X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/blobdiff_plain/facb910cbdb1f28d2a77f8aac3f514522ee241a6..8bf276d8207dd31432305002f3a9e81c80ca62af:/NEWS diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7d5ee980..2aed3f2a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,15 +2,142 @@ GNU Bison NEWS * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?] +** Bug fixes -* Noteworthy changes in release 2.7.91 (2013-06-24) [beta] +*** Location of errors -** Java skeleton improvements + In C++ parsers, out-of-bounds errors can happen when a rule with an empty + ride-hand side raises a syntax error. The behavior of the default parser + (yacc.c) in such a condition was undefined. - The Java skeleton now supports push parsing. - Contributed by Dennis Heimbigner. + Now all the parsers match the behavior of glr.c: @$ is used as the + location of the error. This handles gracefully rules with and without + rhs. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 3.0.4 (2015-01-23) [stable] + +** Bug fixes + +*** C++ with Variants (lalr1.cc) + + Fix a compiler warning when no %destructor use $$. + +*** Test suites + + Several portability issues in tests were fixed. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 3.0.3 (2015-01-15) [stable] + +** Bug fixes + +*** C++ with Variants (lalr1.cc) + + Problems with %destructor and '%define parse.assert' have been fixed. + +*** Named %union support (yacc.c, glr.c) + + Bison 3.0 introduced a regression on named %union such as + + %union foo { int ival; }; + + The possibility to use a name was introduced "for Yacc compatibility". + It is however not required by POSIX Yacc, and its usefulness is not clear. + +*** %define api.value.type union with %defines (yacc.c, glr.c) + + The C parsers were broken when %defines was used together with "%define + api.value.type union". + +*** Redeclarations are reported in proper order + + On + + %token FOO "foo" + %printer {} "foo" + %printer {} FOO + + bison used to report: + + /tmp/foo.yy:2.10-11: error: %printer redeclaration for FOO + %printer {} "foo" + ^^ + /tmp/foo.yy:3.10-11: previous declaration + %printer {} FOO + ^^ + + Now, the "previous" declaration is always the first one. + + +** Documentation + + Bison now installs various files in its docdir (which defaults to + '/usr/local/share/doc/bison'), including the three fully blown examples + extracted from the documentation: + + - rpcalc + Reverse polish calculator, a simple introductory example. + - mfcalc + Multi-function Calc, a calculator with memory and functions and located + error messages. + - calc++ + a calculator in C++ using variant support and token constructors. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 3.0.2 (2013-12-05) [stable] + +** Bug fixes + +*** Generated source files when errors are reported + + When warnings are issued and -Werror is set, bison would still generate + the source files (*.c, *.h...). As a consequence, some runs of "make" + could fail the first time, but not the second (as the files were generated + anyway). + + This is fixed: bison no longer generates this source files, but, of + course, still produces the various reports (*.output, *.xml, etc.). + +*** %empty is used in reports + + Empty right-hand sides are denoted by '%empty' in all the reports (text, + dot, XML and formats derived from it). + +*** YYERROR and variants + + When C++ variant support is enabled, an error triggered via YYERROR, but + not caught via error recovery, resulted in a double deletion. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 3.0.1 (2013-11-12) [stable] + +** Bug fixes + +*** Errors in caret diagnostics + + On some platforms, some errors could result in endless diagnostics. + +*** Fixes of the -Werror option + + Options such as "-Werror -Wno-error=foo" were still turning "foo" + diagnostics into errors instead of warnings. This is fixed. + + Actually, for consistency with GCC, "-Wno-error=foo -Werror" now also + leaves "foo" diagnostics as warnings. Similarly, with "-Werror=foo + -Wno-error", "foo" diagnostics are now errors. + +*** GLR Predicates + + As demonstrated in the documentation, one can now leave spaces between + "%?" and its "{". -* Noteworthy changes in release 2.7.90 (2013-05-30) [beta] +*** Installation + + The yacc.1 man page is no longer installed if --disable-yacc was + specified. + +*** Fixes in the test suite + + Bugs and portability issues. + +* Noteworthy changes in release 3.0 (2013-07-25) [stable] ** WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities! @@ -531,6 +658,9 @@ GNU Bison NEWS and "%define init_throws". Contributed by Paolo Bonzini. + The Java skeleton now supports push parsing. + Contributed by Dennis Heimbigner. + ** C++ skeletons improvements *** The parser header is no longer mandatory (lalr1.cc, glr.cc) @@ -2632,7 +2762,7 @@ Output file does not redefine const for C++. ----- -Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1995-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of Bison, the GNU Parser Generator.