2009-08-19 Akim Demaille <demaille@gostai.com>

	doc: %initial-action to initialize yylloc.
	Reported by Bill Allombert.
	* doc/bison.texinfo: Set fill-column to 76.
	(Location Type): Document the use of %initial-action to initialize
	yylloc.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6cf3127ed8c1aaa11d0eb6620053b3e26371007e..9f54a65def1175117749fd0c4945ad16a7ef1f2d 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2009-08-19  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
+
+       doc: %initial-action to initialize yylloc.
+       Reported by Bill Allombert.
+       * doc/bison.texinfo: Set fill-column to 76.
+       (Location Type): Document the use of %initial-action to initialize
+       yylloc.
+
 2009-08-19  Akim Demaille  <demaille@gostai.com>
 
        lalr1.cc: use state_type.

diff --git a/THANKS b/THANKS
index 5c4c1367113ead54243df0bf83cc5f3c1b24e277..ab87ff6cb6b0f6b6f442b1bc6da39f168b731085 100644 (file)
--- a/THANKS
+++ b/THANKS
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Art Haas                  ahaas@neosoft.com
 Baron Schwartz            baron@sequent.org
 Benoit Perrot             benoit.perrot@epita.fr
 Bert Deknuydt             Bert.Deknuydt@esat.kuleuven.ac.be
+Bill Allombert            Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr
 Bob Rossi                 bob@brasko.net
 Brandon Lucia             blucia@gmail.com
 Bruce Lilly               blilly@erols.com

diff --git a/doc/bison.texinfo b/doc/bison.texinfo
index 6ed3366896c1b7d94ca88e18799793b3594db53c..18d40861fd1e5d4a38f310f574acf2bad222873f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/bison.texinfo
+++ b/doc/bison.texinfo
@@ -3806,8 +3806,11 @@ typedef struct YYLTYPE
 @} YYLTYPE;
 @end example
 
-At the beginning of the parsing, Bison initializes all these fields to 1
-for @code{yylloc}.
+When @code{YYLTYPE} is not defined, at the beginning of the parsing, Bison
+initializes all these fields to 1 for @code{yylloc}.  To initialize
+@code{yylloc} with a custom location type (or to chose a different
+initialization), use the @code{%initial-action} directive.  @xref{Initial
+Action Decl, , Performing Actions before Parsing}.
 
 @node Actions and Locations
 @subsection Actions and Locations
@@ -10806,6 +10809,10 @@ grammatically indivisible.  The piece of text it represents is a token.
 
 @bye
 
+@c Local Variables:
+@c fill-column: 76
+@c End:
+
 @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