X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/f87a22059802a0c40e5ca79d6d8e530f1af3261f..f6ec6d13dcd3833254202659ada3541c9dab88a1:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 42492f35..af7d37d4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,13 +1,50 @@ Bison News ---------- +Changes in version 1.29d: + +* `--defines' and `--graph' have now an optionnal argument which is the + output file name. `-d' and `-g' do not change, they do not take any + argument. + +* `%source_extension' and `%header_extension' are removed, failed + experiment. + +* The test suite is more portable. + +* Better portability. + Changes in version 1.29: +* The output file does not define const, as this caused problems when used + with common autoconfiguration schemes. If you still use ancient compilers + that lack const, compile with the equivalent of the C compiler option + `-Dconst='. autoconf's AC_C_CONST macro provides one way to do this. + +* Added `-g' and `--graph'. + +* The Bison manual is now distributed under the terms of the GNU FDL. + +* The input and the output files has automatically a similar extension. + * Russian translation added. * NLS support updated; should hopefully be less troublesome. * Added the old Bison reference card. + +* Added `--locations' and `%locations'. + +* Added `-S' and `--skeleton'. + +* `%raw', `-r', `--raw' is disabled. + +* Special characters are escaped when output. This solves the problems + of the #line lines with path names including backslashes. + +* New directives. + `%yacc', `%fixed_output_files', `%defines', `%no_parser', `%verbose', + `%debug', `%source_extension' and `%header_extension'. Changes in version 1.28: @@ -45,7 +82,7 @@ Changes in version 1.25: * Errors in the input grammar are not fatal; Bison keeps reading the grammar file, and reports all the errors found in it. - + * Tokens can now be specified as multiple-character strings: for example, you could use "<=" for a token which looks like <=, instead of chosing a name like LESSEQ.