news: minor improvements

* NEWS: Name some more contributors.
Restructure slightly.

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 167cc8bd1f41808f8406ff7d6b71894d9dd06165..5b6ea0c5daa3344c97319b5d24c0f36b0eb035cf 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 
 
 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
 

-** Future changes
+** WARNING: Future backward-incompatibilities!

 
 

-  Bison will stop adding a semicolon at the end of the actions:
+  Bison will stop adding a semicolon at the end of the actions (as announced
+  in the release 2.5):

 
     foo.y:2.22: warning: a ';' might be needed at the end of action code
      exp: "num" { $$ = $1 }
 
     foo.y:2.22: warning: a ';' might be needed at the end of action code
      exp: "num" { $$ = $1 }


@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
   for its own code, especially the definition of variables after statements.
   The generated C parsers still aim at C90.
 
   for its own code, especially the definition of variables after statements.
   The generated C parsers still aim at C90.
 

-** Incompatible changes
+** Backward incompatible changes

 
 *** Obsolete features
 
 
 *** Obsolete features
 


@@ -305,6 +306,8 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 ** Diagnostics are improved
 
 
 ** Diagnostics are improved
 

+  Contributed by Théophile Ranquet.
+

 *** Changes in the format of error messages
 
   This used to be the format of many error reports:
 *** Changes in the format of error messages
 
   This used to be the format of many error reports:


@@ -390,6 +393,8 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
 
 ** Graph improvements in DOT and XSLT
 
 
 ** Graph improvements in DOT and XSLT
 

+  Contributed by Théophile Ranquet.
+

   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 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.


@@ -831,7 +836,9 @@ GNU Bison NEWS
   These features are experimental.  More user feedback will help to
   stabilize them.
 
   These features are experimental.  More user feedback will help to
   stabilize them.
 

-** LAC (Lookahead Correction) for syntax error handling:
+** LAC (Lookahead Correction) for syntax error handling
+
+  Contributed by Joel E. Denny.

 
   Canonical LR, IELR, and LALR can suffer from a couple of problems
   upon encountering a syntax error.  First, the parser might perform
 
   Canonical LR, IELR, and LALR can suffer from a couple of problems
   upon encountering a syntax error.  First, the parser might perform

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 61e52f779781b4ea79c8cd0d35bc09198b497499..59e591dcfe62f07895bb1d37dd38e294bd0e58d1 100644 (file)
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ Tom Tromey                tromey@cygnus.com
 Tommy Nordgren            tommy.nordgren@chello.se
 Troy A. Johnson           troyj@ecn.purdue.edu
 Tys Lefering              gccbison@gmail.com
 Tommy Nordgren            tommy.nordgren@chello.se
 Troy A. Johnson           troyj@ecn.purdue.edu
 Tys Lefering              gccbison@gmail.com

+Valentin Tolmer           nitnelave1@gmail.com

 Vin Shelton               acs@alumni.princeton.edu
 W.C.A. Wijngaards         wouter@NLnetLabs.nl
 Wayne Green               wayne@infosavvy.com
 Vin Shelton               acs@alumni.princeton.edu
 W.C.A. Wijngaards         wouter@NLnetLabs.nl
 Wayne Green               wayne@infosavvy.com