From: Joel E. Denny Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:34:56 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * doc/bison.texinfo (Introduction): Mention GLR and C++ as on the web X-Git-Tag: v2.3b~436 X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/bison.git/commitdiff_plain/1e137b710b971175dbdce6defd61493801ca7e1b?ds=sidebyside * doc/bison.texinfo (Introduction): Mention GLR and C++ as on the web page. Say "you can use it" not "you may use it" as on the web page; we're describing capabilities not granting permission. --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index a0f8b34f..b7f45474 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2006-03-08 Joel E. Denny + + * doc/bison.texinfo (Introduction): Mention GLR and C++ as on the web + page. Say "you can use it" not "you may use it" as on the web page; + we're describing capabilities not granting permission. + 2006-03-06 Paul Eggert * data/glr.c (yyresolveLocations): Rename local variables to avoid diff --git a/doc/bison.texinfo b/doc/bison.texinfo index 27d2bd4a..3aac11e4 100644 --- a/doc/bison.texinfo +++ b/doc/bison.texinfo @@ -336,16 +336,16 @@ Copying This Manual @unnumbered Introduction @cindex introduction -@dfn{Bison} is a general-purpose parser generator that converts a -grammar description for an @acronym{LALR}(1) context-free grammar into a C -program to parse that grammar. Once you are proficient with Bison, -you may use it to develop a wide range of language parsers, from those +@dfn{Bison} is a general-purpose parser generator that converts a grammar +description for an @acronym{LALR}(1) or @acronym{GLR} context-free grammar +into a C or C++ program to parse that grammar. Once you are proficient with +Bison, you can use it to develop a wide range of language parsers, from those used in simple desk calculators to complex programming languages. Bison is upward compatible with Yacc: all properly-written Yacc grammars ought to work with Bison with no change. Anyone familiar with Yacc should be able to use Bison with little trouble. You need to be fluent in -C programming in order to use Bison or to understand this manual. +C or C++ programming in order to use Bison or to understand this manual. We begin with tutorial chapters that explain the basic concepts of using Bison and show three explained examples, each building on the last. If you