556,6 +6825,14 @@ parsing. @xref{Parser Function, ,The Parser Function @code{yyparse}}. Equip the parser for debugging. @xref{Decl Summary}. @end deffn +@ifset defaultprec +@deffn {Directive} %default-prec +Assign a precedence to rules that lack an explicit @samp{%prec} +modifier. @xref{Contextual Precedence, ,Context-Dependent +Precedence}. +@end deffn +@end ifset + @deffn {Directive} %defines Bison declaration to create a header file meant for the scanner. @xref{Decl Summary}. @@ -6592,13 +6869,11 @@ Bison declaration to assign left associativity to token(s). @xref{Precedence Decl, ,Operator Precedence}. @end deffn -@ifset documentparam @deffn {Directive} %lex-param @{@var{argument-declaration}@} Bison declaration to specifying an additional parameter that @code{yylex} should accept. @xref{Pure Calling,, Calling Conventions for Pure Parsers}. @end deffn -@end ifset @deffn {Directive} %merge Bison declaration to assign a merging function to a rule. If there is a @@ -6611,6 +6886,14 @@ function is applied to the two semantic values to get a single result. Bison declaration to rename the external symbols. @xref{Decl Summary}. @end deffn +@ifset defaultprec +@deffn {Directive} %no-default-prec +Do not assign a precedence to rules that lack an explicit @samp{%prec} +modifier. @xref{Contextual Precedence, ,Context-Dependent +Precedence}. +@end deffn +@end ifset + @deffn {Directive} %no-lines Bison declaration to avoid generating @code{#line} directives in the parser file. @xref{Decl Summary}. @@ -6626,13 +6909,11 @@ Bison declaration to set the name of the parser file. @xref{Decl Summary}. @end deffn -@ifset documentparam @deffn {Directive} %parse-param @{@var{argument-declaration}@} Bison declaration to specifying an additional parameter that @code{yyparse} should accept. @xref{Parser Function,, The Parser Function @code{yyparse}}. @end deffn -@end ifset @deffn {Directive} %prec Bison declaration to assign a precedence to a specific rule. @@ -6896,3 +7177,33 @@ grammatically indivisible. The piece of text it represents is a token. @printindex cp @bye + +@c LocalWords: texinfo setfilename settitle setchapternewpage finalout +@c LocalWords: ifinfo smallbook shorttitlepage titlepage GPL FIXME iftex +@c LocalWords: akim fn cp syncodeindex vr tp synindex dircategory direntry +@c LocalWords: ifset vskip pt filll insertcopying sp ISBN Etienne Suvasa +@c LocalWords: ifnottex yyparse detailmenu GLR RPN Calc var Decls Rpcalc +@c LocalWords: rpcalc Lexer Gen Comp Expr ltcalc mfcalc Decl Symtab yylex +@c LocalWords: yyerror pxref LR yylval cindex dfn LALR samp gpl BNF xref +@c LocalWords: const int paren ifnotinfo AC noindent emph expr stmt findex +@c LocalWords: glr YYSTYPE TYPENAME prog dprec printf decl init stmtMerge +@c LocalWords: pre STDC GNUC endif yy YY alloca lf stddef stdlib YYDEBUG +@c LocalWords: NUM exp subsubsection kbd Ctrl ctype EOF getchar isdigit +@c LocalWords: ungetc stdin scanf sc calc ulator ls lm cc NEG prec yyerrok +@c LocalWords: longjmp fprintf stderr preg yylloc YYLTYPE cos ln +@c LocalWords: smallexample symrec val tptr FNCT fnctptr func struct sym +@c LocalWords: fnct putsym getsym fname arith fncts atan ptr malloc sizeof +@c LocalWords: strlen strcpy fctn strcmp isalpha symbuf realloc isalnum +@c LocalWords: ptypes itype YYPRINT trigraphs yytname expseq vindex dtype +@c LocalWords: Rhs YYRHSLOC LE nonassoc op deffn typeless typefull yynerrs +@c LocalWords: yychar yydebug msg YYNTOKENS YYNNTS YYNRULES YYNSTATES +@c LocalWords: cparse clex deftypefun NE defmac YYACCEPT YYABORT param +@c LocalWords: strncmp intval tindex lvalp locp llocp typealt YYBACKUP +@c LocalWords: YYEMPTY YYRECOVERING yyclearin GE def UMINUS maybeword +@c LocalWords: Johnstone Shamsa Sadaf Hussain Tomita TR uref YYMAXDEPTH +@c LocalWords: YYINITDEPTH stmnts ref stmnt initdcl maybeasm VCG notype +@c LocalWords: hexflag STR exdent itemset asis DYYDEBUG YYFPRINTF args +@c LocalWords: YYPRINTF infile ypp yxx outfile itemx vcg tex leaderfill +@c LocalWords: hbox hss hfill tt ly yyin fopen fclose ofirst gcc ll +@c LocalWords: yyrestart nbar yytext fst snd osplit ntwo strdup AST +@c LocalWords: YYSTACK DVI fdl printindex